Food Fads?

[rachael2811]

Can anyone help, my ds who is 17 months has suddenly decided that he will only eat breakfast cereal, cheese and satumas!
Having spent ages preparing meals that he used to love he now point blank refuses to even taste them.
Am i worrying over nothing, is it just a fad, its been going on for a good few weeks.
Should i not relent and get the weetabix out?
The annoying thing is that he tends to eat most things for the childminder.
He was often similar with milk before weaning and would cry hysterically at the sight of a bottle, one doctor thought it was reflux. His behavious now reminds me of that.

Am soooo frustrated, everything is going in the bin and it is starting to become an issue. Am trying hard not to let him see my frustration as i know it will make it work.

Was also an extremely fussy child eater and still am, and because of that had tryed hard to not let him be, but maybe tryed too hard?

Help!

Prepare food for yourself, something that's also suitable for ds, and eat with him. Give him a v small portion and if he doesn't want it say, hey, can I have it? If he does eat it, you can offer some more.

That way the lovely food you have prepared doesn't get wasted.

You might then offer cheese or satsuma or both afterwards - regardless of whether he ate the first course.

Thanks,
Do try to do that and eat together whereever possible, seems like it usually means me eating what he doesn't & me putting weight on!
But seriously will keep trying, think was just getting so frustrated yesterday as it seems to be getting worse, Shreddies again for tea tonight with a sneakily concealed banana in, after refusing point blank to eat lovely baked potato. He's definetly hungury as he had 2 helpings of cereal.

This post could have been from me - except my DS (16 months) won't eat anything as healthy as satsumas!! He happily eats a few Cheerios, and likes Readybrek. But everything else is a fight. I have to put on a full cabaret show to persuade him to open his mouth for a micro-second, in which I try to shove in a spoonful of something healthy.

I've tried everything. Finger food, giving him a spoon, eating with him - you name it, I've tried it. Like your DS, he seems to eat anything at nursery.

It's the same with sleep. Having always settled quickly at bedtime, he's taken to crying when I leave the room, wanting me to sit with him till he goes to sleep, clambering around the cot etc.

I've assumed it's a phase, and maybe he's learning that you can play all kinds of game with Mummy and she'll still love you.

I just keep trying, making small amounts of food at a time (so there's less waste), and hoping this phase will pass!

Although its not nice for you either it kind of makes me feel better that someone else is having the same problem.
All i had to compare ds with were a couple of baby group friends whose babies seem to eat everything from smoked mackerel to couscous and as snacks tuck into everykind of exotic fruit going! Thought i was doing something wrong, but hopefully like you say it will end up being a fad.
I also perform dancing in the kitchen, you are not alone!

My children would eat anything when they were around a year old - but by the time they were 3 they learned to be fussy. So don't worry about friends' children. Tastes change.

If you are offering small enough portions, it shouldn't be a problem eating them yourself, esp if you remember to give yourself a smaller portion to start with. Also, are you offering finger food, and enough time so that child can play with it and perhaps eventually eat it, without you taking too much notice? (this may be a messy strategy I know)

Don't be too quick to offer alternative.
Good luck.