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To give my 1 year old weetabix twice a day?

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MakeTeaNotWar · 25/09/2013 17:37

He eats nothing. Spits it all over me and the floor. I am sick of it, of wasting time and money trying to tempt him, of clearing up the same mess from the floor, highchair, me and of washing our food splidged clothes all the time. Do I persist offering different foods & suck it up or give him weetabix which he does eat?

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mumaa · 25/09/2013 17:42

It's soooo frustrating when the little ones have no interest in food and just want to throw it around, especially when you have prepared something you're sure they will like or something they definitely like but then turn their nose up at. Is he at all interested in finger food or is he just launching it?

zatyaballerina · 25/09/2013 17:47

I would feed him what the rest of the family eats, if he prefers to play with it, let him but don't give him anything else until the next meal. He won't starve himself, he'll eat when he's hungry.

thebody · 25/09/2013 17:48

just to see the bigger picture here. my oldest ds lived on weetabix, sausages and milk.

he's now 23 and eats everything and anything.

also to cheer you up, I had some friends who were very pleased/ smug that their toddlers ate everything and I was green with envy

. I wanted to spit in their eye every time they helpfully suggested recipes their kiddies loved.

a huge proportion of those toddlers became fat teens.

karma op karma.

Melonbreath · 25/09/2013 17:51

My 10 month old will eat nothing but bananas and weetabix. I'm just offering other stuff but giving her what she wants for now. It's not as though I'm stuffing her with junk food and sweets. She'll eat other stuff when she's ready

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MakeTeaNotWar · 25/09/2013 17:53

Rejects pretty much everything from finger food to shop bought stuff. Started to refrain from night feeds this week hoping less milk means more solids. Is giving him weetabix while we have dinner wrong? I just can't bear the thought of him screaming for milk if he goes to bed on an empty tummy

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iheartdusty · 25/09/2013 17:53

weetabix are quite high in salt

what about home made porridge as an option?

hettienne · 25/09/2013 17:54

Weetabix is just filler - what's the point in just giving him that? You want foods that will complement his milk - fats, protein, vitamins.

Nightfall1983 · 25/09/2013 17:54

This could be me posting :) DS is one, he will pick at all sorts but only reliably eats Weetabix. I try to keep to one a day in the hope that it will encourage him to try more things but at the end of the day if he's eaten practically nothing all day I don't stress about giving him a second weetabix - I call it supper. The important thing is to keep offering other food - but 2 WB a day won't hurt

DoJo · 25/09/2013 17:54

Whilst I can understand wanting to fill him up, it is important to still offer him a range of foods so that they become more familiar to him. It drove me mad when mine was just throwing things around, but all the things that used to hit the deck are now disappearing as quickly as I can prepare them. Don't get discouraged, just remember that its a process!

mumaa · 25/09/2013 17:56

It's frustrating but they do go through phases aswell where you think you've cracked it and then they go back to playtime could be just a phase and like has been said here try not to worry to much as they will eat other things, it's just hugely frustrating in the meantime. As was suggested earlier, does he have any interest in what your eating? I can give DD and I the same but she still wants it from my plate!

maddening · 25/09/2013 17:57

Will he eat fruit or boiled veg? Do you sit and eat with him?

thebody · 25/09/2013 17:58

ohhhh grrrr posters saying ' don't give him that he needs this' please understand... SOME CHILDREN WONT!!!

it's not that you don't offer them lovely nutritious food they just won't eat it.

these 'helpful' comments still fuckin annoy me and my youngest is 13..

op ignore and just give him the best diet he will eat.

he will mature. it will get better.

steeking · 25/09/2013 17:59

I would offer him what you have, all eating together if poss.

maddening · 25/09/2013 17:59

Porridge is better than weetabix imo would he eat this? Just give him a bowl and and spoon and let him play with it. You can add chopped up raisons or blueberries etc too?

Jellybeanz1 · 25/09/2013 18:00

My ds 8 would have Weetabix or breakfast for every meal if he could. The nurse didn't think their was anything wrong with it as he also loves fruit , carrots, and olives. Some poorer countries have the same meal everyday, and I'm sure you will be introducing more variety at other times in the day.

Jellybeanz1 · 25/09/2013 18:01

Yes there are so many ways of having different toppings as maddening says. I think they even suggest a different way each day in there advertising.

Weegiemum · 25/09/2013 18:01

My ds had weetabix for breakfast and supper for 2 years. It was the only thing that stopped him being constipated!

arethereanyleftatall · 25/09/2013 18:05

Could you hide something in with the weetabix? Raisins, bits of apple, banana?

CrazyLottie · 25/09/2013 18:05

I think Weetabix is healthy. Much better than CoCo Pops etc!

I thought I had food problems with my daughter - but now I think she is healthy compared to her peers! No E numbers, preservatives, additives etc - organic FULL FAT milk (why do humans think they can play around with natural food and still expect it to have any health benefits?!)

My daughter was fairly fussy at 1/2 years. Then at 3 I started getting strict. They can understand reason then - "eat your vegetables or no -X-"! And by that age I decided I was not cooking separate meals. I used all means possible to get her to try a bit of whatever - and then more. Now she eats salads, smoked fish, curries - anything really!

Don't worry about it until she is a bit older. Keep offering her variety. It takes kids a while before they might like a certain food (good book is "French kids eat everything").

Thepowerof3 · 25/09/2013 18:13

I had a friend whose baby simply wouldn't eat most things and if you left her she would starve herself

BinarySolo · 25/09/2013 18:13

Can you sneak small amounts of yoghurt or fruit purée into it? Then maybe chunks of fruit. I'm sure he'll improve with age. I have a fussy 2 year old. He changes what he eats on a daily basis, just to keep me on my toes!

Gawd love em.

BinarySolo · 25/09/2013 18:16

CrazyLottie that's heartening to hear as that's my plan. Ignore and not make a big deal now, get hard ass once he has the verbal reasoning skills.

MissBeehiving · 25/09/2013 18:27

DS1 would only eat beige food for ages. It's really not worth worrying about - just keep offering him things as finger foods and he will start to eat

Mabelface · 25/09/2013 18:31

It's fine, just stick teeny amounts of what you're eating on his tray as well for him to throw around. He will eventually eat bits. Growth slows down massively at this age, so he won't be as hungry as he was when he was younger. Cutting the night feeds would be a plan though, as he doesn't need it.

MrsMook · 25/09/2013 18:35

Is he in a dropping phase? We've has several on the theme of dropping, tipping/pouring, squelching with fingers...

Remember they don't need very much at 1, and if there's a good amount of milk, that's a lot of nutrition (although that balances with milk quenching the apetite too). I'd keep offering a range. There were things that DS1 wouldn't touch for a long time, but because he was exposed with no pressure, he was free to try them when he was ready. If you keep the weetabix in the morning, you know he's had a good start.

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