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Only eats "ingredients" for meals

lew0509lew0509 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months
DS only seems to like the stuff that goes into making meals, not the meal itself. For example, he loves plain pasta and cheese, but not mac and cheese. He'll eat ham, and cheese, but not a sandwhich or hawaiian pizza. He's going to be one soon and I don't want him to get bored eating the same things everyday, but he doesn't want anything else. Anyone else? Am I overreacting? Tips for getting him to eat "grown up food"?
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Re: Only eats "ingredients" for meals

  • sabriel1sabriel1 member
    My only advice is to just keep trying... I know it can take a bunch of times for a kid to adjust to a certain taste. For an extreme example,  I tried to sppon feed my DD today chicken, she looked at me like "WTF is this?!?!!" then I just put it on her highchair tray and she ate it gleefully... are you feeding it to your DS or are you letting him eat it on his own? Surprisingly this CAN make a difference

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  • lew0509lew0509 member
    DS has always fed himself, we did BLW and it's worked well. It's like he just doesn't like the taste of everything all together.
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  • brewcitybridebrewcitybride
    IMO, yes, you are totally overreacting! The point is to get babies at this month to try new tastes and new foods, not to prepare a 3 course meal or a sandwich and think he will eat it! DS totally eats only "ingredients" as you say, and not full meals. That's pretty normal! My DD still eats like this sometimes, and she's 4! My goal is to establish a well-rounded palate for my kids, so if they want to eat avocado, cheese, some cherry tomatoes, and a piece of bread for dinner, that is fine with me! (that is what DD ate last night for dinner:)
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  • awollenweberawollenweber

    My son is 15 months old and eats this way too. I think the "ingredients" are usually easier for him to pick-up and eat himself than the finished meal.

    He usually eats a meat, several veggies, and fruit. For lunch today, he had chicken breast, cauliflower, green beans, string cheese and melon. I don't serve pasta often, but if I do, it's usually whole wheat rotini or tortellini with no sauce (much less messy).

    He will eat real meals, like the other night we had a chicken-rice-broccoli dish, but since he can't maneuver a spoon very well, most ends up in his lap.

    I don't think there is anything wrong with how the foods are mixed together, as long as you deem the stuff "healthy". 

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