What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

vivaladiva

Rachie_B wrote:

Ooh - how do you do them? DD1 is a real fan of nuggets and I refuse to buy the supermarket ones!

here you go

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=1236[/QUOTE]

BTW don't rush out and get buttermilk. Natural yoghurt works just as well.

**purpleprincess**

I don't have kids but remember watching something about this on Supernanny. And she had a thing where the parents drew meals on paper plates (eg on one plate chicken with potatoes and sweetcorn and one plate with fish and something else and something else!) and the kids had to pick one or the other, they couldn't have none and also getting them involved in the making of food helped too. The particular boy went from eating nothing and crying and screaming when he did to eating lots of new things. http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/S/supernanny/

Rachie_B

Trow wrote:

I don't think its fair to expect a child to eat everything - I have read elsewhere about people puking up their forced dinners - it's just not right.

My kids have to try everything on their plate - including stuff they think they don't like. Sometimes they like it, sometimes they don't, but in my house they get no dessert if they don't eat a reasonable amount. It works, but I wouldn't force them to eat anything they don't like (although sometimes they might choose to if they think there is a gret dessert coming up!)

i agree .i dont think a child should be "punished" for not eating EVERYTHING on his/her plate!!!

i just expect my son to try a little of everything,leaving the stuff hes not keen on

if he wont even attempt to eat new stuff then he doesnt get a lolly or whatever and no green stickers for his chart

moggins

Going slightly adrift because of the food for kids thread. DD is a really bad eater, even her favourite foods take her well over an hour to eat, she won't eat anything with a sauce, she basically only eats chicken, cheese, pasta, rice, vegetables, eggs, fruit and ice cream.

She does like sweets but only has them twice a week after tea and before she brushes her teeth.

She is 5 and today she has had to go to the dentist with her first cavity She's also being referred back to the GP because of her extremely low weight, I don't know what else I can do, I'm running out of ideas. We have a really tiny kitchen and I don't like the children being in there with me for safety reasons but it has occurred to me that she may try eating more foods if I involved her in cooking them.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can involve her in cooking without putting her in danger?

wigginsmum

How about pizza if you sit on the sofa with a tray to cut the toppings together?

Spendless

Do you have a dining table moggins? What about putting all the ingrediants on there plus utensils,and making your recipe there only going into kitchen at last minute to put stuff in.
Dips for carrots, crisps;) etc no oven involved.

moggins

I do have a dining table, it's not as good as the old one as it's glass but if I padded it out with a few newspapers under the table cloth it should be safe enough.

She's been like this since she was old enough to eat solid food, I foolishly believed that she would be like the others and get better as she got older

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi Hun

Know its a pain, but hows about serving in bowls and letting her help herself like a grown-up. This used to work with DD, I would put a couple of bits on the table that knew she liked, but used a bribbery (sp) system that she had to try something else before eating them.

Is she just a slow eater, or is she just not interested in food? Is anyone else fussy in the family that she may have picked up on? Does she drink alot of milk or have alot of dairy products? DD when she was younger would rather have a glass of milk than eat and is basically food, so she wasnt hungry as I was giving her the milk:o

Try not to worry yourself too much-easier said than done, but maybe the GP may have some suggestions that havent been tried or refer her on to a specialist that may be able to help. Do you have a health visitor?

Sure your get it sorted.
Hugs Hun

PP
xx

moggins

Thanks PP, she's both fussy and slow and since the school keep nagging on about healthy eating she has become obsessed with it, everything has to be declared healthy or she won't eat it.

She is 5 for pete's sake, she is supposed to be more concerned with how much chocolate cake she can get down her than how healthy it is!

The other two used to be fussy when they were little but they quickly grew out of it, DH just won't eat cooked cheese. She refuses to copy anyone, she definitely has all her own likes and dislikes, daddy is funny because he won't eat cooked cheese and she loves it, DS loves baked beans, she won't touch them.

Penelope_Penguin

moggins wrote:

Thanks PP, she's both fussy and slow and since the school keep nagging on about healthy eating she has become obsessed with it, everything has to be declared healthy or she won't eat it.

She is 5 for pete's sake, she is supposed to be more concerned with how much chocolate cake she can get down her than how healthy it is!

The other two used to be fussy when they were little but they quickly grew out of it, DH just won't eat cooked cheese. She refuses to copy anyone, she definitely has all her own likes and dislikes, daddy is funny because he won't eat cooked cheese and she loves it, DS loves baked beans, she won't touch them.

Moggins, big hugs for you and DD. Might not be much consolation, but your DD sounds a dead spit for mine (along with the teeth - I replied to the OS thread for yesterday sympathising with your trip to the dentist - my experience exactly). My DD is now 13, and still very slim. However, she now eats exactly what she likes (but we try to avoid too much sugar and salt).

We filled our children using full fat milk, yoghurt, cheese, butter, olive oil, etc. We hid it in everything we could - mashed potato, pasta, etc.

Does your DD get lots of exercise, and outside time? That may help her appetite.

The "healthy eating" message makes me furious!! :mad: This is intended for couch potato grown ups, with poor diets and no exercise, NOT for energetic, growing primary school children. Fatty food is now banned from lunch boxes at my son's primary school. Not in his lunch box, mate, he needs all the calories he can get.

Best wishes, I'll probably think of more things tomorrow.

Penny. x