Parents with fussy eater....

[Sterla]

You know I had been thinking about posting a thread about this too.

DS is a bad eater too... he eats plenty of cereal, bread/toast, pasta, rice, biscuits (he would live on biscuits if I let him)... he'll eat most fruits (is a bit picky with apples, oranges, pears, but loves melon, banana, berries, etc). Even yogurt with him is hit and miss. He'll eat and loves sausages, but there's very few other meats he'll eat. He likes some vegies - mainly raw cucumber, cherry tomatoes and sometimes carrots.

TBH, I hadn't realised until just recently how bad his eating had become. I think I had figured he was going through a fussy stage... but that fussy stage has been going on a year + now. Time to do something about it... but what!?
I overheard some mums talking today about their fussy eaters, and one said her little boy was put on iron supplements because he was such a picky eater and his iron levels were terribly low. I hadn't thought about that before... but perhaps that's why DS seems so tired all the time?! I thought it was from dropping his day sleep, but maybe there's more to it.

What do you do with a fussy eater?

(sorry to hijack Kate - just you've asked exactly what I've been thinking about!)

[foreva*your*mummy]

I just wanted to say Im glad in not the only one, no advice but in the same boat!. my DS3 it terrible same diet too I think you just keep offering and hopefully it gets better in time. Often he goes to be with no dinner
If your children dont eat their dinner do you then give them something else that you know they will eat just so they are not hungry? there is a part of me that thinks if I keep doing it he will know that you dont have to eat your dinner cause you will get something you want?

[Jakabella]

Maybe its just an age thing too? I dont think its a sensory thing? Some times she will eat red meat or different foods and then the next time you make it will not have a bar of it!

I have the kiddy iron as well that goes in her milk - she looks pale some days and Im sure it from not eating enough meat.

And as for veggies... she will eat raw carrot and thats about it! Some times mash but not always! Ahhh I dont know. she was such a great eater form 1-2 would eat all veggies and all meats and now is the complete opposit!

[LuluHB]

If your children dont eat their dinner do you then give them something else that you know they will eat just so they are not hungry? there is a part of me that thinks if I keep doing it he will know that you dont have to eat your dinner cause you will get something you want?

I do do this, but I make sure that we have one night of dinner that I KNOW she will eat, and then the next night something that she should eat but I know in all likelihood that she won't, and if she doesn't eat it then she gets nothing else. I do soften a bit if she at least tries something, but most of the time if she does actually try something she doesn't want to eat she will vomit it up so its not really productive.

I struggle to do too much of the "eat that or nothing" because she is so tiny that I don't want to deprive her of at least something in her tummy

[RhiChiChi]

I know my gf did the 10 day thing where you put the same food you want them to try/eat on the plate for 10 consecutive days, aparently then they will eat it - not sure if it is worth or try or not. I know it worked for her DS, however he has food allergies so I'm not sure if she did it for all foods or just to increase his diet