To give my toddler a 'picky tea' regularly?

[ToddlerTea]

Because he's going through a fussy stage and just seems to want the same stuff.

We usually offer whatever we are having but end up giving him something like toast soldiers with veg sticks, hummus and a side of fruit or pasta with tuna or chicken/ham etc..

Do they all go through this stage of seemingly only liking a handful of things?!

He adores fruit of any kind but struggles with veg although I try and offer it with every meal and he will have a small amount namely cucumber, sweet potato or sweetcorn.

I have 100% read this exact post before. Of course it isn’t an issue.. fed is fed

Well that makes me feel better that there's at least one other doing the same thing then as it wasn't me 🤣 thanks

My dgs used to talk very fondly about Buffy Tea's at his other dgm's house!

My daughter was the same for a while she would only eat cream crackers, cheese spread, cucumber & some fruit. It sounds like you are giving enough variety. It will all change again soon.

Of course as the food you describe is perfectly healthy, sounds like you are offering him some of your food too which is perfect. The fussy eating is really hard work, I hope it doesn't last long for you.

I just worry he doesn't seem to have many hot meals!

The only thing you are unreasonable about is using the phrase 'picky tea' because that phrase makes me want to claw my own eyes out but I realise that I might be alone on that one 😂
They do all go through this phase in my experience and the foods you are giving him sound healthy enough. Just make sure to get some protein in and all fine

Food is food. DD3 went through a long stage of only wanting “floor picnic”: cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, hummus, boiled egg, etc, on a plate, on the floor.

She’s currently only interested in ham sandwiches and only if she can eat them from within a large cardboard moving box, called My Quiet Box.

I pick my battles and I refuse to let food be a battle, too many awful memories of being the child forced to sit at the table and finish something I hated. So ham in a box it is.

And?

What about a hot meal makes it nutritionally superior?

Haha I knew this would come up when I typed it but picky tea won out over picky bits which is surely worse?!

You are completely right, logically I know that. I just feel bad every time we are enjoying a nice hot cooked meal and he's having toast and cucumber etc AGAIN 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hi! As a toddler I went through this exact phase of only wanting cold, picky food! It went on for a little while but I came out of it the least fussy eater in the world so I really wouldn’t worry! It sounds like you’re giving him healthy foods and more importantly he’s getting fed :)

It’s fine, completely. I admit I wasn’t sure what a picky tea was. And I’ve never heard of picky bits either! But context made it clear.

'Picky tea' is an utterly disgusting phrase and in order to redeem yourself you must rename it immediately.

Yeah I will give you that one and appreciate you sparing us from your 'bits' 😁

Give me a suitable name and I shall use it!

Don’t do it, just keep offering whatever everyone is having for tea with at least something you know they like. Fussy eating in toddlers is really common, you want to work through it.

solidstarts.com/toddlers-and-fear-of-new-foods/

'Picky teas' are good for us oldies as well.

Picky tea here as well 😂

dd loves

cheese crackers
cucumber
pepper
grapes
rolled ham
raisin
raw carrot
rice cakes
crisps

Love a picky tea. I mean, it's a buffet!

This pretty much used to be our Daddy Picnic. Made by Dad and served on a tray underneath the dining table.

DS is now a 6 ft tall powerlifter so I don’t think it stunted his growth.

YABVVVVVVU using the phrase 'picky tea'.

This what we call a "packed lunch on a plate"

(Also can't bear the picky tea/bite phrase)

We have PLOAP loads and it's fine

I used to do this with my Ds's when they were little, we called it the sample platter.

The thing with “picky tea” is that picky sounds like “picking your nose” or “picking spots/ scabs”. So is therefore horrendous.

Just to try to explain why it’s a “claw your own eyes out” phrase.