Thanks ladies. DD is healthy enough and I do give her a vitamin & iron liquid as recommended by my MCHN. Everyone I have been to about this says she will grow out of it, but when?
Iv tried everything! Being the "nice" mum, the "I don't care what you eat" mum and the "hard ass" mum... None of it works. I guess I just have to look into things and hope she grows out of it in the mean time!
I watched a UK tv show where they took fussy eaters to eating classes. It turned out in most cases that the kids had not been allowed to 'explore' the food with their senses, therefore it becomes a foreign item they don't know what to do with. After the classes the kids all ate (or at least tried) what was put in front of them. It's not the case for ever child but it was interesting.
Maybe see your MCHN and ask if they know of anything that can help.
I was a fussy eater. Apparently when I was little I would only eat fish fingers, chips and eggs. I must have grown out of it at some point because I eat a variety of things now.
My DS doesn't eat much. He can eat the dinner he is served, or a piece of plain bread. Works for us. I assume that he will get a bit more adventurous later. If he does try something new we over the top praise him. He isn't a big meat fan. Or veges. But he likes canned pears and fruit juice and seems to be growing. I add florodix to his juice sometimes JIC.
Your anxiety about her non eating will be having an impact on her, make food fun, play with it, let her eat it with her fingers, make kababs, I sometimes use toothpicks in food to change it up. It will take time
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