So they all eat veggies, huh?

melmax · January 2009

This makes me feel even worse. DD has decided she is not eating dinner anymore (she eats a good brfst and lunch). But she will not touch a vegetable...nothing. I can't even get her to eat a tomato or cuke with balsamic vin. on it...which she used to... sigh. At least she eats fruit...

minnasmommy · January 2009

S is a fruit fiend. It's really hit or miss with most veggies...only exception is grape tomatoes! maybe she thinks they're a fruit!

KrisBriMcBunny · January 2009

dont feel bad...mine wont eat veggies or fruit...no meat or potato unless its tatar tots or fries or chicken nuggets. Its been that way since day one.

femmegem · January 2009

All my DS ate on Sunday was crackers. Literally. Oh, and some freeze-dried apples. He won't eat fresh apples. And pretty much the only way we can get him to eat any vegetables is in soup or pasta sauce. So I think you're doing better than I am!

melmax · January 2009

oh krisbri...I feel your pain! My dd won't even eat french fries!!

~Kat~ · January 2009

No, you are not alone. DS asks for "bokky" (broccoli) all the time, but then he spits it out when we give it to him. He eats corn sometimes, and will eat carrots if they have peanut butter on them. That is it. And even those things are hit and miss. Fortunately, he does eat fruit, so I guess that's good.

Littlejen22 · January 2009

First she is gorgeous. DS will only eat some veggies in Chinese food, green beans in the Gerber toddler meat ravioli meal and sometimes he will eat a garden veggie burger from Morningstar. He loves fruit and meat though. I just cannot stress over it, I feel if we push it too hard it will make him push back.

Isabella T. · January 2009

My Mom has been feeding DD homemade food since she started solids. Every day she eats a medley broccoli, cauliflower and carrots along with meat. She also loves sweet potatoes.

Hubby and I think DD doesn't know any better. Maybe if she "knew" they were veggie, she'd reject them!

lizard76 · January 2009

My son will eat corn and peas. I can get him to eat finely chopped broccoli, peas, green beans, and turkey lunchmeat if mixed into mac & cheese. Otherwise, the only other veggies and meat he will eat is spaghetti sauce. I just keep offering them and hope for the best.

jaredswife · January 2009

DS doesnt always eat great, but he likes his veggies. There are days he barely eats anything at all. So you are not alone!

DevonPow · January 2009

Ha ha - NO. DS eats zero veggies. He used to eat Dr. Praeger's spinach pancakes, but no longer. We give him broccoli stuffed chicken nuggets and he will eat those because he can't see the broccoli. We have to hide the veggies.

He does eat a lot of fruit though, He is inhaling a pear right now,

magnoliablossom · January 2009

My kids won't eat a veggie or fruit.

They may eat applesauce, but not anything else unless you count the natural fruit cereal bars that they do eat. That is about it. *sigh*

Brideofranken · January 2009

we don't eat meat, so thank goodness my kid eats veggies like a freak! and fruit...and anything in sight...she loooooves food.

She DOES go on weird eating strikes, though where she'll eat two bites of food at each meal and then that is it...

I fed her almost a whole pumpkin pie in a couple of days during one of those periods...it was the only thing she'd eat much of for some reason...

try that, by the way- pumpkin is good for you!

2bearichards · January 2009

My DS won't eat a single veggie.

I started giving him V8 Fusion, it is the fruit and veggie mix, he drinks that so at least I know he is getting some vitamins.

JOEBunny · January 2009

I make DD a smoothie for breakfast, lunch, or snack most days. I put a banana, frozen strawberry, or blueberry in it, some peanut butter for protein, but you could use carnation instant breakfast (I add some of that too if the fruit is not very sweet), then I add some heated frozen peas. That is the only veggie DD gets, other than eggplant parm.

dirtbikemom · January 2009

No veggies here either. ?She will inhale fruit though. ?The sad thing is I've noticed that if she has ketchup with it she will at least try a veggie.?

dawnc78 · January 2009

both of my kids forgo dinner on a regular basis...as long as they get their calories in for the day (nutritiously) I am fine with it...it makes the morning a little early, but that's ok by me...

my 4 yo will eat some veggies, I make sure I always have her favorites...my 2yo won't eat veggies unless they are pureed and mixed with applesauce...so on top of that I give him (dr. recommended) a juice from Costco (Greens To Go) that has the antioxidant equivalent to 6 servings of fruits and vegetables. It's a poweder that you add to a water bottle...ds loves it and asks for it all the time...dd hates it and refuses to drink it. (I admit, it smells awful and it's green)

DandR · January 2009

Yes Melmax...all good nestie kids eat veggies, go to bed exactly when its bedtime, never throw temper tantrums and behave perfectly at restaurants and church....what????

kidding.

I have combo kids.

Taylor--not a veggie or fruit fan. Fruits are too sweet for her and veggies..well she avoids them unless its a casserole type dish. The girl will eat meat and pasta until the cows come home.

Audrey--she is my vegetarian. No meat will come near her....except an occasional hot dog. But even chicken nuggets or hamburgers from McDonalds don't get touched. She will eat veggies and fruit all day and night though. She loves carrots and celery and just about any fruit or veggie.

Mitch--he's our garbage disposal right now...the kid eats anything and everything. But he's still young...I'm sure it will change.

So--there is my proof that it doesn't matter WHAT you do, a kid is going to like what a kid is going to like. That said..that doesn't mean that I only serve my kids what they like...they still get everything on their plate and if they want seconds of anything, they eat a bite of everything. So far that's caused Taylor to puke once....oppss.

*sparky* · January 2009

DS likes veggies, but he only eats plain foods - no sauces or seasonings, and he won't eat anything that is mixed together - casseroles, soups, etc. He needs each food to be separate and preferably not touching each other on the plate. Oh, and he barely eats meat. He will eat chicken, but pretends that it's shark. So they all have their idiosyncrasies I think.

Have you tried edamame? It is really nutritious but fun to eat - DS eats them like candy.