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EAT => Eating For Toddlers => Topic started by: nickiharrell on April 19, 2009, 18:37:16 pm
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My dd of nearly 3 only eats a handful of things...ie chicken burgers, fishfingers, mash potato, chips, baked beans, weetabix, and only a small amount of veg, ie...the odd pea or carrot. She does drink a lot of milk which I am trying to cut down on. Could anyone please tell me if they are having simalar problems. Im just worried that she wont try anything new. Offered a chicken roast today, took 1 mouthful and refused anymore. I ended up giving into her and gave her weetabix.
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Just wanted to mark a spot here... have a similar issue with my ds.
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Me too. Harvey is the same, we too made him a roast chicken dinner tonight and he just ate the brocolli!! He does like fruit and broccoli! Hes a huge lover of cheese too, loves his brekfast and pasta but I really dont think he gets all he should.
So will be following along too!
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I just get soooo frustrated, and never know what to do for the best. I know that people say offer what the family is having and if they don't eat it then so be it...but then off to bed with a hungry tummy!!! Im not sure I could do that.
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It's not unusual for a toddler to only eat a handful of things at this age. For them, it's all about making their own choices. Keep offering the favourites and a few new things too.
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Thank you, I am definatly going to try and not stress too much about this as I think that is not helping her anyway.
I will take your advise and start to offer some new things as up till now I wasn't bothering to do that as I didnt want to stress her out. Then after today with the chicken roast, I just thought " Oh my god, what am I going to do now"...lol. then to top it all off, she was asking for sweets after...I must admit though I was very good and didn't give in with those.
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Do you offer her choices for lunch? Like a sandwich of brown bread or white? Cheese or ham? Let her help. She can put the filling in, maybe even make yours too. Do you eat together?
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Hey guys,
We have a 6 year old who has always been a fussy eater and I know how frustrating it can be. I get really anxious before I give her something new, though I think I hide it pretty well :)
My advice to you all is to try and reduce how often you offer higher salt more processed foods now before they become all your toddlers will eat, I'm not saying they don't have a place as a treat but your taste buds become accustomed to higher salt foods and then everything else tastes bland....
What I try to do with our DD is when I give her something new always only put a little on her plate and always introduce it with something I know she will eat (she likes veggies so this is easier), the other thing I have learnt (I was a bit slow on the uptake) was to NOT try and hide flavours under other flavours....she has an extremely plain palate but can taste the minute something is different.
Be really upfront and say that you only want your LO to eat the three pieces of chicken/steak/burger etc and they are welcome to put sauce on it if they would like, or that they should try it with their mash because it's yummy.
We had to be a bit firm with DD and it was a bit distressing for all at the time, but as time has passed she has started to realise that I'm not going to make her try things I don't think she would like and that if after giving it a good try (I mean eating the three pieces) that if she genuinely doesn't like it I won't give it to her again. She will eat things for me that she will refuse for her mum and her grandparents so we must have done something right :)
You have obviously realised that your LO is filling up on milk so reducing that should help a little. Good luck and stay strong, sometimes it is a lot more about pushing their independence on you rather than actual food aversions. I would give them their favourite meal once a week, s.a. fish fingers as a whole family meal and try to eat at the same time as your toddler as much as possible (it does help them to see you eating). Bear in mind too that the food you are offering is simple and good and if you believe it then your LO will pick up on it (if you are uncertain they will pick up on that too), fruits and veg have the greatest, sweetest and most balanced flavour you can get so be confident that it's good and hang in there.
One last thing as pp suggested for lunch give them a choice of two things you want them to eat, would you like cheese or jam on your sandwich for example..that helps them to feel like they have a say in what they eat but is still acceptable to you and I would also suggest having a contingency plan before meal time....decide in your own mind what alternative they can have (not a treat) if they really don't like their dinner (I don't think they should go to bed hungry it just makes meal times too upsetting)...perhaps a platter of finger foods, some savoury biscuits, pieces of cheese, a small tub of yoghurt and fruit....something different but healthy too. It usually helps you to remain calm knowing you are in control of the situation. Calmly remove their plate and replace with the different plate and let them go for it, if they still don't eat take it away, don't offer anything else and offer it back to them when they say they are hungry....you will win, don't worry :)
Good luck, sorry it turned into such a huge post...hope at least some of it works for you :)
Lizzie
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Oh one last little thing too (sorry I'm harping) the morning tea snack is ALWAYS fruit in our house and the afternoon tea snack can be a bikkie or a icy pole or something a bit special (as long as the fruit was eaten in the morning)...our DD just expects that at our house now and never complains, she even asks for it :) It's brilliant!! :)
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Some great advice here.... some things we do are fruit smoothies, vegetable juice, pureed fruit with ice-cream, pasta sauce with pureed veg in it and mini veg/ turkey burgers as a snack. I also recently discovered ds has taken a liking to vegetable tempura.
LizzieN thanks for the awesome advice... i'm going to start offering just fruit only as a morning snack too.
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Hey you are most welcome, sorry it turned into such a huge post, just know how much it can worry and consume you and how it can make meal times so stressful. Kids will eat as much as they need but I really think they do need encouragement and help to experience food :)
Love your smoothies idea :) I love them and imagine the kids would too :)
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Hi all, thanks for replying to my post. There are some great ideas from you all, and I am now trying them out. The morning snack has now been changed to fruit, and she is happy with that...although it is only grapes and a couple of slices of apple. I am also starting to incorporate on her dinner plate in the eve an item that she has not had b4, but making sure I don't get stressed when she dosen't want to try it. Im sure she will try it when she is ready...well I hope so. Thanks again for all your help.
Im now also struggling with a problem with pre school and lots of tears, but I will post that on a different wall as I think thats how it works on this site. Sorry but I am new to all this...lol.
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Hey hang in there, it's not easy when you have several worries all at once. I'm sure that your LO kows you are there for her and that she is well loved, supported and brilliantly fed :) Don't let it get you down, remember that they are all stages which will pass with love and support and then suddenly more beautiful wonderful and proud moments will happen :)
Hang in there and keep chatting if you need to talk :)
lizzie
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Another thing i've also realised in our house is that timing is so crucial.... a snack too big or even half an hr later than usual, affects the next meal. If we have breakfast later than usual, we usual skip the mid-morning snack etc. We also need a relitivly big gap between afternoon snack and dinner or we have a battle! For us: Breakfast 7:30am, Snack 9:30, Lunch 12:00, afternoon snack (right after nap) 2:30, Dinner 5:45.
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glad i found this thread! i also have a huge issue with my ds who is 30 months now, he is SOOOOO picky! He is only eating 1 new item since he was 14 months old, he won't eat most real foods..... he will eat chicken rice soup or chicken noodle or consumme soup and that's it for soup. he will only eat a nutella sandwich, yougart, fruit, some crackers,chicken nuggets, fries,sometimes fish sticks, no veggies unless they are cut up real tiny in his chicken soup.... no pasta, no cheese and no meat of anykind. it's so frustrating! i try to give him choices but he only goes to the one he likes, won't even try somethign else, not even just a nibble to see if he likes it. we have done "this is what dinner is and if you don't eat it then oh well, you go to bed hungry" bit and he will CHOOSE to go to bed hungry asking to leave the table! he drinks lots for the most part but not enough to interfere with eating, mostly water.... i thought by now he would want to try what we are, ask for a bit, etc but nothing!!!! he turns his head...and says "i no like"!
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Hey there, that is tough :) The one thing I will say is that if you keep offering and keep eating in front of him he will eventually start trying things, sometimes it just takes forever and it is SO hard in the mean time!!!
Will he eat veggies if they are pureed and he is allowed to use his hands to pick it up? I'm just wondering if he finds swallowing chunky things difficult (some kids do) and often the meat aversion is more a texture thing too!!
Don't stress too much about the cheese, yoghurt is better anyway (less salt) and you can sweeten it with blended fruits if you are worried about the sugar :)
Does your LO like gravy, have you tried this? We found with DD that she liked a little gravy in her mashed veggies (she won't eat it now she is 6 but that's another fussy eating story)...if he will have this you could try shreading some chicken through it really really finely and see if that's ok or not :) I also make tuna and potato cakes which my LO loves ( I don't add extra salt and shallow fry in a tiny bit of olive oil), if your LO will eat fish but finds tuna too strong you could try a white meat fish...
My main advice is don't drive yourself nuts worrying, it sounds like he is having a little power struggle with you and you either have to fight it (which is not recommended but we did with DD because she just wouldn't eat) or take a deep breath, excuse them from the table and try try try not to give them something that will reward their behaviour.
For example if your LO wont eat his meal, offer the alternative that you already have in the fridge (always have a secondary plan, something healthy that you are happy isn't a reward for not eating the first, but something you know he will eat...ie the soup or some veggies and fruit on the same plate), if he still doesn't want it put it away and offer it again if he says he is hungry, if not be confident that you have offered it and he won't starve himself :)
I know it's hard, so so hard, hang in there and just keep leading by example, you will get there with him :)
Hugs
Lizzie
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no he won't eat veggies or purred stuff.... he also won't eat gravy, ketchup or any other kind of dip! i wish he did b/c then mayab i could let him dip everything!!!!! he won't eat mashed potatoes either..... only fries....
when he refuse to eat his meals with is every single day!!!!! unless it's chicken nuggets and fries... he would just want yougart, or crackers/cookies..... he eats both of those at lunch b/c that's all he eats!!!!!! I feel like i'm giving into his bad habit buy giving him more yougart, cookies/crackers when he doesn't eat his dinner......
Today i sent him soup at lunch at daycare and he refused to eat that as well, that's the 3rd time with soup in the past week. that is one thing he used to love to eat and now is also refusing..... he only wanted bread with butter they told me and his yougart. So all day he has eaten, nothing for breakfast..... 1/2 a slice of bread with butter on it, a small mini go yougart for lunch and 2 soda crackers for snack! not much......we will see what he's like at dinner b/c i'm doing fish sticks today.....
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Ah gee sweetie that is tough...Look as I said, with our DD we had to fight her (this is not recommended through BW so please don't think I'm advocating) and it was horrible....the only thing I will say is that I am the only one in her life (she is my step daughter) who she will eat new things with because she knows not to try it on with me...
...she eats eggs, porridge, sausages, grapes, rissoles, vegie patties, cucumber, lettuce to name a few only because I introduced them but it is slow slow going and I have also come to know when to push and when to back off (hopefully anyway).
Ok so I would not be feeding your LO chips or nuggets unless it's a very special occasion. I would ALWAYS feed the healthy option, yoghurt is really good for them as long as it has real fruit and not too much sugar (you can always get natural yoghurt and sweeten it with fruit you have mashed or pureed), also if he likes that kind of consistency have you tried egg yolk custard? Great with banana mashed through it when it's still hot :) I would offer bread for brekkie, some with butter, some with jam and some with another spread that he hasn't tried before and some bite size pieces of fruit. Fruit for morning tea (something that he likes...hopefully there is some type of fruit that he eats??). Bite sized pieced of bread for lunch followed by a yoghurt if he eats the bread. Afternoon tea (I always try and make this a little bit of a treat if LO has eaten well during the day) the crackers or cookies that he likes and then just experiment with dinner, I would start right at the beginning again and start on puree veggies, rice cereal...get a few bites into him if you can, tell him how many bites you want him to have and that he may have dessert if he does (once again something he likes)...
I'm not a big fan of bribing, but I think if you are upfront and set the boundaries it isn't a bribe. I always tell my DD if there is pudding before we begin dinner and I always let her know how much I expect her to eat of her dinner if she wants some (usually I expect her to finish her meal, but it's taken a loooonnng time to get there)...
Sweetie, I'm not trying to tell you what to do, just hoping that some of this may be of use to you. Mainly I just want to tell you to hang in there, decide before you begin how far you are prepared to push, what meal you will offer if he won't touch what you have prepared etc....If you do this you will feel more in control and your LO will know that you are in control and that he isn't any more...expect it to be bumpy for a while, but you will get there no matter what path you decide to take :)
Good luck and keep me posted
:)
Lizzie
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yes i agree about the chips and nuggets 100% but there is nothing else he will eat.... what do you do then.....???? I try not to give it more then once a month or if we happen to go out to eat then that is what is ordered for him. other then that it's what we eat, if he doesn't then "oh well" is what we've been doing.... otherwise he will live off yougart all day!!!!!!!!!!
The issue mainly is with dinner and he will NOT eat , he will go to bed hungry! we have tried saying just one bite, just a nibble, etc and then you can have your cookie, etc. he will look at us and say" all done, i want to go to bed then", etc he won't give in even for just a tiny nibble just to get the taste of it!
the thing is if i offer him another meal like you suggested he will always protest what we are offereing knowing that he will "get" what he wants in the end! That is why we were doing the no dinner, then oh well.... i feel bad somedays if i know the rest of the day he didn't eat well either.... but then again so many say well when they are hungry enough they will eat it or try it atleast! i don't know... such a hard time as i thought he would be eating better by now at 2.5 years, have tried at least one new item since 14 months, but nothing.
thanks so much for your help and suggestions, don't worry i know your not telling me what to do at all, it's all in my best interest with all your suggestions. I will try the bred thing with a variety of spreads and see if he will try something new besides butter!
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Hey I really do feel for you, but you are right he will not starve himself :) Perhaps you should offer your main meal at lunch time instead of dinner (sometimes they get more tired and touchy at that time) and give him his daily yogurt then???
I completely understand the chips and nuggets thing, when you go out you scan the menu but there is so little else to order (even with kids who have a more varied diet) and hey I don't have a problem with LOs having a treat, we all do...it's just that with our DD it started to be the only thing she wouldn't turn her nose up at and that gets difficult!!!
Seriously seriously hang in there, it will get better...it often helps when they see other kids eating different things and they do grow and develop SO much so fast, sometimes they must feel like they are on over load and just want what they know and like. Just a note, "they" say that some children have to be introduced to a food 10 or more times before they develop a taste for it :( That is so much isn't it!!!!
Keep chatting and venting here if you want to, I wish I could help but it sounds to me like you have tried everything you can :) Just keep smiling, keep offering and occasionally insist (not every meal, not every day or even every week) if you really want him to eat something and you think it's important, find out what your partner thinks too and whether you are on the same page because if you decide to push the issue you both have to be very committed and like minded or it will be horrible and not helpful at all :(
Have you noticed your LO will eat more if he has gone swimming or something like that?? Swimming always makes me starving :)
Keep in touch and let me know how you go :)
Hugs Lizzie
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marking for later - The Apprentice has just started ;D
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One other thing I was wondering have you ever tried serving the same meal every time until your LO will try it? For example offer weetbix for breakfast and if your LO won't try it (and tell him he only has to have two bites) serve it up again for his snack, again for lunch, afternoon tea and then dinner, all the time inisiting on only two bites (we even made it into a counting game with DD, my DH would count like the Count on Sesame Street and do the laugh after every bite she took, she loved it and it was a good distraction).....I know it sounds a little mean, but if your LO is having a power struggle with you it might be worth a try, once he has had the two bites then ask what he would like to eat for the rest of his meal...
I would initially choose something that you really think he will like to prove to him that you are asking him to try nice foods...Don't do this every day obviously, so the next day I would offer foods that he is used to and then the next day I would re-offer the food that he (hopefully) tried for you for breakfast again (and throughout the day if he refuses again)...hopefully it won't take as long for him to try it the second and subsequent times.
Once again, this approach may not be for you. I know that my brother and sister in law have had to do this with all their three kids at some stage (and they are usually good eaters) when the kids decided that they were in control...Oh just one note too, make up two or three plates in case he throws them on the floor 'cause you are likely to get a bit of temper when the same food keeps appearing, especially if he expects you to give in and then you don't. I don't know if this will help but it may...it does sound a little hard I know and you don't want to turn every meal into a battle, but if you are genuinely concerned that he is not eating enough variety it may help you to establish some control over the situation again :)
If you do decide to do it, be really calm, don't get frustrated or angry but do insist. Keep telling him that you have made some nice food for him and it's important for him to grow big and strong :) - he needs to eat and he needs to trust that you will offer things you think he will like, be open and honest while you are preparing it, tell him what you are making for his breakfast..keep talking to him about it while you are trying to feed him...be cheerful, show him that you like to have a spoonful of the food, smile after you eat it (even fix yourself a plate of it for every meal to if you think it will help), tell him how much Daddy likes it to and how big and strong Daddy is because he likes the food..etc etc...
Once again sweetie, only a suggestion which you can take or leave. If it doesn't sound right to you, don't do it and if DH doesn't like the idea then don't try it, how you tackle this challenge is so up to you....I tend to be a bit more confrontational with the kids, I'm not great at diversion (although I am trying) and I don't like the kids thinking they can walk all over me, I think that they need some boundaries and that some things are non-negotiable (safety things, some manners etc)..but I also try to be kind and thoughtful and I am trying hard to be a better listener. I'm just telling you this so you know what sort of parent I am and that my ideas may not sit well with you at all and that is totally fine. I am in awe of the patience some mums and dads have and am striving to be more patient myself.....
Take care sweetie and keep chatting if it helps :)
Lizzie
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thanks! i did do that ..oh probally around 18 months and again at 22 months and it never worked. He would just NOT eat the entire day! it has been a bit since i did it last so maybe it's sue time to try it again, as he understands everything very well now. today at daycare they were having cucumbers and everyone at teh table was eating them but him, i kept telling him "look all your friends are eating them, they are really good, etc" it didn't help. I was so hopeful that once he started daycare and seeing others eat he would startt to eat what they are eating, etc. nothing yet and he's been in care for 8 months now... at least i can get him to eat a grilled cheese sandwich now... just took 1 year! I thin i will give it a go on the weekend as i'm in control all day with meals and see if i can make any progress..... thanks again for all your help, ideas, etc i look forward to reading your suggestions as i'm willing to try anything!!!!!!
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Hey if he is eating grilled cheese that is great :) Will he eat little blocks of cheese too?
I wouldn't worry too much about the cucumber sweetie, he will improve with things like that over time. Do you have anywhere you can grow veggies or fruit? Nothing like getting your LO to plant a strawberry bush or a carrot (you can do them in pots), see them grow, then pick them fresh. Our DD finally ate a bit of strawberry at 6 yo only because she grew it and her 8 month old baby brother was eating one :) :) they are funny little bunnies!!
Ok so if your LO eats grilled cheese sandwiches, maybe you could try a little cheese bake with potatoes (since he will eat fries), keep it simple, just cheese sauce (no garlic or onions or anything) and potato...might work if he likes cheese (they are pretty yummy together)??
The other thing I am wondering is how much millk your LO is drinking and if you could cut it RIGHT back (say one bottle at night) on the day when you are trying to introduce the new food....gosh I sound so mean, but it would mean he really was hungry at meal times rather than filling up on the milk. I wonder if your LO has a small appetite naturally (lucky thing) :)
Good luck sweetie :)
Lizzie
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no he won't eat cheese in any other shape or form :( I have tried cheese whiz on numerous things, cheese slices, squares, sticks, you name it. I have tried mac and cheese. nope. he's just picky! the same thing with rice, he will eat it in soup but only soup!
I am going to try the next time to stick a very thin piece of ham into it and see it he sees it, b/c he really looks and checks out his food before he bites into it, so i hope it's thin enough that he can't see it with the cheese melted.....
yes we have a garden, and will be planting again at the end of may. I hoped last year that i woudl get him to eat something from it, seeingme pick peas and eat them, etc but nope. maybe this year i will have sucess....
he does eat lots when it's something he like. like tonight he wanted a nutella sandwich and he ate 2 whole sandwiches and a big bowl of strawberries. that was dinner..... as he refused to eat anything and hardly ate all day so i gave in!
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I think as boring as it sounds to your palate I would stick to what he likes then, do your cheese toasties for him (they can find ham difficult if their teeth don't line up exactly, so maybe shread it before you put it on the toast if you decide to do a little subterfuge!), do the yogurt, do the fruit, do your soups and don't worry too much....
...Oh and watch trying to trick them, they seem to be able to sniff out something different like you wouldn't believe!!!
If I were you I would go one of two ways (I know I've said this before):
a. Push the food thing and keep bringing the same meal back for AS long as it takes him to eat the 2 bites you have asked for, and I'm talking overnight and into the next day if you have to (it sounds mean, but if you start that fight you will have to win it....giving in just isn't an option), or
b. Stop feeling guilty, try and keep what you feed him as nutritionally sound as possible, feed him what he likes but also what you want him to eat. Take control and offer him a choice of his grilled cheese on toast or the soup that he eats and let him pick (don't let him push you around on this, it's one or the other)...be strong, keep putting a couple of different things on his tray too (sometimes/occasionally a real treat like a jelly bean or something...they love it when it's something special that they don't normally get) for him to have a look at and a smell and a feel if he wants to, if not don't worry...the curiosity will eventually kick in :)
I honestly think that you have tried so hard that I would probably do b. and stop worrying at least for a while!! They really do eat like birds sometimes, but they do ok. If you are concerned you can get vitamin supplements for LOs too :) I just think you need to take the pressure off yourself for a while and relax, if your LO is gaining ok and looking well and has heaps of energy he will be fine :)
Keep chatting sweetie, I'm here for you :)
Lizzie
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ya thanks, i think i will take plan B and relax. he is fine in the weight dept, and has more then enough energy.... it's just frustrating when it's been a year and only tried one new food item???
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Yeah I can completely understand how frustrating it must be, but it doesn't reflect on you sweetheart....you are doing a great job and preparing healthy nutritious options as best as you can, that is great :) If it continues on too long, I would probably try pushing again and see if you have more success as you don't want it to go on forever...but the association between meals and anxiety just doesn't seem worth it at the moment.
I know when I am feeling a certain way I always want the same types of food, it's comforting and makes you feel safe and secure and satisfied...no reason to think kids are any different. Just keep offering little bits of something different in addition to the food he will eat at his meals and don't even mention it. May be one day when you walk into the room you will get a huge shock because they have dissapeared too :) I hope!!!!
Huge smiles and supportive hugs
Lizzie
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LOL ya i can hope :)
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Want to read tomorrow!!!
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If he has only a small range of food he likes, that is okay, but that have to be healthy ones. I would not make chicken nuggets and chips any more, tell him you can't buy them again, they are not healthy. If the things you DO have the the house are things you are happy for him to eat, you will stress less. We have a very picky 3 year old here, too.
One thing that IS odd. Something they didn't eat a week ago can be tasty for them now. The buds change every few days or something, so keep offering. Also, if the kid can help, if the colours are nice, he will eat.
we do this now:
Breakfast: sandwich or yoghurt, he chooses (and buys the previous day) the kind of yoghurt and the filling for the sandwich.
Snack: PLate of vegetables, again, bought by him (nursery does that, too, they go shopping with the kids) all cut up nicely. Peppers, radish, cucumber, baby tomatoes, that stuff.
Oh, and NO non-veg snacks, no milk between the meals.
Lunch: at home he can choose, we do it together, he helps if that is possible. As he won't eat soups it's usually something like a sandwich and some potato salad, or boiled eggs and toast, that stuff.
Snack: this can be junk. Whatever he likes. ATM strawberries are his fav choice here, but cake or biscuits are also fine.
Dinner: Cooked meal that the family eats. What we do is letting him dish out, choose what he wants and only ask if he wants this or that. We don't persuade him to put things on his plate, but ask him if he wants to taste from our plates which he usually does and then it's a yes or a no. We also watch to make things with a few pots, not too many stews and stuff where it's all mixed together.
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i agree with with the chicken and chips thing but then there is no other "meat" item he will eat.... he can't have soup, yougart and fruit every single day b/c then he will just not eat at all...... especially soup b/c he will only eat it maybe twice a week as it is now. then what????
( dinner) nice.... you have a good eater so glad that works well for you. If i tried what you do he wouldn't ever eat :*( when we eat supper i used to ask him what he wanted and it was alway nothing!!!! if i put it on his plate he still won't eat it! like last night we had spegetti and he refused, one little bite of his garlic bread and that was it! he used to eat spegetti all the time and this is the 3rd time now he won't eat it?????
He has never been a child that would taste ours, off our plate, etc he still never cares what we are eating, even if it's junk!!!! he just doesn't want it, he already made the decision that he's not going to like it!!!! I made stew the other day with dumplings and i figured he would at least eat the dumplings and nope, nadda!!! pushed his plate away..... it's very frustrating..... he won't eat meat at all except for chicken nuggets or a fish stick once in awhile.... that's it!
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Sweetie don't worry too much about meat, he is getting lots of good protein from the yogurt and milk and cheese :)
xxLizzie
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i agree with with the chicken and chips thing but then there is no other "meat" item he will eat.... he can't have soup, yougart and fruit every single day b/c then he will just not eat at all...... especially soup b/c he will only eat it maybe twice a week as it is now. then what????
You don't know what he will and won't eat yet, don't worry :)
Just cut out the junk and it will be just fine, he will pick what his body needs.
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It all takes time (and a huge amount of patience from you), time and more time :) As I said don't worry about meat, they get lots of protein...I really think that having the dairy is probably the most important thing and your LO is doing that, so that is totally fab :) be proud of the small accomplishments you and your LO make...you will totally get there :)
Big hugs, and hope to hear wonderful success stories somewhere down the line!!
Lizzie
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Have you ever tried taking your lo out to a restaurant?? Maybe give him a selection of food from your plates or from the kids menu?? We just got back from pizza express and ds ate loads and a dessert! I think we might just be having a sandwich and yogurt for dinner!