Really fussy eater im at my wits end!!

Tanya - posted on 04/08/2010

My son's the same age and a very picky eater. He doesn't like mixing flavours, he's very particular about texture, and he never eats meat. Yesterday, we were lucky to get him to eat pepperoni (we were making pizza for ourselves), but I think he likes the salt. We try to get him to eat an egg once a week so we know he's getting protein that way. I'm grateful my son eats cereal for breakfast and loves fruit. He also likes cooked carrots, corn, peas, beans and lima beans (go figure), but never together. So we've got healthy choices, but it's still a limited diet. It makes going anywhere difficult because I always have to pack a lunch bag for him, but pickiness is probably a lot easier to deal with than severe allergies, so I'll just keep hoping my son will choose other foods as time goes on. Good luck to you, too!

P.S. My mom thought it was poetic justice that I have a picky eater for a son since I was apparently a very picky eater. She admitted, though, that I was never "quite" that picky. ;)

Amanda - posted on 04/07/2010

My daughter will be 2 on may 20th, she goes in spurts. Some days she eats like a bird and others she eats reallly good, but there's not much variety to what she'll eat. I give her "Gerber Smart Sips, in Vanilla", she loves them and drinks them all day long. I atleast have some peace of mind knowing she's getting the vitamin's and nutrients she needs, and I recently discovered that Big Lots has them for only $1.00 a pack, which is super cheap! She does the best with foods that she can feed herself and likes to try to use her toddler silverware. Her main diet though is carbs...cereal, chips, fries, mashed potatoes or pasta. that's about all she wants, on a good day she'll eat part of a mcdonalds cheeseburger, nuggets or pizza, and sometimes I have luck with Gerber's Pasta Pick-Ups, she likes those pretty well.

Shorna - posted on 04/01/2010

i had the same problem with my son he would only ever eat chicken nuggets and smily faces or potato waffels. he will be 5 this year and he is still going through it but he does eat a larger variety of food we took him 2 a dietition (sorry for spelling) and they said its just a fase and all kids go through it but it was worrying at the time. all you can do is persivier with him easier said than done i no! dont feel bad about it trust me thats all i ever did was feel bad and always felt it was my fault even though i tried my best with him. hope ur little 1 comes out of this fase soon as i know what your going through and its not very nice

Hayley - posted on 04/01/2010

my son doesnt eat much of his meals either! i dont worry tho as hes not wasting away! lol try sticker charts my son loves them also dont make to much of a fuss of him eating just chat to him about other things while hes eating apart from the food and lots of praise when he does eat hope this advice helps!