DS is 5 and apart from maybe his first year on proper food, he's been really fussy. We probably hit a low point about 18 months ago when I had a battle with him every single meal time just to get a few mouthfuls inside him. I was tearing my hair out.
But I persevered and for the past year I've been on a massive mission to cook all different types of food in the hope that we'd get him more enthusiastic about food and find a few things he likes. It's kind of paying off...he's still not nearly the variety I'd like him to be eating but I reckon I have about 10 meals ( most of which are various pasta dishes!) that I know with a bit of persuasion he'll eat.
But there's still stuff that I think he should be eating and enjoying...like risottos and mild curries ad fritatas that he won't touch.
I'm just wondering where to go from here. Some friends are telling me that I should be pleased that I've got quite a few meals now that he will eat and I should stick to them. But if I just stick to them I feel like I'm limiting him...and my DD (15 months). If you were me would you carry on cooking curries, risottos, frittatas etc knpwing that they'll be rejected but in the hope that one day he might change his mind about them? Or would you just give him stuff you know he'd eat?
At the moment I'm still cooking loads of meals and still getting frustrated when they don't get eaten. I know I could make my life easier but it feels a bit like defeat!
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Fussy eater: should I just give him what I know he'll eat or keep offering variety?
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CoffeeChocolateWine · 15/10/2013 18:33
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