MSE Parents Club Part 15

delain

tiamai_d wrote: »

Beenie. Other Amber We've not seen her either.

Ahh OK. I'm such a noob sorry :rotfl:At least I remembered you had an Amber

nomnomnom

Any advice would be appreciated. I have twins and they are 2 in February. We weaned them fine, they ate a varied diet, loved healthy food, then turned 18 months and it all went downhill.

They started going to nursery where they picked up bugs and have been on and off ill with various things since October, so their eating habits became worse and worse. Now they only will eat things like Heinz speghetti hoops with sausages, toast, cereal some fruit, fishfingers and of course, all rubbish like crisps & biscuits given the chance Nursery say they eat small amounts of foods, but when I asked about veg, they said my twins mostly refuse.

Do I just accept that they will eat better when they feel well again? They literally have had every illness under the sun since starting nursery... so they have been off food for ages, but I am giving up hope that they will eat vegetables ever again! I offer them and they throw them on the floor, or throw tantrums. Then I end up offering them a tin of hoops because I know they will eat it and the pair of them are wasting away so I want them to eat something.

Anyone been through this and have some positive stories for me please?

iamana1ias

Children won't let themselves starve willingly. Stop backing down and giving them carp. They'll soon learn.

julie2710

I don't agree with the not backing down! Don't know about you but if I'm ill I reach straight for the high energy food which to be honest is usually sugary stuff!

Kids go through phases with food and if you try and force anything on them they will rebel! You need to just limit food to meal times maybe and give them the spaghetti on a plate with some veg alongside it? or fruit puddings or smoothies or milkshakes?

Don't worry a few weeks/months of junk won't kill them! Also kids do pick up every bug imaginable once they start nursery. It's a common fact but then when they start school they are less likely to be ill thank those who didn't go to nursery.

Nicki

I had a similar problem with my two, after I had been in hospital for a lengthy stay (several months) and my OH who was working full-time basically fed them on nuggets, pizza and fish fingers for the whole time! Needless to say, they took a lot of persuading to eat normal family food afterwards. What I did was to start gradually - one meal a week of stuff they weren't going to like so much, or one healthy item on a plate of stuff they would otherwise eat. I was careful never to make it an issue whether they ate or didn't, so refusing food didn't become an attention grabbing thing. In the short term I gave some extra vitamins and made sure they were drinking enough milk. It did take a while to resolve but after a few months, they were both eating normally again, and now they both have varied healthy diets, though they are aged 9 and 10 now so I would hope so! (they were 1 and 2 when I was I'll originally)

As for the baby though, he currently refuses all vegetables unless disguised, and is picky about the fruit he'll eat too. Sigh! I'm sure over time he'll come round and I just keep offering it to him, and not making a fuss if he refuses.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Nursery is a great place to learn that, if you make a fuss, you don't have to eat the vegetables....

[after school clubs are exactly the same - I was suddenly confronted by a 6 year old child who had always eaten broccoli, leeks, sprouts, meat, etc, refusing anything but tinned meatballs and hoops.]

cazscoob

ohhh sexy Tia is back!!!!

Susan if your reading please let us know your ok xxx

osian

Would they eat them if they were disguised? My daughter (just turned 2) probably wouldn't eat vegetables on their own, but if I mix them in with something else she will. She loves spaghetti bolognaise and I sneak lots of veg in there. She also enjoys sweet potato with mixed veg mashed up together with grated cheese on top.

Do they like fruit? My daughter loves grapes, bananas and raisins. Those baby fruity pots are also great for tempting her.

I also give her 2 bottles of toddler follow on formula milk a day (which has added vitamins). Bear in mind that most branded breads and cereals are also fortified with vitamins ( have a look on the labels).

SugarSpun

I have her number but don't want to text at this time of night so will try tomorrow xxx

GlasweJen

Lie.

My 6 year old niece thinks that cola and diluted blackcurrant are one and the same.

The 7 year old doesn't like potato, we just stuck some natural food colouring in there and suddenly it's bubblegum mash (blue).

The 6 year old only likes chicken, we just stick food down in front of her and say that it is chicken, it get eaten.