Very normal. A lot of toddlers hit a fussy stage. Remember he wont starve himself. If he is hungry, he will eat. Just continue to offer it and if he eats it great, if not its ok. You will go to bed knowing that you offered and he wasn't hungry.

One thing i will say is don't start offering him food after food just because he won't eat what you served. This will lead to problems later with him refusing to eat till you serve something he wants.

I have had to go through this before too..I used to put his plate in front of him and say "Now, don't eat this, it's my spare plate" and then not look at him for a bit. He would then start eating his food and think that it was so funny that he was eating my "spare" dinner.
Good luck.

My almost 2 year old is doing the same thing at the moment! I have to make him "mock fish" (grated vegies mixed with flour & egg and cooked in the frying pan) or fritters (basic batter with chopped meat, vegies & cheese mixed in & cooked in the frying pan) and that seems to get him to eat. Just an idea that works for us - most days anyway - that you may be able to try. Hope this helps!

Teshia

Ok, time to get creative. Arrange the food in a smiley face on the plate and make it fun. Or, make up names for the food...for example, I would make pea and ham soup and tell my kids it was "shrek swamp soup" and it would be gone in a second. Try to capture his imagination and hopefully he will enjoy eating his "spiderman spaghetti". Good luck and have fun. Txx

We have a routine of main meal at lunch time as she doesn't eat in the evening.  She eats more in the first half of the day then the second half.  According to health people, this is how we should be doing it anyway although it's often impractical. Just wondering if you could try that and see if it works? I have no problems with mine eating all her meal so long as it's at lunch time and a light snack like cheese on saos in the evening.

My 2.9 yr old (not that I'm counting...lol ) used to be a fantastic eater, he would eat whatever you put in front of him and twice the amount as his 6 yr old brother. Lately though 4 nights out of seven he says to me, "that's yucky mummy" or "that's too hot". Yet he has eaten the same thing only last week.......They are showing their independence and authority over themselves and they are finding out that they can say "no".  He will eat if he's hungry enough........just don't give in and give him something else.....he will soon realise what he needs to do.

Amanda xxx

Debending on how much he snacks on during the day, makes a huge difference on what they will eat at dinner time... Do u allow him to choose his meals., or do u just put in front of him what u cook.....

They say kids wont starve and if he isnt complaining at night i wouldnt worry about it at all..

Maybe limiting his snacks and drinks before dinner might help him eat his dinner, its a hard one lisa as i have a battle with chloe as well,. but we all need to perservere, and show them whose boss at meal times...