worried...
My 2 year old only seems to want to eat hotdogs, chicken nuggets (not fast food but I bake them in the oven) and uncrustables...I've tried everything bc we eat pretty healthy and don't eat out alot at all. My daughter on the other hand will sit and eat baby spinach leaves right out of the bag raw, like the lettuce ones...I'm not sure how to get him to eat anything else. Like last night he took chicken breast from my plate but just looks at it makes a face and gives it back to me. He won't eat mashed potatoes, rice even Mac and cheese. In the morning usually he will eat dry cereal or waffles...with no syrup tho.
I'm so used to my daughter who always loved veggies and even ate tofu she eats really good him forget it...any suggestions or should I just let him eat what he will eat?
I'm so used to my daughter who always loved veggies and even ate tofu she eats really good him forget it...any suggestions or should I just let him eat what he will eat?
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My Dr told me that kids have a survival instinct just like adults.. when they get hungry enough.. they'll eat what is given to them. LOL
Maybe you need to re-program him.
My 8 year old is chubby and I'm in the middle of re-programming her eating.
She goes to her dads house on weekends so he gives her just about anything.
With my daughter the specialists would always tell me to give her whatever she will eat.
I do wait until we are all done and if he hasn't touched his food by then that's when I heat something up bc I can't stand the fact of him going to bed hungry. Bc he is also not the type to ask for food...I always have to offer it.
I mean I know he won't waste away over night but I feel like I'm depriving him if I don't offer him something:(
Now I would say if the kid just really hates a certain food then don't give it to them.
Example: my 8 year old (not my oldest) but the chubby one... She won't eat baked or grilled fish but will eat fried fish. This is more of preference. I make her eat fish period...
What i did with my oldest... The picky one is I disguised the healthy foods.
Like ... Mixed broccoli in her mac-n-cheese
Cut her baked chicken breast with cookie cutters and arranged her food on her plate to make a pic.
I used food coloring sometimes to trick her... Like green eggs and ham and read her the book at the table
Make fruit shish-ka-bobs!
I also noticed that sometimes it wasn't the food but more of the texture. My daughter didn't like mash potatoes but she loved scallop potatoes or chunky fully loaded potatoes.
Didn't read other comments. You can bake things and sneak small amounts of fruits/veggies in like baked oatmeal with zucchini/or any fruit or a breakfast bake with eggs bacon a veggie/fruit and a biscuit topping.