I remember the day I knew my daughter had an issue with food. I was out for a walk with a group of mom friends and we stopped for coffee. They all gave their babies a snack, and then all the babies ate their pouches and cut-up fruit and puffs. Except for mine, who ate nothing. 
?Huh,? I thought. ?That?s weird.? 
It was part of a pattern of my baby just not being interested in eating much more than breastmilk, even as she neared her first birthday. And even though I kept telling myself that all babies develop at different rates, I knew she wasn?t eating enough. A few doctor appointments later, my suspicions were confirmed. In fact, her weight gain was levelling off, and blood tests showed she was becoming borderline anemic. Sometimes, ?food before one? really isn?t ?just for fun” (as the popular saying goes).  My first child was a champion eater, so I had no expertise in how to make an older baby or toddler eat. My first step was meeting with a dietitian. Then, an occupational therapist (OT) came to our house for an assessment and advice on how to make my daughter eat. (This was all covered by OHIP.)
I kept logs of what she ate, changed our eating habits, and sleuthed out her sensory preferences?and some changes made a huge difference. Here?s what worked for us: 
I night weaned 
I had been breastfeeding 24/7?including nights, since we were co-sleeping and the baby nursed whenever she wanted. Because of that, my doctor suspected that she was getting too many calor...