He's was a bit premature so he was small from the get go. I was hopeful that he would be caught up with the other kids growth-wise by now. He's caught up in all other developmental areas except height and weight. The doctor says he's just gonna be on the small side for a while and that's perfectly okay. It still worries me though. - DB, Lil LB's Dad

Growth and eating can be so weird at that age. If you just keep at it, and the doctor isn't concerned that he's losing weight, you're probably doing OK. That's right when kids start turning stuff down, even if they don't actually dislike it, because they're learning that they can choose, but they're not good at it yet. - Jennifer Dittrich

I have nothing but this post for background, but I was always a picky eater and my parents worried about me. I always did better with eating small amounts frequently. Sometimes I don't recognize hunger, so at natural lulls in activity if I might not think I'm hungry but would munch on something if available. My cousin was really picky, but the rule was to take a bite of new food before saying no to it. I loved playing with my food, I would eat more if I could play because then eating was fun. - Heather

I have noticed that Linky likes to play with his food and if you just let him sit there long enough he'll eat the majority of it. Problem is a lot of the time he gets impatient and just wants to get out of his chair to do other things. Sometimes if we take him out of his chair and sit him in our lap next to his chair he'll eat better that way. He doesn't like being strapped into his high chair. - DB, Lil LB's Dad

Small amounts seem to work better as well. If we put too much on his tray he seems to get overwhelmed and won't eat anything. He's at an awkward stage where gets frustrated easily because he can't quite tell us what he wants yet. I'll be glad when he can tell us. - DB, Lil LB's Dad