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

[JumpRope]

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

This thread is positively dripping with sarcasm. I didn't mean to imply that those with fussy eaters are bad parents. Probably the opposite in that you actually care about your Childs preferences. I'm afraid I have carried my children to eating everything for fear of starvation.

I really hope they don't find this thread in 25 years time whilst sitting on the therapists couch.

You are still assuming that how your children eat is down to your parenting - good or bad. I have one fussy eater and one 'human dustbin' and I have parented them both the same!

I suppose it depends if your DC aren't fussy because that's inherently how they are, or whether they weren't allowed to be fussy, and whether, in going down that route, you used draconian methods to get there?

If your DC aren't fussy because you made them sit in front of congealing food for hours on end until they finished - well, that's pretty unpleasant in my book.

If you were brisk and matter-of-fact - 'here is your lunch, eat it or not but they'll be nothing else until tea-time' - fine, probably a good method that's got you results. Though I do this and I still have a fusser.

If they simply aren't and have never been fussy - it's a not-very-stealth boast .