Am I creating a picky eater?

honeybee111 · March 2013

DD(3) has always been a great eater. I've never had to worry about her food, and from the beginning, she has always just eaten what's in front of her. She also likes being "big girl" and will ask to try whatever we're eating. She is sensitive to spicy food, so she doesn't do salsa or anything like that, but everything else has been fair game. I've just started to notice that she's getting picky about dinner. Last night, I put a bowl of rice, chicken, veggies in front of her(what we were eating) and she said she didn't want it, she wanted a cheese/avocado/tomato sandwich(her favorite). I was tired, and not really thinking about it, so I said ok, and made her the sandwich. Then, after she went to bed, I thought about it, and maybe I should have forced her to eat her dinner. I guess since it took me like 2 minutes to make the sandwich, I didn't think too much of it. I also just dumped her dinner into a tupperware, she took it to school today and ate it, so it's not like I had to throw it out and waste it. So, I guess my question is, do you truly stick to one option for dinner and that's it, or do you have a couple of options? I definitely don't want to get in the habit of cooking an entire separate meal for my kid.

brettsmama · March 2013

I would have done the same thing. We always offer DS what we're eating but if he asks for something easy like a sandwich I will make it for him, just not a separate elaborate meal. Sounds like her sandwich was pretty healthy too, so I wouldn't stress it

TiffanyBerry · March 2013

Once I make sure that she has something in dinner she likes, that's it. I will not make her something else. If it's a piece of fruit she's asking for instead of dinner, she can have one. Usually that's enough to get her started into d

chardonnay24 · March 2013

TiffanyBerry:
I'm not going to make her a special dinner, no matter how easy, because it just teachers her that she can ask fo

Leap08 · March 2013

We don't do special requests for dinner. Everyone eats the same thing. I make sure that dinner includes one thing that I know both of my girls will eat, and I also offer fruit (they will always eat fruit) and milk. Occasionally I will make the girls a

BelhurstBride · March 2013

DD's always been a good eater and never given much of a problem with food, but I have and will give her an out if she's just not that interested in what's prepared for dinner. It's usually something easy, like yogurt or cottage cheese with some fruit.

MrsWindyCity · March 2013

The only time DS ever gets a different dinner is when we're eating something I know he doesn't like - and I literally think that's only eggs. So if there's not enough of whatever else we're eating to make a dinner (last night we had a chorizo/bean/sweet p

amandabananda · March 2013

I usually make sure there is something DD will eat. I make dinner and this is what we're eating, no special requests after the fact.

If she refuses and wants out of her chair, we just say "have 3 bites honey and you can be done

sschwege · March 2013

DD eats what we are eating or she doesn't eat. The only exception I make is if something is too spicy for her, but that doesn't happen often since I don't really like spicy food either. I just make sure there is enough variety on her plate

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