May 2012 Moms
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Picky Eater
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Until recently, DD was a good eater. Meats and veggies have always been a bit of a challenge, but there were a few we could always rely on. Now some of tried and true food are being pushed aside. The other night at dinner, she turned away a meal she's devoured in the past without even tasting it, and we resorted to giving her yogurt and grapes to eat. Is this her way of exercising her independence? Doesn't she know how much this frustrates me? Anyone else going through the same... or have any tips?
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Re: Picky Eater
DD is going through a similarly frustrating phase. Foods I know she likes, she turns her nose up at if she doesn't INSTANTLY recognise them.
I found a trick where if I let her use my fork and show her how to poke it into the food or put it on the end for her, she'll put it in her mouth and try it just because she likes the fact that she gets to be a big girl and use my fork like a big person. Then she proceeds to try unsuccessfully to use the fork on her own for about 2 minutes, gives up, then eats the food because now she's already put it in her mouth and has realised it's delicious. It's weird and convoluted but it gets the job done and I don't have to just feed her cucumber which cannot sustain a person no matter how much she wishes it.