picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

DS has become such a picky eater, we offer him everything and he eats like a little bird. He'll taste whatever we give him but then it ends up on the floor. I'm getting so stressed out having to offer him different choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner...He stopped jars months ago, just refused to eat them, would spit them out. My ped isn't concerned but this kid has to eat more than a few bites of a pancake, grilled cheese a couple of nibbles of chicken all day long. At his last well checkup he didn't put on any weight since the month before but he grew 1/2 an inch.

What are some foods I can try? He's not interested in me feeding him, so I need finger food help.I already give him....

Pancakes
PB&J
raisin bread with cream cheese
bagels
grilled cheese
grilled chicken with veggies
turkey burger
spinach pie
pastina
egg omelet with cheese
egg omelet with spinach

for dinner I'll try to give him whatever we are having but even that's a struggle.

All of the things I listed that he eats, he'll take a few bites and then lose interest. DH thinks I'm feeding him too often but he has a bottle of milk at 6am, breakfast at 8:30/9, lunch at 1, a snack at 4 and dinner at 7, then a bottle at 8:30.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ladies.

Re: picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

do you give him any fruit? bananas, strawberries, and blueberries are all a big hit with my DS. He also really likes edamame. It's the only veggie I can get him to consistently eat.

picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

DD likes fish sticks and Dr. Praegers bites - have you tried those?

Re: picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

I have a very skinny 15 mo, hes in the 3% for weight. ped is not concerned, hes always been skinny, but hes also a picky eater. he loves hte dr preager spinach bites. also string cheese. LOVES fruit. oh, yogurt? hes usually eats that for lunch. he also eats oatmeal- i mena the adult kind, not baby.

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picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

I still give DD those organic fruit/veggie pouches here and there. I just hand it to her and she'll suck it down in record time. I always get ones with veggies in them (although they all seem to also contain fruit, I guess that's what makes it taste good) and I know at least she's getting some veggies. They are easy to take on the go. Not sure how helpful this is though since you say DS already eats tons of fruit.

DD usually also likes (in addition to what you listed)
Yogurt
Cottage Cheese
Waffles
Cheese Ravioli (with or without sauce)
Meatballs
Dr Prager's fish sticks
Chicken nuggets
Most veggies

Re: picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

agree with all the above....what about potato pancakes, perogies, veggie burgers, pizza, blintzes? we've also started using pureed veggies in many things to be sure DD gets her fill for the day (i.e. instead of pasta sauce)!

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dd is 16mos and it's the same rotation:
all fruits, pancakes, waffles, eggs with cheese, string cheese, pasta/meatballs, mac n cheese, pastina with veggies, any kind of chicken. i will make her strawberry cream cheese on wheat bread cut up, grilled cheese, mashed potatoes, baked potato, tater tots, peas, squash, corn, yogurt.
snacks: goldfish, veggie straws, fruit

As long as i can cut this stuff up she will eat it. She really only lets me feed her pastina and yogurt.

picky eater at 15 months old...finger food help.

I am not up to food so not sure at what age you can eat what. I do know someone that loves tortaleani with pesto (sorry I cant spell today ) and also how about french toast sticks. They are sold frozen