hi ! megha, it seems u replied to some equerries of mine earlier and that my son is roughly your age. mine just turned 1 in april. but gosh ! i am having a nightmare of my life with feeding him. he just doesn' t want to fed at all. and if i offer him finger foods he' ll sometimes choke or gagg and then vomit and most play with it. i am also worried as he' s just 18 pounds - in his 5th percentile. he' s also giving up milk slowly. just doesn' t want anything. i feel miserable. have given up on my food. may be his taste buds r different or something. all he likes is some gerber jars and that' s it. when nothing works i give up and offer him that. can u give me any ideas. i gues your son is eating sandwiches and stuff. any clues for me please ??? thanks for your time ! krithi replied. Sonia,

Regarding whole milk i can suggest u something. Does he drink formula well & doesn' t drink whole milk u can do onething. Mix 3/4 formula with 1/4 whole milk . If he accepts give that for a week or 2 weeks. Then mix 1/2:1/2. Continue for a week. Then make 3/4 whole milk : 1/4 formula. Finally he start drinking whole milk alone. Thats how i did to my son . Now drinks only whole milk & likes it. Hope this helps u.

Krithi. megha replied. i wish i am of some help to u. but i don' t hv a solution as such. sometimes back in april for almost 4-5 days, my son was only on milk and parle biscs. and i really hated it but since he wasn' t hving anything else i used to give them. he didn' t touch food at all, even the ones he loved. only little bits and pieces sometimes in the day. then later he was back on his usual diet but just won' t eat b' fast for a week. i was frustrted too..but later after another week i saw he had sprouted his two upper teeth. i had completely missed that bit that he could be teething. so better check with your son, if its teething. in my case, he shows different signs/tantrums for every set of teeth he gets :) so its left to my imagination.:) something that worked for me was this..try to give him chewable food. like brown bread toast sandwich. if he is not eating by himself, never mind. and mess is an inevitable part of finger foods. try to feed him the bits yourself. or some veges like potato, cauliflower. sometimes kids love to be fed by their mom' s fingers rather than spoons..sometimes they like to be fed by their dads..something new for them :) try these and see if he eats. i would suggest that if his weight has dropped from his usual percentile, ur doc can advise you.
also, refer neetu' s reply to my post msg id 8453. good info available.
good luck, hope he comes back to his normal routine.