Fussy eaters (children)

[monkeybats]

What do your/will your fussy eaters eat for Xmas lunch???

Ummm probably cold chicken, mash and brocolli. And a yoghurt for pudding.
Won't entertain anything else 🙄

pigs in blankets and yorkshire pudding. Gravy on the yorkshires as long as it doesn't dare touch the pigs.

Grandson 3 calls my roast dinners gross dinners but eats the veg, potatoes and Yorkshire pudding quite happily. He has carrot and sprout eating competitions with his Grandad and my son and has already told me he wants one more of each so that he can win. He's unlikely to touch the meat, pigs in blankets or stuffing but that's fine.

We're having pancakes on Christmas Day because we all like them.

When we have a roast, DD will eat the meat, and then I boil some pasta and broccoli for her. That's a lot more enjoyable than trying to persuade her to eat something she's never managed to swallow before.....

Pigs in blankets and whatever party food he fancies. I can't face the meltdowns and just want everyone to have a relaxed happy day

Starter of pate on toast
Cocktail sausages and maybe some mash
Pudding

You call that fussy. 🤦‍♀️

What I'd give to have my child eat like that

@SleepingStandingUp how on earth is it a brag to say your child won't eat potatoes (which he doesn't in any form btw mashed, roasted, chips, wedges, jacket, new, waffles etc) or most forms of sprouts?! I think this may be a sensitive topic for you... Most of the examples given here aren't especially fussy, lots of children won't eat veg.

My fussy ones birthday is Xmas day so I've decided this year we'll go full weird American and have macaroni cheese as a side because he doesn't really eat any of a roast. (he's well trained to be polite and nibble at it but that's about all)

This Xmas day he is 14!! Always hoped he'd grow out of it.

My youngest had super noodles last year, we didn’t want a massive fuss and fighting on Christmas Day. Made things more enjoyable. My eldest will have a roast but without gravy or roast potatoes and with sausage instead of meat.

Snap! Pizza here too.

Christmas day food is supposed to be the most special of the year. Why should anyone be made to eat food they don't like just because tradition says it's what the rest of the family are eating?

His sister now joins him in a pizza/garlic bread fest too

Mine will reluctantly eat a small amount of turkey, Yorkshire pudding and gravy.

Thank you for asking the question @monkeybats as I’ve always thought it was down to parents wanting an easy life and giving in to their children as I had witnessed this with my niece and nephew, but reading some of the replies it’s far more complicated than that for a lot of families. If someone had told me before I read this post that their child had pizza Christmas Day I would have judged them (wrongly) but now I realise what @Bonnieweejeaniemccall has said makes complete sense, they’re happy to prepare it, their child gets their favourite meal, it’s affecting nobody else’s day. So I’ve learned who cares who eats what on 25 December, it’s just another day

Whatever is needed to keep the day calm and happy.

ds has arfid and is mainly tube fed. Raw carrots are one of his safe foods so he will probably much a load of them, maybe at the table with us maybe somewhere else he is comfy. Sometimes he will eat a small amount of roast ham. Any chocolates that anyone kindly gives him will be mine because he won’t touch them!

It's texture for DD that's the issue. She's a teen now and her eating has changed a lot over the last couple of years. She still prefers dry, crunchy, predictable foods overall but has discovered she likes chicken cooked with spicy flavours (no sauce still though). This has made eating out a lot easier. She's also actually willing to try new foods occasionally which was a non starter when she was small. She's slightly more tolerant of a wrong texture and it won't put her off eating a meal completely if one bit is wrong.
Nothing mixed up, nothing wet or wobbly, food touching is also a problem. We have a divided plate which helps keep foods seperate.
I've always been grateful that she eats a reasonable range of foods even though they have to be a certain type and look a certain way.
Her older sister was similar and happily they have both been able to eat a wider range of foods as they have got older, but it took them to their teens for that to happen.
I like the idea of giving them what they like at Christmas, most kids with restricted eating don't want to find food such a battle.

You're on a thread about fussy eating saying my child isn't a fussy ester, then listing a long list of foods he eats, with a mention of one item he won't eat (oh its so hard having a child who only eats sprouts when I shred them!!) and people are meant to take it how? That you genuinely think he IS a fussy ester? You've clarified you don't think he is. So why else other than a look how awesome MY good eater is?

Clearly this is a sensitive topic for you! It's actually a Christmas thread, not one for disordered eating.
Who cares if they eat a roast or not surely it's the one day a year they can just eat whatever they want

DD will eat everything ( and more) DS will
Glare at the Christmas diner in sheer horror then decide he's not hungry. I usually make him chicken nuggets for an easy life

We will eat in mountain hut skiing.
Ds will probably have chips dipped in goulash sauce.
Then germknoedel ( a type of sweet bun, filled with blueberry compot, and custard).

If all else fails we well end up ordering him pancakes

You are being pretty tone deaf

For the McDonald's fry eater, McCain fries in the air fryer are more like burger king. If you overload the fryer though they go softer and are more like McDonald's. Supermarket own brand skinny fries are also less crispy.

When DS1 was younger he used to eat the carrots and a bit of Turkey. Never potatoes!

My Dgs will eat the pigs in blankets minus the bacon and I have bought him onion rings as that is his favourite food. Everyone else is having what they like including one vegan so why shouldn’t he have his favourites.

Usually, mine eat a couple of pigs in blankets and some broccoli. They both hate roasts. This year they asked why they couldn't have their fave food on Christmas Day, and I couldn't think of a good reason why not so they are having pizza / homemade sausage rolls and so are their cousins!
Kids will all eat first and adults later which works well space wise and food prep wise.

The title is literally fussy eaters not how many vegetables does YOUR child eat? Clearly you felt the need to come onto a thread about fussy eaters and talk about how your child isn't a fussy eater, so congrats to you.

Chicken, possibly a roast potato, pigs in blankets, Yorkshire puddings and a bit of gravy.
No veg at all.