Sorry for long post...
Our DD is 25 months, at 3% percentile, always small, but hugely active. I know its a classic age for being fussy, and we never make a big deal of her not wanting food, but I worry often ends up with a bit of a limited diet (DH is SAHD, so also I try not to micro-manage meals).
Things she eats, but not reliably:
Bread & butter
Toast and nut butter
Yoghurt, plain or with blended fruit
Eggy things - eggy bread, friend egg pieces, crepes, omelettes
Lumps or grated cheese
Plain pasta
Peas, occasionally sweetcorn
Gnaws on whole carrot sometimes but not cooked
Weetabix
Fish fingers
Just tried chicken nuggets (we are otherwise veggie normally)
Always eats green olives, but I worry about salt
Cartons of veg soup
Occasionally rice
Chips, but not other potato things
Dhal
Whole fruits
Crackers esp. with cheese
Doesn't like:
Things with sauces on e.g. pasta
More complex meals e.g. pizza, lasagne, bakes, curry, cottage pie
Most vegetable things, whether raw, cooked, or blended into things (which is hard anyway as sauces not liked much).
Do we just need to be more patient, and not expect her to eat 'grownup' stuff yet? So many people say they just feed what they eat as a family, but that hardly ever works for us. Lots of small portions of simple things with choice seems best.
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InFrance2014 · 09/04/2016 16:25
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