Tell me this wont cause any serious issues? Fussy child/food

podperson

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My nephew was exactly the same, a vegetarian who didn't like vegetables. As far as I can work out he only eats pasta... with no sauce.

Wow, someone worst then me! I think a lot of it when I was younger was that my mum was quite a 'traditional' cook and there was a lot of potato and two veg kind of meals - with things like carrots, broccoli, cauli, sprouts, swede etc - most of which I don't like. When I moved out and started experimenting more myself I found I wasn't so bad with the more mediterrean style veg. (Which ironically my mum now cooks lots more of as well )

Gloomendoom

podperson wrote: »

Wow, someone worst then me.

The funny thing is that he has just started studying to become a doctor. I wonder if it will improve his diet.

Savvy_Sue

FlacosFloozie wrote: »

One thing that did help is I love vinegar and if it was on things I would eat them. Are there any sauces/dressings/spices she's fond of that you can add to dishes to alter the flavour a bit? Just a thought..

Here's hoping she's too old to want to try tomato sauce on breakfast cereal ...

(When DS1 was about 2, he loved tomato sauce on everything. One day he asked for it on his cereal. I thought "OK, he won't like it, let him try it." There followed several months of pink milk on cereal! :rotfl: This included a week when we were on holiday with the in-laws, which took some explaining!)

BTW, I don't think that there's anything wrong with rotating a few meals over and over again. Is that not why the rubber chicken was invented? I don't know what the veggie equivalent of a rubber chicken is, in my house it would definitely involve lots of tinned tomatoes ...

aliasojo

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Here's hoping she's too old to want to try tomato sauce on breakfast cereal ...

_pale_ Pales at the thought.

We do have tom sauce in the fridge but daughter has been brought up to believe it's for special occasions so she doesn't ask for it very often as she knows she just aint getting it.:rotfl:

I'm not cruel. Lots of children are brought up without tom sauce. Have you any idea just how much sugar is in the stuff? She'll thank me one day.

The past couple of days she's been eating like a trojan. I suspect she's about to grow again. As long as it's her height and not her mouth, that's fine.

mandragora_2

My brother had a very limited diet at this age - he too just didn't fancy anything out of his comfort zone, so for about 4 years seemed to live on baked potatoes, chicken, baked beans, cheese. And, of course, because he was a teeneager, Maltesers, Topic bars and coke. He's 6'4" now and as healthy a specimen as you would find anywhere. Didn't damage his brain power either! I think the person it had the most effect on was my mum, because she worried about it so much. He gradually came out of it once he went to work, and subsequently moved out. He still likes chicken, though!

Sambucus_Nigra

My little brother [40 this year - yikes] would only eat mash and faggots for years and years and years. Oh with gravy on it of course.

He grew up to be a chef, and has cooked for the Queen. And he taught me how to cook Italian, and Mexican food.

devildog

You should see meal times in this household! One will just about eat any/every thing.
One with diagnosed illness- been advised no wholemeal/brown bread/pasta/rice etc. minimal fruit/veg.
One with different diagnosed condition just discovered that trigger foods are anyting remotely fatty includ cheese/milk as well as the obvious fats.
One gave up meat last year and dairy a couple of months ago.
Need I say more

Savvy_Sue

devildog wrote: »

You should see meal times in this household! One will just about eat any/every thing.
One with diagnosed illness- been advised no wholemeal/brown bread/pasta/rice etc. minimal fruit/veg.
One with different diagnosed condition just discovered that trigger foods are anyting remotely fatty includ cheese/milk as well as the obvious fats.
One gave up meat last year and dairy a couple of months ago.
Need I say more

The sooner they all learn to cook for themselves, the better!

aliasojo

Actually I empathise devildog. I have the pescatarian 12 year old, a 29 year old with liver and gallbladder probs who has to eat a very restricted diet and an OH who wont eat eggs, pasta and loads of other foods you would class as staples/basics. No wonder I'm going grey.

devildog

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

The sooner they all learn to cook for themselves, the better!

Quite true but in their defence two have good cooking skills and one can cook basics(as in can cook what they can actually eat)but just try and come up with a meal that we all can eat