Does anyone have a fussy eater despite having done baby led weaning?

[Davespecifico]

Just wondering, as my 12 yr old DD has a limited diet. If I'd BLWd, I wonder if she'd eat a broader range now.
I think maybe not as she had a very definite distaste for veg from the very horrified look she gave me when I gave her a first bit of carrot.

Yep. I’ve even shown him videos of eating broccoli as a baby but he insists it’s different now.

My 6yo ate everything when we weaned (did BLW) and he now exists on beige food. And not even much variety of that (he doesn't like pasta or rice or most types of potato for example). No special needs or anything, he is just fussy.

DC2 is an amazing eater though and we did BLW with her as well.

Yup. My 6 year old was BLW and would chow down a roast dinner as a baby. Shebstarted getting fussy around age 2 Now she won't touch meat and is generally a fussy eater. My 9 yo who was weaned on purees eats anything!

Dd1 was bf a month the ff and was mostly purees with some finger food thrown in. She a more adventurous eater than me.
Dd2 and 3 both bf long term and followed Blw, and both v particular about what they eat. Don’t like their savoury food to be “wet” (so no sauces, cottage pie is out. Even mash is pushing it a bit.) They are great at eating veg and fruit though.

Of course! My son ate everything as a baby. Now at 5 he’s the fussiest kid I know

Conversely, my eldest did not do BLW and has the most varied diet, never remotely fussy. Started solids at 4months. My younger 2 were BLW, started nearer 6months, and have been at times very fussy. Middle dc is now growing out of the fussiness as he has reached teens. The youngest still in that phase.

I hVe often wondered whether the BLW meant that there was more choice about what they took in, which then led to lack of trying things they didn’t recognise. Or maybe starting food later? I don’t know. Maybe it’s just them.

DD was always a very fussy eater and would rather have gone hungry than eat something she even very slightly disliked.

Being a bit of a foodie myself I managed to indoctrinate her into being more interested in food - mainly through watching so many cookery programmes with me.

She is now 18 and is a vegetarian and eats so many things that she didn't use to like - aubergines, spinach, courgettes etc. I think being veggie and cooking the disliked vegetables in imaginative ways has meant that she developed a taste for them. The only things she won't eat now are meat and fish, cheese containing animal rennet and peas.

I think it depends on the child. Both mine did BLW, DS at 7 is very fussy and doesn't like new foods but DS2 at 3 eats and tries everything.

I did BLW and my 6yo is now a bit fussy - he isn't keen on trying new things although eats a balanced diet with plenty of fruit / veg within the list he likes. He will always choose a chicken nugget over all else though. Doesn't like gravy/ketchup etc or milk with cereal. No salad veg except cucumber.

I think one issue (for us) with giving him just what we ate ourselves was that we tend to do the same meals on repeat and so he missed out on some textures/flavours, and then as he got older and time pressures took over we got into a freezer food habit too many nights of the week. Also DH always made his packed lunch and did the same every day. But also I think over time they start going to parties etc and just get a taste for those things. I am hoping as he grows older he'll try some stronger flavours or things he's missed out on. He's already tried some new stuff as school dinners.

With DC2 we are also doing BLW but using some pouches etc as pasta sauce so that they get to try a wider variety of tastes than they might do otherwise. I'll also make sure their packed lunches are more varied and try not to fall into the freezer food rut. It's all very well doing BLW when they are little but it needs to carry on from there and sometimes life gets in the way of good intentions!

Looking around at my friends, I can't see the slightest correlation between how their first solid foods were given to them and what kind of eater they are now. Don't blame this on yourself, honestly!

Both mine ate almost anything until nearly 2, (4 for dd), then ds hugely restricted his diet to bread and little else - now diagnosed with autism, age 10 still hugely limited diet. Dd will still eat most things if not mixed together and if there's nothing better on offer - hard to say what she can't tolerate vs trying it on with ecause she sees her brother getting separate food.
She was very into BLW and 'I do it' from the off, whereas ds liked the odd bit of self-feeding but not on a spoon - he made it very clear that things would be much more efficient if we just fed him.

Nah BLW has nothing to do with fussiness or otherwise. Food is food

Didn't do BLW and my dd has the healthiest, varied diet.
I think it's because I haven't allowed her to be fussy!

Lol azul, you’re so funny!

Oh yes. BLW both mine, both limited although we continued our fuss free approach and my 10 yr old does try a lot more now and is actually pretty varied now although won’t eat pasta.

Yeah I don’t let my kids be fussy either. 🤣

Neither keen on veg but I also was not keen on veg as a child and I love it now so I don’t stress too much tbh.

Dgs5 eats cheese, wraps, pizzà, sausages, carrots and pasta. Maybe a bit of fruit, but no eggs, potato, veg, meat (apart from the sausages), rice, salad, roast dinners, fish. We're hoping he'll improve as he gets older.

Ds2 was breastfed for 15 months and we did BLW. He would eat anything. Now he's so fussy! He's 4. I'm hoping he will grow out of it.

Yep, my boy used to eat everything and now at almost 7 I feel like we’re starting all over again with introducing new foods because he eats so little! He’s getting better though, if you’re on Instagram I recommend an account called kids.eat.in.color it’s been really helpful, still feels like we’re going backwards some days though.

Nothing to do with BLW

Dd1 was not BLW. She ate everything up to the point she was ill.

Dd2 was blw mostly and ate nothing.

Dd2 who was completely BLW'd is much fussier than her sister who I weaned on Annabel Karmel purees etc, but she is just fussy - as in she will go through phases of likes and dislikes, and be a bit picky, but on the whole covers all the food groups and eats ok.

I do think it is utterly random, and doesn't matter a jot how you wean them.

D's is 'fussy' to an extreme degree has a very restricted diet, is under a dietician and has to have fortified drinks to supplement his diet. He was weaned strictly on purees for longer than average because he had an unsafe swallow. He has a rare genetic syndrome and the reasons behind his restricted diet are complicated.

I think it's because I haven't allowed her to be fussy

^^ This is horse shite

Yes. My one Ds will pretty much only eat veg and pork products (ham, sausage, meatballs), and chicken.

@hazeyjane
No it's not shite. I haven't let her be a fussy or faddy eater. She is encouraged to try new foods all the time. Children need to try foods seven times to see if they actually like it or not. And there's not much she won't eat, so if I cook something and she says she doesn't like it (and I know she does!) she doesn't get another meal. She can have a sandwich or fruit or yogurt if she refused to eat the meal and is still hungry.
I haven't pandered to fussy eating so no, I haven't allowed her to be fussy!

What age is your child? I find they go through fussy phases. As they get older I find they try more new things. I had a limited diet as a child but like all sorts of foods now. I really don't think what you eat as a child reflects what you will eat later on