Toddler not interested in new foods

[Miss.September]

I'm needing help too. Last night I was at my wits end with it, DH and I had a fight over it out of frustration, and then I bawled

My problem is she's so clever. She used to eat pasta sauce (not the spaghetti, just the sauce). So I started to hide vegies in it. Now she won't eat it at all, even though the vegies are hidden. Mashed potato has now become the same thing, used to love it and it was our vegie staple. Made the mistake of trying to hide zucchini in it - she won't touch it, even when it's straight mash. She eats very bland food and won't try anything new. She loves blueberry muffins. We got her one yesterday that had raspberries in it too. She ate a mouthful and then refused to eat the rest. But constantly asks for things. Tomatoes. Cucumber. She won't even eat cheese at the moment. So at the moment, we have a toddler (with great communication skills) who won't eat fruit or vegetables at all and only eats bland food. I feel your pain, mummato1

[Gigi]

i tried to bribe bilby, to have a bite of a strawberry. I bribed her with a chocolate bar. Didn't work. She is so determined NOT to eat fruit, not even a choc bar got her to take one lousy bite of a strawberry. Yet she loves strawberry yogurt. I guess it's the sensory thang at work again.

[Kmn]

Have you tried the picnic option - for some silly reason my DS is much happier to try new things when he is either at the park or at someone elses house or at a cafe.

We try and have a "you must try it before you tell me you don't like it" rule.
If he tries it and doesn't like it then he can have something else (but not a favourite thing, just an OK thing). No substitute until things get tried.

Gigi - for the constipation, have you tried things like sultana bran buds, or the tiny weetbix - as "biscuits". They're probably not as healthy as fruit, but they do contain a lot of fiber.