I've just read that one of the differences between common and extreme fussy eating is the number of foods a child will eat, usually about 20. So I counted up what two year old ds will eat and it's around 20. He has plenty of energy but he still wearing lots of 12 to 18 month clothes as he is quite small. I'm wondering if limited eating will affect his health or if he has some kind of health issue that is affecting his eating.
Here is a list of what he will eat: pizza, marmite, cheese, sausages, salami, bread, brioche, oaty bar, baked beans, raisins, sweetcorn, banana, apple, pear, plum, grapes, oranges, crisps, fish fingers, yogurt, peanut butter (on a spoon), houmous and fruit pouches. He will eat cake, biscuits and custard too but try not to these every day.
He won't eat potato (chips, jacket, mash, sweet), chicken (even nuggets), fish, beef, pork, noodles, pasta, rice, porridge, carrots, broccoli, peas, cucumber, tomatoes (most veg/ salad) or eggs. I am constantly serving him a very small portion of these foods at dinner usually alongside something he will eat and then give him toast or yogurt if he's not eaten much.
I would love to hear of any children that ate like this as a two year old but now eat well. I'm also wondering whether to contact the health visitor or gp because for some food groups he's only eating one or two food from it. Does it sound like the eating could be caused by something else? I should say it's not a new thing, he's barely ever eaten the above list of won't eat foods.
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When does limited eating affect health?
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Fruitteatime · 23/10/2020 07:21
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