He won't eat any vegetables

nicolita14w · February 2010

James is on a total vegetable strike-- he won't eat any at all, in any form (pureed or chopped up pieces as finger foods).

He*will* eat fruit, just not veggies, but all he really wants to eat all day is cheese and Cheerios. Thank goodness he seems to have outgrown his dairy allergy.

I'm really concerned about him not getting a balanced diet. If I feed him more fruit, does that help balance out the lack of veggies at all? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

MereD19 · February 2010

My DD won't really eat veggies either, besides broccoli (with cheese on it, though). My Pedi said that as long as she's getting a vitamin daily then that'll take care of the nutrition you get from veggies, until she is 2.

Just keep offering them to him ... I pretty much just buy a can of green beans, or peas, knowing I'll waste them ... but I don't want to give up on offering them to her.

laura1 · February 2010

Can you hide the veggies in other foods? We gave my DS a chicken quesidilla (just a tortilla with cheese and chicken), and hid corn in it. Also he really likes hummus with pita, so we just put veggies in the hummus and gave it to him. What if you melted cheese on some veggies? GL!

Mrs.Meg&Jay · February 2010

we've tried everything, and DD will only eat peas, and not many at that. I've resorted to buying juice that has veggies in it. oh, and she LOVES the morning star sausage (which is veggie). that's all she will eat =(