I am really struggling with my 4 year old DD and her fussy eating. It just seems to be getting worse and worse and foods that she would eat even if not very healthy i.e. fish fingers are now even going on the list of won?t eat foods.
Basically, for breakfast she will eat Oats so Simple Porridge (Syrup Flavour) but only sometimes, if it?s too lumpy she won?t eat. She will decide if it?s lumpy by looking so won?t even taste. Rice crispies, Shreddies, cherrios and cornflakes but if they are too soggy will not eat.
Lunch - Bread plain with butter, jam or spreading cheese. Bread toasted with butter or jam, used to eat a cheese toastie will not now. Pancakes with butter or jam. Crackers with spreading cheese.
Dinner - Pasta cooked but no sauce (will occasionally eat it with a tomato sauce and very occasionally macaroni, Heinz pasta shapes in tomato sauce, Potato smillies, roast potatoes, fish finger but will now only eat one piece now. Pizza with cheese and tomato or pepperoni (this is the only meat she will eat) and Tomato soup.
She will not eat or even taste meat and even if she does she has a few chews, gags on it and then spits it out.
She eats yogarts, fruit i.e. strawberries (but sometimes says they are too jaggy), melon, raspberries, blueberries, apples. She will occasionally eat carrots and sweetcorn.
Other things she will eat are Breadsticks, fruit flakes (plain) not yogart coated, walkers or McCoys ready salted crisps, cheese.
She does love chocolate, biscuits etc like most children but we do try to limit it.
Basically, this is what she lives on and I?m really struggling. Tonight I made omelette as she will sometimes eat egg and she ate a couple of mouthfuls and then said she did not like it and we had a real struggle to get her to even eat the potato smillie.
She is now asking after a couple of mouthfuls if she can share with us, which is her way of trying to get rid of the food. She wants to tell us jokes, chat nonstop anything but eat!! Also, she says can I get something else i.e. yogart. Up until we have been giving her one as all the research I have read says that you should offer two courses but I feel like she knows it does not matter if she does not eat her main course, as she will get something else.
Mealtimes are now no fun and I really dread them as no matter what I make DD finds fault with it even if it?s something she has picked.
DD was a great eater and would eat anything until she was about 2 years old and then the fussy eating started but it's getting worse and worse.
We have followed all the advice on fussy eating to no avail and are at a loss as to what to do next. 