Table food question

mrsmikey

Eli has pretty much stopped eating all veggies.  He will eat some at daycare, and sometimes he'll eat a few peas at home, but that's about it.  I have been semi-successful with hiding them in other things, but I honestly just don't have alot of time to do special cooking for him. 

But he eats a ton of fruit, that and meat are his favorite thing.  So here's my question:  do fruits and veggies have similar nutritional values?  Or is he really missing some things by not eating veggies?  I know I should know this, but I've just always made sure he has all the food groups everyday, and it never mattered b/c he ate everything.  I still offer him veggies with every meal, but they usually end up on the floor. 

SalisburyBride

This is our struggle too. I loved when he would just eat the jar veggies. I am tempted to try those again since he can feed himself. It will be messy but at least he is eating his veggies. I buy the small cans of the veggies - like half the size of normal cans- and try a little of those at a time. I feel better than wasting a whole big can. He does ok with cut green beans - especially if he can have "dippy veggies". I put a little BBQ sauce on his plate and he will eat them that way. He actually ate a few lima beans the other day. Fortunately he likes spinach plain with at little butter. When he gets scrambled eggs I will mix in a little frozen spinach and he eats them right up! He loves eggs so this way he gets his veggies too. Fruits are easy - veggies are not!

Good luck!

mrsmikey

I haven't tried dipping sauce, maybe I'll try that.  The irritating part is he'll actually try them, and even put them in his mouth.  But then he spits it out.  Eli can't feed himself, but that is a good idea!  You'll have to let me know how that goes.  We buy the small cans of veggies too.  Right now the only way he gets his veggies is in ravioli that has veggies in it.  But I don't want to give him ravioli everyday!  Sometimes he'll get some if I mix them in with potatoes or mac & cheese.  But most of the time he'll pick them out.  Turd.  He's not really big on eggs either.  Sigh.