I'll check out the links, but she's turned down life cereal and finds the Chex's too fun to squish with her hands. Then it's messy and she definitely doesn't like that!
Cheese is out - cottage, string, cream cheese, sliced cheddar, shredded cheddar and parmesan, and crumbled bleu. I have some gruyere and fontina that I can try - oh, Mont Jack has been tossed out as well. Yogurt is in again (thank god!) and she eats at least 4oz. at each meal. Well, she does eat Mac-n-Cheese but only if it's the crappy Kraft kind. If I make it from scratch for her, she just spits it out.
I can't tell you the last time she actually ate a vegetable, although I do keep trying. I thought I'd snuck some in with some chicken soup last night, but she's like a dog. Halfway through, she spit out a half eaten pea. "Ahah!" I thought, "the corn is still in there!" Well it came out after she swallowed the pasta.
She will eat some waffles and some toast (always whole wheat) but will only take about 5 bites. I know that a toddler serving is only 1/4 of a slice, but she really only makes a small dent in it. We've tried grilled cheese and it was rejected. She will eat eggs but again it's only maybe 5 bites and then she's done with it and I have tried veggie sausage with her (after she ate a few bites of some real sausage at a restaurant, then rejected it at home) and she did try a couple of bites, but chewed them both up and spit it out. I remember cuz it was the first time DH really witnessed her eating like this and he got really frustrated with her. I mistakenly thought she'd do better with breakfast for dinner, but was wrong! And I could be mistaken on this as well, but I think the yogurt that she eats is more healthy than rice pudding. True? I will try some more risottos with her - have only tried a cheesy kind and, well, with her distate for cheese, it wasn't a hit.
Like I said, she does eat a bit of toast/waffle for breakfast with some fruit and yogurt. The one thing that she will ALWAYS eat is blueberries. Oh and mandarin oranges but they give her fire bum on the other end so we have to really limit their intake. She will eat a few crackers and graham crackers if she wants a snack (and yogurt). For her meals, I'm still giving her the meat purees cuz she's still eating them - if I mix them with her yogurt (gross, I know but it does get a bit of extra protein in). So she'll usually have one jar a day or every other day. Lunch is yogurt again and maybe some crackers or toast, maybe some meat. We do try new foods and we try them for a few meals cuz I know it takes them a while, so it's usually chicken that we cook, so we'll offer her some bites of it. I do try to get a veggie in and have drowned them in butter to make them more appealing, but I haven't found one that she'll eat. Oh and no potatoes. DH's favorite food and he can't believe she won't eat them! If she hasn't eaten well for a couple of days, I'll break down and make her some Kraft mac-n-cheese and she will eat some of that too. Dinner is very similar. Very boring!
One of the problems we have is that she sometimes gets mad when she doesn't like a food. It's not like she just shakes her head, she practically has a meltdown over it and the meal is OVER. We thought we would do try the new foods at the beginning of the meal when she's hungry. Big mistake!!! Then she won't eat anything and will scream to get down. So, now we try to get something in her so if it totally offends her at least she's gotten something in her tummy. But, it can still cut a meal short.
Today I fed her 4 meals so we'll see if it makes a difference. Oh and I bought some Pediasure at the store today to see if that might help fill her up too. She sipped on some today, but her last meal was right before bedtime so we didn't offer the sippy. Sorry for going on so long!
