Does anyone else have a really fussy child?
My DS is a little over 2 and a half, and has a terrible diet, which really worries me.
As a weaning baby, he was fantastic - I couldn't get enough fruit and veg into him! Albeit just pureed stuff at the time, he had a colourful, varied diet - I was so pleased!
At some point when we moved into full solids, he gradually pushed all of these away. He went from eating what mummy and daddy ate to just a few dishes, which lacked colour - very little fruit or veg. He seemed to have issues with the texture of things, which I thought was just phase, but things have gone from bad to worse. A hot meal is either fish fingers, meatballs or chicken goujons, and he only eats potato with them. Every day, I put some carrot, peas, broccoli or other veg on the plate, and he eats with us to watch us having the same things, but he won't touch any of it apart from the potato and protein.
He must be so lacking in vitmains and minerals and I feel terribly guilty. In-laws say we feed him rubbish and that we should force him by giving him the choice of a healthy meal or going hungry.
I'm a teacher, I know all about encouraging children to eat a healthy and balanced diet, but I feel I've totally failed him. He goes to nursery 2x week and eats virtually nothing all day, flatly refusing the lovely, varied home-cooked meals they offer.
I'm really down about it. Has anyone else gone through this?
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Ridiculously fussy child - feel like a rubbish parent, how could I get it so wrong?!!!!
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MrsHelenBee · 25/03/2014 11:05
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