Feel like a horrible mummy because my children aren't fussy

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Particularly my son, he only doesn't like raw tomatoes - that's basically it.

Dd started being a bit fussy, but she's grown out of it fast - she's 3 now.

When I meet mums of fussy eaters, they seem to pay so much more attention to their child's like and dislikes and opinions. Is it that bad to be a fussy eater? I know it can be inconvenient.

Is it better to not give them an option? Am I a dragon? Arrrr

Goady bollocks

Oh get over yourself. You really think this what makes you a terrible mum. Stealth boast off course.

lol lol lol at Bigoldsupermoon

"Am I a dragon? Arrrr

No, but you may be a pirate."

OP please confirm or deny.

ARE YOU A PIRATE?

Or even a smug pirate? Would that be a smuggler?

Aarrrrrrrrrr

Not-even-very-stealthy boast.

OP maybe one day one of your DC will turn fussy - then you'll know you've not broken their spirit and you can sigh with relief.

She hasn't got time to answer. She's too busy being a horrible mummy and not pandering to her children, sadly.

That's ridiculous. I have one fussy eater who's had problems with food since she was a baby, and one who eats everything in sight. It has very little to do with parenting.

I cd never talk to my friends about this as fussy eating seems an emotive topic. I just sometimes see the love I their eyes when they are tells me what so and so doesn't like, and I feel awful that if mine didn't eat, I cleared up and they got down.

Either that or plating up the next round of healthy crudites

Yes I have one DD who likes food, finds it interesting and will eat pretty much anything.

DD2 finds food and eating very boring, she eats to survive and, when small, she could survive on almost fresh air.

She is also a total control freak, because she could live on very little food both in terms of quantity and variety, being unspeakably fussy was easy.

She's 13 and very gradually she finding she annoys herself being awkward and also between gymnastics, trampolining and growing to adult hight - she actually gets hungry

Although, "pandering" always gives me a mental image of pretending to be a Panda.

I'm not a pirate, or drunk, although my typing is shit. Love in their eyes.

Rumbled!

Good god you're revoltingly transparent

I look more like a panda than a pirate.

Hi I just wanted to add my tuppence worth: I don't think fussiness is anything to do with parenting so not sure you can take much credit for it. Sure there are a few tricks you can use to encourage children to be more experimental but it's like good sleepers some children are good eaters some aren't imo - I have two autistic children who are the fussiest in their peer group by far even though as parents we have always encouraged them to eat different things and have a varied diet ourselves. In their case it's because they find tastes and textures out of their comfort zone upsetting - everything tastes stronger and smells more pungent for them. DS2 will only eat 5 foods, DS1 is better and has about 6 simple meals he will eat but it has to be very plain, no gravy, no sauce, no brown bits etc. He but will be sick and get very upset if pushed to eat something outside his comfort zone. He even refused chocolate chip cookies today because they had lumps in them.

My children are fussy

What you are mistaking for love is actually intense irritation and homicidal mania

Not a stealth boast. Maybe I don't listen to them and have quashed their self worth, so the don't tell me...

You have. They will grow up to be terrible people. Terrible people that will eat everything - apart from raw tomatoes.

biggold. , line of the day!
Arr

Do they like apples perchance?

A word of advice, OP. Yes, you are a horrible dragon mummy, so to atone for this, from now on, you must only feed your children Chewitts. Hope that helps.