why is dd2 chewing her food and spitting it out ALL THE TIME

[melsy]

the only thing she will eat is carbs , carbs and more carbs. Shes 18mths , I wondering if its a stage ?

I just made a lovely dinner and its all spat out on her plate. Dd1 4.5 is going through a really piccy stage with textures and flavours also at this time !!!!

She wont eat veg either despite eating it through BLW. LOVED broccoli , now will ONLY eat fruit.

didnt know if to put this in food ??

How annoying. I think they know when you've put effort into a meal and spit/throw with utter contempt.

What do you do when she spits?

In my experience, a perfectly reasonable "don't spit" is interpreted as "spit even more".

I puree green veg into cheese sauce and put it on the carbs and now, after months of doing this, ds1 2.1 is actually eating the odd mouthful of whole veg.

I know, how very dare they !!!!!

I tend to say I dont like it and then thats it really and clear it away. Im not into sitting for hours forcing the issue , havent got the patience and think it creates bad issues with food (ha ha, like I dont have one already).

Not sure thats right though (hence the thread), as a friend said I should make her something else as she will be hungry , what every blardy night , I dont thinkso!!!

I normally just give a yogurt and some chopped fruit instead.

They had lovely marinated chicken breast , cooked in little peices with a sauce and a puree we had last night of potato , cauliflour and celeriac.

I make bolognese and blend in mushrooms and carrots etc and have tried green stuff in cheese sauce , might have to start that again.

Making them something else has never worked for me. If they don't want the first thing then they reject every single offer after that. So I'm with you, if it's not going in, the meal is pretty much over!

Someone suggested letting ds1 help to make the meal. He ate most of it from the counter. Is that something you could try?

The other day he got his little kitchen steps out himself, went to the bread bin, took out a slice of bread and said "can I have some butter and some honey mummy?"

It's clear who is in charge in my kitchen.

My ds (22months) does this too - it's dispiriting and not very nice to look at either! Sometimes i think it's because he puts too much in his mouth but it can't be that everytime. I just hope he manages to absorb some nutrients while chewing. He seems to have special sensors so he can spot vegetables a mile off and they rarely even make it to his mouth!
I just tend to ignore it though and hope he stops sometime soon.

because she can? dd went through stages of liking and not liking veg/fruit/everything really. i think we just notice the veg bit more because we're so inculcated with nutritionism.

what about frozen peas? dd never has gone off them, so long as they're frozen and eaten as a wee snack. when dd's on a no veg thanks jag i just give her a multivit and don't think about it, tbh. she always comes round.

DS is going through this as well. He's 19 months. I have to make sure nobody is walking around with bread or toast, because as soon as he sees that, all other food is unacceptable.