Im posting this here as it's not so much what to get DS to eat, but more how to get him to eat?
He's always been pretty fussy with food and will go through stages where he hardly eats anything at all but the latest one has been going on for at least 2 months now. Im over the being frustrated and annoyed period beacuse of all the waste of time and money spent on new ideas and recipes. Now im just getting worried that he's not getting all the right vitamins etc that he should be!
He has a very small variety of foods that he will eat eg. sausages, yoghurt, weetbix, chicken nuggets, cheese, ham, toast, sometimes sandwiches. He will eat pasta, rice etc at CC but not at home. When i make stir-frys or curries, he will suck and chew the life out of the meat, but wont actually swallow it
I need ideas to make it FUN and get him to eat that way. Last week we had soft tacos on the floor of the lounge room like a picnic and he thought that was great. He ate the equivalent of a whole taco, which was actually really exciting! Tonight we made homemade pita pizzas and i let him sit on the bench and help make his. He had cheese and ham on his, two foods that he eats. He had 2 mouthfuls and said "no, i don't want it."
I've found anything 'bite size', is a big hit here!
Sandwitches, I cut into fingers, and make a big game out of all of the fingers on the plate.
Baby chicken and veg meatballs
She also loves 2 minute noodles, think its because they're wiggly, make a crazy mess, but she eats them!
A friend of mine actually made rissole type thing, and put a paddlepop stick in it? So you could hold the stick and munch away, she said it was a bit of a hit too. Actually i saw soemthing similar at lennards, think they're called chicken pops? something like that anyway
When we used to have problems getting DS to eat, we used to invite his 'friends' around ie his favourite stuffed toys. They would each get a chair and I would spoon feed them all. One for them, one for DS. For some reason this always made him eat more. Worth a try
Thanks for the suggestions ladies. DS drinks soy milk, so i felt at least he was getting calcium if nothing else. But, last night i read through so the soy threads and did some research myself and it seems he's not even getting that!
The paddle pop stick thing is a good idea. So is inviting the stuffed toys to the table. Im getting so worried that he is getting absolutely no vitamins or minerals etc.
Maddissun - something that has worked with my DS is where we live, there is a fruit and vegie shop that has little trollies for the kids to push. DS absolutely loves pushing the trolley and picking the vegies and putting them into bags and then into the trolley. When we eat tea, I point to things and say "Tom got that from the fruit shop like a big boy' and it is amazing what he will eat since we have been shopping there. Broccoli, corn, capsicum, beans etc . I also admit to cheating and he eats things that don't actually come from the fruit shop even though I tell him they do.. He is super fussy too. (I even have to send a sandwich to daycare because he rarely eats their meals - argghhhh!!).
I have a recipe for 'healthy' sausages which is just basically a way of hiding vegies in meat and calling it a sausage if you want me to pm it to you. DS would live on sausages if he could..
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When i make stir-frys or curries, he will suck and chew the life out of the meat, but wont actually swallow it
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. I also admit to cheating and he eats things that don't actually come from the fruit shop even though I tell him they do.. He is super fussy too. (I even have to send a sandwich to daycare because he rarely eats their meals - argghhhh!!). 
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