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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2006, 15:57:44 pm »
oh we have tried everything . like i say i have now given up on food battles.
 he use to sit in his highchair all the time , then we tried the table with us ,now we put his plate  on the coffee table in the lounge and let him eat as he wants , by doing this he eats more although it takes forever as he wanders around. we have found he eats more at his early morning snack time so we offer a meal , this has worked for a while , then after his nap he tends to snack . Dinner tends to be hardest.
  i'm not worried anymore , i will keep trying to introduce new foods but won't get stressed about his limited menu . the hardest part is when you go out for the day , trying to find foods he will eat ! another trick we found that works is to have his meal and put some crisps/fries on the plate aswell , treat it as a picnic !
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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2006, 16:03:52 pm »
Ryan's Mum-  I hear ya about the difficulty of going out, that is so hard.  My family is big on dinners together and it really is hard for me to figure out how to feed him when we aren't home.  Not only does he not want to eat much but he gets so distracted when other people are around that it makes the problem worse.  Anyway I feel for you!  Some day when these boys are 16 and eating us out of house and home we will laugh about this :)

As for the "snacks" or "no snacks" I am going to fool with it a bit and find out if he is indeed just a grazer or if he is filling up on other things.  This has been a great discussion!  Thanks again

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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2006, 18:31:40 pm »
I definetly hear you about the feeding him when your not at home.  Going to others houses for dinner I always feel like I have to bring something along.  He also gets very distracted!!!  Funny that you mention that.  Even going on a short maybe couple day trip becomes a bit of an ordeal because of it.  We are planning a trip to Walt Disney World in Sept...should be interesting.  But really ds has got to learn to adapt a bit better.  Eventually he will try new foods without such caution I hope!!!

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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2006, 22:01:12 pm »
Hi there!

I read Nikki's post about making homeade "veggie patties"....can you tell me what's in them and how to make them?  It sounds like a great way to get those veggies in!

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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2006, 22:36:51 pm »
Hi CW  :)

There are several varieties:

The mashed sort: potato/pumpkin/brocolli/cauli/carrot etc (any combo will do, just make potato the majority) all boiled and mashed with butter, add an egg and some flour to bind and lightly fry in oil (you can also add canned salmon which goes down well here when it doesn't any other way)

The grated (Shredded) sort: raw grated carrot/potato/zucchini (courgette)/onion - squeeze well, add an egg and flour and lightly fry for about 4mins each side - I was surprised that these go down, they're not sweet but are tasty.


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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2006, 01:33:38 am »
Stacy, that's a great idea...Tyler's on a chicken nuggets with ketchup kick, so I might have to give that a shot!
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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2006, 04:11:25 am »
See, Lilah won't even eat the (Quorn) chicken nuggets (we're vegetarian).  She will eat the ketchup, though... dip whatever it is into it and lick it off.   ::)  So I doubt the veggie patties will be a hit.  The only way I get veggies into her these days is in carrot or pumpkin muffins (unless it's corn, or occasionally peas-- though sometimes, she will say "peas yuck"-- these two "veggies" she will eat sometimes).  She eats lots of dired apricots for her beta carotene... that's pretty much all I can get into her these days.

I've also found that limiting snacks really makes no difference.  One of these days, I'm going to get my act together and try making her after-nap snack her main evening meal, and then she can just snack with us at dinner, to see if that helps.  She does tend to eat more at snack-time, so it's worth a shot.  Luckily we don't have sleep issues because of the eating, but she does wake up pretty grumpy in the morning.
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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2006, 07:53:30 am »
Ryan won't have nuggets either  ::) .he loves ketchup , we tried putting it on the plate with everything to see if it encouraged him to eat , but no !
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Re: I never knew it was this hard
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2006, 17:06:11 pm »
Not sure where you live but in the UK you can buy prepared toddler meals - like Kiddylicious and Birds Eye. I've never tried Birds Eye but I know that the Kiddylicious meals are free of salt and rubbish - just good quality food. And because they come in brightly coloured boxes with pretty pics on the front, I let my DS choose between say a cottage pie or a salmon with broccoli and pasta.  Because he's chosen it and because it looks like a 'snack' thanks to the exciting box, he tends to eat them more readily. That said, he doesn't always eat them still - but it might be worth a try.

The other thing I've done when my DS has gone through food strikes is to have picnics. I either spread a towel on the kitchen or lounge floor or go outside if it's nice and make the meal more of a game. I tend to go for carrot sticks, cucumber and pita bread with hummus and pieces of cheese, strips of ham etc. For some reason, eating on the floor seems a lot more exciting than eating at the table, and they tend to eat more. But I do preface it by saying: special treat, today we can have a picnic. Otherwise it becomes something that he always wants to do and I want him to still eat at the table most of the time.

Also, I don't know many kids who won't eat pasta - specially if they're in cool shapes. I've had pasta in the shape of letters, or farfalle which we call butterflies or shells which we call snails - and if you can make a sauce that has lots of hidden veg in it that is blended up, with a grating of cheese on top, I can usually convince my DS to eat it. ( we tend to call our food funny things quite a lot to get him interested - for example, strips of yellow pepper are yellow worms, strips of onion are purple worms or slugs, sweetcorn are ladybirds etc. Now personally, that would put me right off eating but for my boy, it's like an open invitation to tuck in.  ::)

Not sure if these ideas will help but just some thoughts. Hang in there.
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