ds is 3.5 and has never been a great eater (unlike ds1 who eats everything and anything)
He was weaned onto pureed food (homemade) when he was about 5-6 months (no problem with that) and offereed finger food and a littleof what his brother was eating. He never took to proper solid food and didn't chew as such until he was well over 1 year.
I then felt obliged to keeo giving him some pureed food until about 18 months or so.
He has nevef liked new things and likes to eat the same things. He has never eaten meat since he stopped having pureed food despite it being offered in every imaginable form.
He doesn not eat any vegetables - as would eat apples/bananas/grapes/raisins etc until recently.
Now all he eats is
Breakfast cereal (will eat any )usually has shreddies/weetabix
Bread/toast - only with butter/soft cheese/cheese.
apples
macaroni cheese
cheese
yogurts (only if no bits)
bisuicts/chocolate/vanilla ice cream - never refused
plain pasta
chips/potatoes
I have started to be much more strict and offer him 2 choiced which is likes like bread or banana - if doesn't want that he doesn't eat anything.
He is not underweight but is at the very slim end of normal.
He sleeps 12 hour no problem at night and is very active during the day and is developing fine.
I have always thought he had a mild phobia about food and new things and I know I have been too soft on him - he has always been offered what we eat but never does.
I have now realsied that it has turned into a bit if a control thing for him as he was explaining the other day that the pattern on teh apple was wrong therefore he couldn't eat it.
He is otherwise a very charming and easy to manage 3 year old who plays and interacts well, odd short lived tantrum now and then and sleeps no problem.
He is starting nursery at the moment and today he is staying for lunch for the first time. He has been very worried about it asking me if they have macaroni cheese and peach yogurts. He told the nursery teacher that he didn't want to stay for lunch and she said he could just eat toast he calmed down them but I was hoping that peer pressure would encourage him to be more experimental.
He often helps with cooking and baking - to no avail - yesterday he enthusiasticly helped to make carrot and raisin muffins took one look at them when they came out the oven and said "I don't like them " I only like chocolate crispie cakes and that was the end of that.
Please help - I want to encourage a wider range of food without making it an issue.
GP's are obsesses and ds says "I don't eat very well" I always say you eat fine you will learn to eat more as you get bigger.
Please help!
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ds (3.5) eats very restricted diet - Help needed!
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popcorn123 · 20/08/2009 10:19
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