Mum's of fussy eaters - Please, I need your help!!

Hi there! My almost 2 year old DS, is the world's fussiest eater. He refuses to eat fruit and vegies (even though 8 months ago he LOVED them). He won't eat red meat at all. He won't even TRY anything new. he won't put it in his mouth to taste at all.
I used to worry, as he was at the 10th percentile for weight for quite some time, so I made things he ate (multigrain hommus sandwhiches for example). Now, I know he is over the 50th percentile, I am happy to try the whole fruit and vege nazi on him.

So starting today, he eats what he is served. His lunch today was a fruit salad of freshly cut fruit. He didn't touch it. I have cut out all snacks. so he's clearly going to be hungry.
I served dinner tonight (rissoles with mashed potato, carrot and parsnip mash and peas). He played with it, bringing the spoon to his mouth, but he wouldn't put any of it in his mouth. He pretends, and then says "yummy". I tried to sit with him (he sits at his own table and chairs) to show him that I was eating the exact same thing. He wouldn't even try any of mine. So looks like he's going to bed with no food (which makes me feel absolutely horrid!!).

Does anyone have any tips that has been through anything like this?
Do I cut out all the food I know he will eat and just try to keep serving new things in the hope he will eventually become so hungry he will attempt it? I asked my MCHN a few days ago if there was any length of time that I would worry about him not eating, and she said no. Should I cut out milk for the time being (as I don't want him to just live on milk as a replacement for food)? Do I give him toast for breakfast like normal or do I give him something like porridge or cereal to try?
Should I not go about like this?
Has anyone had success with their extremely fussy eater?

I would love to talk to anyone who has gone or is going through this. I need the strength to not give in.

Thanks in advance.

I understand where you are coming from I have spent the last 15mths I suppose wondering what will Jack eat today, he still eats very little red meat may have the occasional mouthful but is few and afr between he also took a disliking to vegies, he has only just now decided to try fresh fruit prior to the last 6 weeks he would only eat dry fruit apricots sultanas and the occasional bit of tinned fruit

Jack lives on pasta he would eat pasta everyday of the week if I let him, and at one stage I did as he just refused everything

he took a liking to eggs so I let him eat them he would only eat the white so I was like whatever he is eating

personally the thought of withholding food altogether unless he eats what you want him to is a bit harsh :hugs: please dont take offence

when you said at one stage you let him eat whatever he wanted and mentioned hommus on wholegrain bread I was liek well whats worng with that unless he is eating a diet of fried chips and fried food all day long then there isn't a problem

anyway in our case the last 3 mths have been amazing difference in what jack will eat, he no longer has milk so maybe thats the difference but he weaned himself of bottles, etc... he now trys fruit will eat apples,watermelon etc, not everyday but at least once a week he also will eat certain vegies, mainly if they come off dads plate :lol:

my opinion if what he is eating is ehalthy such as the sandwiches I dont beelive it will do any harm

Jack has only now started havign porridge or cereal he was always a toast boy and then he didn't want anything but a scrpe of butter he still doesn't liek spreads on his bread just a scrape of butter

I know nothing I have said is probably going to help but no others have been there too :comfort:

Thanks. I was given the advice of the whole no eating by my MCHN and it's really going to take alot for me to follow through with it. The hommus sandwhiches are the only healthy thing he eats. He won't touch eggs, he won't touch pasta, no cereals at all, just bread and dairy. It's doig my head in and I just don't think he is getting everything he needs to :( I doubt he gets much iron at all in his diet.

Thanks for your reply!!

My CHN made a big deal of jack not eating red meat told me to cut out all milk at 13mths becuase he wasn't having meat I was like whatever and didn't go back :lol:

ok so maybe cut back on the milk as such... have you tried maybe dipping platters, use pita bread or something make beetroot dips, hommus, yoghurt (greek) etc and see if he will try that... maybe ground some lentils into a spread and try that on bread ... I personally would go for the try this tonight and then after a little bit if he isn't interested at all then offer him what he prefers it take persistant and toddlers are designed to drive us nuts

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thanks Rach! I will give some of that stuff a go over the weekend.

no dramas hope it helps

I think this is a very common thing for almost 2 year olds. My 20 month old hardly eats anything. I offer her dinner, she generally wont even try it. Like you say, wont even put it in her mouth. She has about 5 foods she will eat. Bananana, mandarin, bread, pasta and potato. I assume it's a phase and it will pass. I hope so anyway! I think the key is not to make a big deal of it but keep offering.

If you are concerned you could give him a multivitamin. Also if he likes milk, would he have a smoothie with some fruit in it?

seriously...dont do this to yourself.....dont make this whole eating experience something you and he dread. Its sooo not worth it. I have a bad eater - my first. She is now 5. Like your son, she used to eat her vegies and fruit - up until around 17-18mths....now she eats chicken nuggets, pasta, corn and rice. Thats it for dinner. But you know....i stopped pushing it. I stopped forcing her to eat what i wanted her to eat.

Ive found, as she has become older, gone to preschool, now big school, she sees other children eat bananas, mandarins, youghurts...and over time she has developed a INTEREST in these foods. And really , thats all i want...i want her to try these foods, and be a little bit interested in a plate of watermelon, or some steamed vegies. We're getting there....it takes a lot of time...but we're getting there.

ETA; i know this doesnt make you your situation any better...but take heart in knowing there are a AWFUL lot of fussy eaters out there....i speak to the ladies at school and almost all or at least 1 of their children will only eat a selection of certain foods...and they are in primary school.....i guess what im saying is...baby steps....take small steps in introducing this wonderful thing we call food.....good luck!!!

We have the same problem here. I'm determined not to stress out about it. As long as he is eating relatively healthy food (sultanas, sandwiches, grapes and avocado is about it!) that's ok with me.

Hun, I know it's frustrating but try not to make food a stand off point or a battle ground. If you're really worried, get a multivitamin for him. He will come around to eating a much wider variety of foods in his own time, as long as they are available and offered to him from time to time.

HTH.

I tend to disagree with some of the PPs. Sure there is nothing wrong with hommus on wholegrain - as one of a range of foods. It is not a balanced diet in itself though, and if you check the salt content of the bread you'll probably realise that three meals a day of that is not so healthy.

Niadla - that is is no way a criticism of you hun. In fact, the reason why I feel strongly about this is because I too have BTDT. DS1 was a very trying eater, and I made a huge mistake early on. He liked only a handful of foods - weetbix, vegemite or cheese sandwich, banana and yoghurt. Literally, that's all he ate. If I offered him anything else, he refused it without even trying. Being a mum, my instinct was to make sure he was fed, so when he didn't eat the first thing, I'd give him a sandwich or yoghurt or banana. Every time. So guess what - he never, ever tried anything because he knew he could hold out for what he wanted.

It was only after seeing a MCHN who was rather unimpressed and sent us to a paed dietician and spent time with us on his eating that I stopped doing that. They said to put food in front of him, and if he ate it great, if not he didn't get anything else. So that's what I did, and boy was it hard. But do you know what - it didn't take very long before he started trying the other foods, and shock, horror, he liked many of them! Who'd have thought!!

Now he is a pretty reasonable eater who happily eats a good variety of foods. As long as he gets his sandwich for lunch ;)

So personally, I think this approach actually works, and it's so great to come out the other side that it makes it worthwhile. You have no idea how great if feels to watch your fussy eater eating vegies!

So MR......... when do you say it's an issue rather than a phase? DD was a great eater, now she's shocking. But given it is such a common thing at this age should i really send her to bed with no food. Because that's what will happen. She flat out refuses to eat if she doesn't want to. I am hoping she'll go back to being a good eater. Am i dreaming???? :o

Falguni, I think it depends a bit. Over the course of 2 or 3 days, is she eating a good variety of foods, even if it's only a little bit of each? I know that at that age they do seem to be able to go for days with not much to eat, and I think that's normal. And I'm not a huge fan of sending kids to bed without food - in DS's case he didn't seem hungry and didn't mind not eating so it was different. But I think that if you are always resorting to giving her something she likes, it can be a problem because then she will just hold out for what she wants.

I guess what I'd be aiming for is just small quantities of a variety of foods over the course of a week, so that it's not just the same foods all the time. It's fine for her to have one or two of her favourites in a day, as long as it's not too much so that there's some appetite there for something else also IYKWIM?

Does that make sense? Of course this is JMO. A friend of mine gave her DD nothing but fish fingers or chicken nuggets and mashed potato every night until she was 5 as that's all she'd eat. So we all have our own approaches. I guess for me though the clincher is that DS1 has been a really good eater since I stopped giving him the same 5 things all the time.

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It was only after seeing a MCHN who was rather unimpressed and sent us to a paed dietician and spent time with us on his eating that I stopped doing that. They said to put food in front of him, and if he ate it great, if not he didn't get anything else. So that's what I did, and boy was it hard. But do you know what - it didn't take very long before he started trying the other foods, and shock, horror, he liked many of them! Who'd have thought!!

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While I find it hard to do myself, I totally agree with this. The only variation I make to this with my fussy eater (sounds EXACTLY like yours) is that I will put a small amount of something he likes (eg. potatos) with new foods. I find he is more inclined to consider tasting new foods if there is something familiar on the plate. Also, he eats better if he is not being closely observed! Obviously, the less you comment on how they do/don't eat is best. Present the food and take it away without comment if not eaten. I think you should persist as you might find over a few days that he is willing to try a few things. YOU ARE NOT ALONE - many of my friends kids are exactly the same. Where in Vic are you?

I agree with MantaRay. If you keep offering the same foods, then that is what he will expect.

Could you maybe try some of his favourites in a different way? For example if he will eat mash potato, could you mash some other vegies into it? I have to do this with my ds because he won't eat any other vegies than potato and peas, but every time we have vegies, I make mash potato and then mash in carrots, parsnips, zuchini and brocoli in his and he eats it all because he thinks its just mash potato :)

another thing I try, if your ds won't eat red meat, how about fish or chicken? If he will eat these, you could make a tuna pasta bake, with hidden veggies, chicken meat balls with grated carrots and zuchini. So basically what i'm trying to say is perhaps you can offer him some of his favourites, but in different ways, geez hope i'm making sense, i tend to waffle on a bit.

Also, IMO Its no big deal about not eating red meat because its really only for protein he can get his iron elsewhere (perhaps a smoothie with added iron supplement etc).

My ds is starting become a fussy eater as well and he too used to eat steamed vegies, all fruit etc, but now as I said, i have to disguise his vegies.

Just one last thing, you said that he sits at his own table. I am a big believer of eating being a communal thing, family time. It could make a difference if you all sat down together at the dinner table and ate dinner together, that way he could see the family eating everything and sometimes food does taste better from mummy's plate even though it is the same :)

good luck

p.s I have a few of my own recipes to hide veggies etc, so if you want them just pm your email addy and I will type them up for you (they are all in my head).

If you're offering food and he doesn't want to eat it, there's no reason for you to feel horrid! He's choosing to be fussy, you can't force it down his throat!

Many little ones just don't like to eat, particularly at that age, and the more you get stressed about it, the more fun it is for them to wind you up, the little blighters ;) They may not eat a great diet at that age and you may find yourself resorting to some terrible foods or vitamin supplements, but trust me, they really *won't* starve themselves. All my kids have gone through fussy stages at one time or another with a "mono diet" happening at some point. Only one of them has been sick from it and she had issues with food right from being a tiny baby and has underlying medical issues.

I second the idea of having him up at the table with all the family eating together. It normalises eating and has all sorts of social benefits too.

I definately no expert at this stage but my sister had lots of problems!

She eventually just send them to bed with empty stomach, stopped chasing them around with spoons and made a a chart of snacks and main meal times (using cut outs from MagS) and the kids helped her with it!

But there is a supplement called pediasure (a drink for 1 to 10 years olds) that targets fussy eaters! Not that solves the problems.....

There is a women who made a cook book call Deceptively Delicious - Get Your Kids Eating Good Food and the recipes could be adjusted for a toddler!

Not sure if this helps....................goodluck

Niadla- It sounds like MY son you're talking about! Toby is a shocking eater. His diet pretty much consists of weetbix, bananas, yoghurt, cheese and milk. He wont even TRY red meat. He holds it up to his nose, smells it, and throws it on the floor!
Im going to be paying attention to this thread as there are lots of good ideas. I think the idea of not offering them what they WANT to eat will work. Otherwise, as some others have said, why would they try something else if they know they are going to get what they want anyway, KWIM? Im trying to do this at the moment but as we are currently living with my mum, it's proving difficult. She keeps telling me i cant send him to bed hungry and then i feel like a bad mother. So i give in and he ends up having yoghurt for dinner! :rolleyes:

Another here subscribing to the thread! T is so fussy although he does like fruit. I make up a big batch of every vegetable imaginable, cook it in stock and then puree it and that gets added into everything - mashed potato, casserole, rissoles, the lot. At least that way, he is getting some vegies. If I put cooked, chopped carrots in front of him, he would throw them on the floor but if I let him pick a carrot from the pile at the green-groccers he will have a munch on that. Would Lachie try something like that?
I am guilty of feeding him things I know he will eat, rather than making him try new things. I have only recently realised that after reading Dr Christopher Green's Toddler Taming. There is a good section on fussy eating in that. Let me know if you want me to photocopy it and send it too you.

Why don't you work on one meal at a time ie let him have his toast for bekkie and whatever he likes for lunch and then, as others have suggested, try to slightly vary what he does like for dinner. In saying that, I find DD too tired at night to muck around with introducing new food at dinner so her main meal of the day is at lunch after her sleep and then something lighter for dinner- beans, cheesy toast, yog etc
I really wonder how much milk he is having during the day as it is a food in itself in terms of being filling? What amount would he have in mls each day?
I also have given u torturing myself (for now) in spending time creating dishes for DD that she may not eat, esp ones that are time consuming or fiddly. For now, I stick to the range of what she will eat and try to broaden it every now and then. Will DS eat anything off your plate?
Also, my DD has never eaten any red meat and is perfectly healthy. I have even had her iron levels checked as my GP's insistence and they were completely normal.

Oh KatieRabbit i agree! I have spent sooooo much money and time on making toddler meals from recipe books, only to have Toby not have a bar of them and have to throw it all out! It can get so frustrating!

Wow! Thank you so much everyone for your replies!

Well last night, DS did end up in bed with no food. I felt absolutely horrid, but he slept all night no worries and didn't wake any earlier than normal which was good.
Wehn he got up this morning, he had some weetbix (first time in about 8 months) and DH also gave him half a sippy cup of milk, but only after he had eaten 1/2 of his bowl of weetbix(he ate them dry). He ended up eating the whole lot no worries.
As for the table thing, We are going to eat all together every night from now on. The only reason we haven't is because we have a massive old homestead, that is absolutely FREEZING in winter and no heating in the kitchen (where our table is). I might try and get a small heater to at least warm the room up a bit at nighttimes.

Oh the amount of milk he was drinking, was about 2 full sippy cups per day. That has now been cut out and he will live on water and maybe half a cup of milk each day to start with after he's eaten a meal.

I would LOVE for him to have ONE fruit that he likes. He refuses any fruits. Same with vegies, and he won't touch rice or pasta. He will have things like different flavoured jams, but the sugar content worries me.
If I could get him to eat one or two types of fruit and vegies, I'd be alot happier.
I think I will persist with only offering him what's on his plate and if he doesn't eat it, then he doesn't get anything else. If he at least eats on meal per day, he is getting something into him. If it goes on for more than a couple of days, I may have to reasses and attempt just trying it once a day, but the little guy is super crafty, and I think he'll cotton on pretty quickly that he can skip the one meal per day that he gets offered the 'yuck' stuff.

I am trying to stay very calm. Give him his space. Tell him that his food is yummy, make 'mmm' noises when I eat mine on the odd occasion, and just let him watch. I couldn't ever try and force him to eat and I don't want him to have a negative association with food and eating, as that could have dire consequences. Hubs gets a little worried and tells him to eat, but I tell hubs that if he doesn't eat, then he misses out and that DS isn't wasting away anytime soon.

Gosh I hope I'm doing the right thing!!! I feel horrid, but if I don't stand my ground with him, he will manipulate me. He's a very switched on little boy.

At least he ate weetbix this morning. That's a sight I haven't seen in a long time and it's something completely different to normal.

Thanks again everyone for the advice. I would love to keep swapping notes with people on what you are/have been doing. I can tell this is going to be a bit of a struggle for me.

Thanks so much!!

Ok so last night was ok. I made a roast chicken with roast potato, carrot and parsnip mash and gravy. He's never really liked sauce or gravy of any type.
Anyway, he ate the potatoes. He's never even tried them before, but he grabbed hubby's and mine off our plates and ate them. He wouldn't try the chicken or the mash though. He did eat the potatoes with gravy on them which is a first!! So that's a VERY SMALL win.
I gave him weetbix this morning with milk (as he has been eating them dry the last 2 days) and he had one or 2 spoonfuls or them, but then decided they were no good. He chucked a huge wobbly, and didn't touch them again. I am trying my hardest not to ask him to eat it, and to let him go. I am not getting upset at him at all though... that's one thing I refuse to do. I don't want him having that negative association.

So he's gone to bed now for his day sleep with 2-3 bites of weetbix and half a cup of water. He asked for milk, I told him there was milk in his bowl, and he just made a 'humph' noise and walked away.

Am I doing the right thing? How much longer should I keep this up? I worry that he will fade to nothing in a few days time!! He woke twice last night, and the only reason I can think of for that is because he was hungry. :(

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He did eat the potatoes with gravy on them which is a first!! So that's a VERY SMALL win

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No- that's a VERY BIG win. That's great that he is trying. even if it is only one thing a day or every couple of days is really good going.
I am wondering whether it is worthwhile giving him the food that he does enjoy and let him fill up on that as well as slowly introducing new stuff? For eg, give him say one weetbix with milk for brekkie and then a slice of wholemeal toast and say half a banana at the same time and let him choose what and how much he eats. So he has something familiar that he knows and something new that you want him to try.
I am personally not for the child going hungry as I think it becomes a bigger issue more than a food one and apower play between parent and child and I wouldn't like to wake hungry in the night myself.
I think you are doing a great job and taking it slowly will help. Great to reduce the milk as after a few days he will prob get a bit more of an appetite if he knows there is little milk coming. My DD eats best when she has a smallish amount of a few things rather than one food for a meal eg at dinnertime (her 'lunch' type food!!) she will have an egg, half a piece of toast and a few spoonfuls of yoghurt rather than one big bowl of anything. Keep up with what you are doing and make is pleasant for both of you and manageable long term. If you are not comfy with him going to bed w/out food, you don't have to do it without 'giving' in.

N, that's great news that you have had some wins. It really is a great start to be seeing that change already.

If it is concerning you that he is not eating enough, you could try giving him pentavite drops - these will provide him with some vitamins and minerals and often they also stimulate the appetite. It's also ok to give him one or two things he likes in a day (not too much to fill him up though), if you want to do that. It's best not to do it after he has refused something else, but it's ok to offer him a slice of bread with hommus (for example) as one of his meals.

You might also like to try "hiding" vegies for him in things he'll eat. I put pureed brocolli in the egg when I crumb chicken and the boys love the "magic skin". It's a good idea to put vegies on his plate as well, but at least this way he is eating a vegie without knowing it.

I totally agree with your "no stress" approach. It is incredibly hard to do, but you are right that it is important not to show him how much you want him to eat. You are doing a great job hun, you really are. I am sure that you are going to keep having progress.

N- thanks for posting this thread.
i too have taken some advice and wouldn't let her have cheese, potato or pasta unless she at least tried what i made. Last night i made rissoles with star shaped carrot/pumpkin mash. She ate about a teaspoon, then pushed it around, but at least she tried it. Tonight i made savoury mince with lots of veg. She wanted cheese. I said no cheese unless you try one spoonfull. Well she had a spoonful, liked it so much she polished the bowl off! :dance: So i gave her some cheese. So thanks for giving me new ideas in regards to food. :D

Woo hoo Falguni, that is a huge win also! Well done!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I just want to SNAP! I am staying nice and calm and not giong on about him eating, but what I really want to do is hold the poor kid down and stick the food in his mouth!!!!!!!!! ( I woudl NEVER do that though ;) ).
I am sooooooo frustrated! it's been a week, and apart from the roast potatoes the other night, NOTHING. He won't even eat plain pasta! I tried putting shredded cheese on it. NOPE. He screams, cries his eyes out and throws himself on the floor. I am trying to ignore this and not yell or get angry/upset with him... but this is REALLY testing me.

He won't even try shredded cheese, but he'll eat the exact same cheese sliced straight off the block.
What is with is?

Please someone tell me your child was this bad and it stopped. It's been one week and I am already nearing the end of my tether :(

Is it that he won't try anything new that is annoying you? What has been 'one week'?? What exactly is your DS eating- can you tell us break, lunch, dinner, snacks and milk that he had say today and yesterday? You sound really frustrated and I am trying to picture what he will eat. By the way DD would only ever eat cheese melted and not the exact same stuff not melted till one day she tried it and now eats it any old way..

I hear you Niadla :hug: Toby ate Savoys for breakfast this morning. He wouldn't eat anything else :(

That sounds so frustrating :hug:

DS1 was similar to that hun, I remember how hard it was at the time. It did take longer than a week, but he did get better and now he really is a fantastic eater. The difference is he is now 4 and eats vegies, meat, pretty much everything we do. He still only eats 3 or 4 types of fruit but he'll eat at least one piece a day and I alternate the types of fruits I have so he gets some variety that way. He does like a sandwich for lunch, so he nearly always has that and he knows that means he doesn't get bread at other meals and is ok with that. As I said, he eats most things now.

One of the most amazing things I found with DS1 was with salad. It was the one thing he refused to try more than anything. I kept offering whenever we had salad and he continued to have no interest. I must have offered at least 80 times! Then one night he asked for salad, ate it, and asked for more :o . It has been one of his favourites ever since! So there is hope!!

Hang in there hun :hug:

Nicky, I feel your pain! You are stronger than me. I can't bear Natty when she's hungry - her behaviour is dreadful.
One thing I know about her is that texture is important. She wont eat her cheerios at breakfast if they are soggy. (In reading your post about the weetbix with milk, perhaps your DS is the same about soggy cereal? Can you just serve it dry?)
I have been including new fruits or veges on Natty's plate at dinner time every night. But usually I put something on the plate that she'll eat. If she only eats that small portion of dinner, fine. But there's no more, so if she's still hungry she has to try something else. This has worked one or two times, never with veges but it has with fruit. She'll now eat pineapple and orange, and she has tasted beetroot once or twice (but doesn't always eat it). She used to flat out refuse to try new stuff, but now she will at least put a bit in her mouth. As long as I be careful in how I react I'm hoping this will lead to her eating it as well as trying it.
Natty eats corn on the cob - it is sweet and fibrous and fun to eat. That's about the only vegetable she'll eat.
Hang in there. I will look forward to hearing how you get on.

Just thought I'd update and see how others are getting on.
Epic FAIL here. I gave up after a few days. It was far too stressful to continue whe I had a newborn to look after. DS is happy and healthy, perfect weight for his age, so I figured he can't be going to bed.
We have had some luck introducing fruity yoghurts which is good. He's still a big fan of his hommus on multigrain, and all his dairy.
He received some plastic play food for his birthday late July, and can name everything he has. It has peaked his interest a little and he looks as if he is nearly ready to try something new.
My plan with DD when she starts solids, is to do BLS. I did the mush with DS, so thought I'd try something different with DD and see how it goes. I am going to be super strict with DD's meals, especially with well meaning grandparents who like to slip in lots of treats.

Thanks for all of your advice. I am sure I will pop back and check this thread again soon.
How is everyone else going?

Great idea to check back Nicky! well things are better here - not so much in that he has suddenly become a good eater (I wish :rolleyes:) - I've just stopped stressing so much since realising lots of other mum's are going through the same thing!

We are making a big effort to eat dinner together and that's been going well. It feels like I don't stress so much since I am also focused on eating myself rather than solely on what's going into DS's mouth. He loves meat so I've been giving him half of whatever is on offer, and once he's scoffed that, he has to atleast try some of the things on his plate before having more meat. This way we discovered he loves beens (little trees) and will at least try some carrot.

I also letting him help with dinner - I chop, he puts things into the saucepan and he's actually been eating bits of raw pumpkin and slices of zucchini which is a big step for him! Our local fruit shop also has those little kids trolley's so we've been shopping there and he's been putting things in the trolley and is excited when he sees the things he picked out on the bench to be cut up for tea.

I've also accepted there is just things he plain does not like - he hates pasta and also hates anything tomato based. I think I wasn't allowing him to have likes and dislikes - all I wanted him to do was eat his tea! Mum said I was a fussy kid and now I love heaps of things so hopefully one day he'll be the same (and if not, a least he'll move out one day :lol:).

During the day I've been giving him lots of friut to try and he seems more receptive to that. And hiding lots of stuff! Muffins with carrot and zucchini etc.

I was given a copy of a book called 'More Peas Please" (the joys of working in a bookshop!). I have only flicked so far and it is seems really good - it explains the different types of fussy eaters. I also live by the sentence in Toddler Taming that it takes the average person 68 days to die from a hunger strike...

Oh you are all doing amazing jobs! :hug:

They do grow out of it! My sister was the worst, barely ate anything, would scream, and to make things worse, was TINY and the doctors had her on formula as a drink until she was 4 (bf until 1.5)!

Sure, she's not an adventurous eater now, BUT she is 8, and healthy, and active, and does slowly add new things to her diet - she now eats really rare roast lamb with loads of rosemary! Where she used to HATE any meat, particularly bloody!

I guess what I am saying is that, very rarely will a fussy little toddler turn into a malnourished child / adult who only eats corn and pasta! They grow up :) And TBH, I kinda miss the fussy little thing, screwing up her face awww!

Still struggling here... Although im not worrying about it anymore! Still trying new things eg. tonight was Vege Couscous. He put it on his fork, smelt it, touched it with his tongue then pushed the bowl and said "Dont want it". So he had 2 bananas and yoghurt instead :rolleyes:

I'll still keep trying new things, he'll eventually start to get the idea! :)