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Picky eater, it's my fault : (

SamuelsMomma2010SamuelsMomma2010 member
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My LO is almost 2 1/2 and he literally only eats a handful of things. He can't eat grilled cheese, mac and cheese and spaghetti for dinner forever right? I feel like its my fault and I feel horrible about it : ( I probably didn't try enough things with him? I am tired of fighting with him, but I am worried that this will cause issues when he gets older. anyone else in this situation?
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  • aiche Umm Ayoubaiche Umm Ayoub member
    Hugs and don't worry sounds like my 3 1/2 year old she is a very picky eater and I've noticed she goes through cycles . Just keep offering choices and if your worried add a gummy vitamin to his daily intake
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  • logoz80logoz80
    It's not you, this is quite common. I offer new foods all the time and Emma still only eats the same old crap every night. Even better is she refuses to take a vitamin or drink milk too. Fun time. 
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  • wedseptwedsept member
    Yes, this is very common.  Your LO will outgrow it. 
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  • tracy41tracy41 member
    We're a PBJ and chicken tater tots house here! But every once in a while I will see the light at the end of the tunnel when he does something like reach over and steal a cherry tomato out of my salad and pop it in his mouth like he eats tomatoes all the time. I'm lucky if he'll try one new thing a week. It's especially hard when I'm introducing him to "normal" food and at dad's house he gets to try new things like chocolate donuts!
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  • rnbeth477rnbeth477 member
    Our pedi suggested giving him what we are eating and if he doesn't like it, oh well. It's actually getting much better. He'll actually try things he would have never eaten before! We give him a multivitamin too everyday.

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  • hoping4stickyhoping4sticky member

    Is that all you give him, because then yes that is all he will eat. Do you cook him separate food?

    I have a picky eater and before I was a parent, I thought this would be much easier than it is. We have been having sloooww success. We do not cook her separate food from what we are eating. I may decontruct it, because she isn't a fan of things touching, but it is the same food. We have evolved a bit on our approach, but we do not make food a fight and we don't give in, so she goes to bed hungry some times, which is ok. If she tries everything on her plate she can have PB&J if she doesn't like her meal and she also gets dessert if she tries everything (this happens maybe 1-2x a week). Also, if there is something that she really likes (sweet potato fries, gold fish in her soup etc.) we give her a little bit of that food. When she asks for more she has to take a bite of something else on her plate first. We have also found that she does better if we serve family style and she can take her own food. The only thing she is allowed to eat after dinner is fresh fruit, so if she doesn't eat anything she may eat an apple or a banana.

    It has been a long process but we have added a lot of new foods that she will eat now.

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  • izziebeeizziebee member
    DS1 is the same way.. I swear he eats chicken nuggets every night! I do try to give him what we are eating first and maybe half the time it works out but when he refuses it's on to the nuggets. He eats really well at daycare for breakfast and lunch so that makes me feel a bit better and recently my mother in law was visiting us and she lives with 3 of her similar aged grand daughters and all she did was comment about what a good eater DS1 is so that makes me think that he's at least better than his cousins :)  Don't worry too much, just keep offering, eventually they'll start eating more.
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  • sschwegesschwege member
    That's really common at this age.  I go by what our pedi says, "Your job is to put healthy food in front of your child, it's their job to decide how much to eat or if to eat at all."  So that's the way we approach it, DD eats what we are eating, I don't do separate meals.  The only exception I make is if something is spicy.
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  • AWLMAWLM member
    I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. I think a lot of toddler and children go through this. I offer my son a wide variety of things but he refuses to put any meat in his mouth. He will scream when I try to make him try most new things. Honestly we rotate a few good meals in and out each week. I am continuing to offer new things and every once in a while he will actually give it a try. I think in time he will be more open to trying new foods but until then I will just continue to do the best I can.
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