My picky 2 year old eater?! ARGH!

[gabrielle1976]

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You are complaining that youre child eats a healthy diet , and dosnt like junk food ,,, now I have heard everything.
Anyways you feed her what evryone eats and if she dosnt eat it then she dosnt eat it , most kids will not starve themselfs they really wont . But if I were you I would do my best to cater to her healthy food choices as its good for youre whole family to eat good food . why should she eat food thats nutrionishly unblanaced beacuse you prefer nuggets and tater tots ?
LOL I understand the price of food is a huge deal , coupons coupons coupons , sales sales sales , you can feed a faimly on largely healthy and even at least partly organic diet for only pennies more then junk if you work hard and pay attention to deals. I am afraid this may sound like Im being mean but I dont mean to be . Good luck . As the mother of a picky eater I can tell you eventually they will most of the times eat .

 

[bheila]

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I agree, especially since we don't have the money right now to cater to everyone of my kids needs and wants right now. Oh and not to mention my TIME!

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Been there, done that........

I also had to deal with the age old advice of "If they are hungry enough they will eat". Not my kid. My oldest would only eat broccoli, salads, and anything in rice (that helped a LOT) until he was about 3ish. My middle son would eat anything that couldn't outrun him (still does). My youngest....OH MY! The second he went off the bottle he stopped eating. Completely. The doctor said "he will eat when he is hungry". He went 3 days without a bite of food before I gave the bottle back and started trying to find something. What worked? Raw fruits and vegetables ONLY. He slowly worked up to grilled chicken or fish. Now at 8 (8 as of today, in fact) we get some beef and pork added in. He will, however, eat ANY junk food he can get his hands on so we have to be very careful. He is 8 and weighs 43 pounds.

 

[Ghostchick]

My son is 7 and has strange food requests. He loves shrimp and squid, tentacles especially! He loves fish, but will not eat tuna fish. He will eat peanut butter and fluff sandwiches for lunch. Not cheese, or any lunchmeat! He will not eat pork, except ribs. He will eat eggs and bacon, but not ham. I told him it comes from the same animal! He would just love to graze in the garden, thank goodness we are planting a large one! I don't like forcing a kid to eat what everyone else is. Just try a bite, if you don't like it, we will find something else. Mine will just go to bed hungry, happily. He is a skinny lil thing and I would love for him to put on weight. He eats rice and veggies so I usually have those sides. He will go to the stage of vomiting his dinner if he is made to eat something. I'd rather not watch this and ruin my dinner. Now, my husband doesn't necessarily believe in this. He was forced to eat foods as a child and has such aversion to them. I think its like trying to feed a vegetarian a cheeseburger. Which, by the way, my son has never eaten in his life! BUT, he eats sausage patties...whatever! I don't understand it...but try to make sure that everyone has something to eat!

 

[Ghostchick]

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I hear ya! My son is just 7 and weighs probably 45 lbs.

 

[ChickensInTheNorthWoods]

Sounds like my nephew who is most picky eater I have ever known - His mom and dad cater to it but I don't. Whenever he eats at my house and mom and dad aren't there he eats whatever we are and loves it. They almost fell over when he asked when they were going to cook him venison like uncle C does!

 

[chicken_china_mom]

I lucked out as both my kids eat a wide variety of foods, and almost always have. My problem primarily has been with my older daughter having a lot of food allergies. But when she was little, she ate just about anything you put in front of her. We had to watch as she ate new foods because of the potential for food allergies, but even now my kids both eat fish, beef, chicken, they even eat liver. They eat whole grain pastas, oatmeal, granola bars, veggies, fruits, brown rice, etc. We did go through a very long phase where my younger daughter would absolutely NOT eat anything that had a "sauce" on it. Spaghetti was served plain, sauce was not permitted on it. Fries were eaten plain, peanut butter sandwiches were without jelly, etc. She accepts some forms of "sauces" now. She eats ketchup but prefers barbecue sauce or mustard. When I can apple butter she will eat it hot out of the pot, but refuses to eat it once it has been refrigerated or even reaches room temp. She despises jellies, jams, preserves, etc. She prefers her fruit fresh. It was funny (and frustrating) watching her eat pizza when she was little cause she would peel the cheese off and carefully wipe it clean, and then wipe the crust clean before eating them. She's a little pickier than her sister when it comes to veggies, and she doesn't like carrots cooked. She likes them raw. My older daughter will eat just about anything if it isn't tied down. However, I have always had one that leaned more toward fruits and veggies and less toward meats (older daughter), and one that could exist only on meat if given the chance (younger daughter). The day their father left though I ended all the bad habits he had started. I retired the deep fryer and now everything is baked. I switched to whole grain pastas, brown rice, etc. Money is tighter now so I have to buy the cheaper stuff, but once I can afford it again, I will return to cooking that way. My younger daughter and I love to make tilapia with a mustard sauce that is low in fat but super full in flavor. Recently I got samples at work of granola bars, and people at work that tried them didn't care for them, but my kids LOVE them. I had to tell my 9 year old to slow down since they are so full of fiber she was giving herself diarrhea from eating two or three a day! I admit, they eat A LOT better than I did at their age! I was super picky. I still am to a point, but now it's mostly because a lot of foods don't sit well in my stomach, and some I have allergies to, like tyme. I still have issues with foods when they are suppose to be crisp or crunchy, and they get covered with a sauce that makes them soggy. I hated the chipped beef on toast my mom made when I was a kid. I would starve and go to bed without dinner cause I would NOT eat it. I can't stand soggy toast. And I hate meatloaf. My kids have never had meatloaf, but my younger daughter LOVES sloppy joe, another food I can't stand. But hey, I figure, if they are eating well, who am I to complain? I just hope they continue to eat well into adulthood. Good luck with your daughter. It sounds like you have her on the road to a healthy future, even if it is a more expensive one, lol.

 

[silkieluver_07]

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I guess I can say that I've always been a picky eater. I dont like anything with a tomatoe sauce or paste. For pizza what I do is to take off the cheese, scrape off the sauce, then put the cheese back on the slice and eat it I guess I should listen to my friends advice and order breadsticks.

My spaghetti is plain and I put butter on it? I guess I call them butter noodles vs. spaghetti.

On chips and french fries I will break off the brown spots on them. I dont like breaded foods like chicken fingers or boneless wings. My meat must be grilled/no breading. I love to eat nuts raw by themselves, but I hate them mixed in with my food: chocolate, brownies, icecream, etc.

I hate meatloaf because my aunt made me eat it until I puked. Any kind of fish is distateful t me, even haddock. I love crab though. I love any kind of fruits like pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, bananas.... I dislike anything that is a type of bean... Okay, enough of me rattling on and on about my picky eating habits!

 

[country freedom]

When we stayed at a shelter about 9/10 years ago, Staff thought it was safe to put the 3 vegetable platters downstairs on a cafeteria table for the adults to munch on. When we went downstairs, all three platters were gone......my children were happily finishing up, what they had started, and they had eaten all three.
This happened in a 1/2 hour during an adult meeting, all children was supposed to have been watched be assigned adults.......
The staff assumed all children didn't like these types of vegies.........

 

[purr]

sounds like my grandchildren Logan 7 and Sophie 3 , I actually told Logan the other night if he didn't at least try his spaghettie I wasn't giving him more broccolli that he was begging for.
And Sophie will eat a whole container of Sabra roasted garlic hummus if I let her.And she loves lobster.