I would really appreciate feedback/opinions from other parents with fussy eaters.
my DS (just turned 6yo) is a fussy/picky eater. His diet is not terribly restricted but there are only 3 vegetables and a few fruits in the list. Food can't touch each other, no sauces, the usual business.
Despite all this, he has recently been willing to try a few things. We have a notebook that we use every time he tries something new and we write words to describe it (crunchy, juicy, etc) and then the final 'verdict' - I liked it/I didn't like it.
So far so good. I thought we were making progress.
Now, the problem is that whenever I try to give him something (he approved) for the second time, he goes into panic mode. He just can not eat it. He says he is scared. We just had this with a tomato; ended in tears.......
I know it is not the taste or the texture - he tried it before and was ok with it. It is something else and I can't figure out what. Feels a bit like a control issue. As if he couldn't let go?
I know every child is different, and there will be millions of different reasons why they are fussy eaters, but has anyone experienced something similar? Did you manage to work out what was causing the distress?
I feel if I could say 'DS you are actually scared of XYZ' then the fussiness would be gone
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fussy eater - help me understand
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IamAporcupine · 12/02/2018 21:22
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