Help! Bread & Cheese is all he'll eat!

[tomtom1]

My 3 year old DS will ONLY eat bread & Cheese at mealtimes, followed by dessert, of course! I always serve him up a proper dinner but he point blank refuses to eat it and would rather eat nothing! I used to put bread & cheese on the side so that at least he ate something but have stopped doing this now so he sees there's no choice! This has been going on for the past 8 weeks and I'm at the end of my tether! Has anyone else experienced this? How long did it last? Any tips on how to get back to proper eating? Nanna looks after him while I'm at work and he won't even eat for her! I never show him my anxiety and always just take his plate away after encouraging him a few times to eat. He's lively and happy and I'm sure there's no health problem. Is it just being 3?!

does he he snacks at other times of the day, ie does he get a certain amount of fruit and veg?

He'll eat fruit, bananas apples & pears. But veg is a no no!

It's usually a passing phase.

DS at 5 rarely ate anything other than cheese, bread and pasta (with ketchup and cheese of ffs) but gradually began to broaden his horizons.

He's a complete dustbin now although the purple mash confused him tonight, especially as the water turned blue

cheese on even

Do I carry on just serving up his dinner and nothing else so he goes hungry or resort to putting bread and cheese on he plate as well?

keep offering the meal

bread and cheese if you feel you want to - I can't say yay or nay to going hungry as it's your child and you know them best

no pressure on him - you may find it easier to sit down rather than stand over him, or waft around the kitchen if you feel any anxiety rising

lots of light chit chat, ignore the actual eating process (no begging to try one mouthful for eg)

good luck

Whatever you do don't pressure him.

Ignore the fact that he's only eating bread and cheese with some fruits thrown in.

I had a child who had a very very narrow range of foods that he'd eat. You could count them on one hand.

Now, I always believed that a hungry child will eat anything, but no, it doesn't work like that.

In the end it was suggested that he should be checked out by a pediatrician, who pronounced him healthy and a lovely little boy.

I was told, to go away and ignore it and it would come right in the end.

I did and it was.

He gradually, over the years, added more food to his repertoire and now he eats pretty much everything.

It didn't happen over night though, but I never, never pressured him. And made sure no one else did either.

i think bread cheese and fruit is reasonably healthy to be honest. is him within normal height and weight range?

does he eat toasted sandwiches? could you try sneaking in a smidgen of something else under the cheese?

My brother lived on bread, bacon and fruit until he was about 11, he is now 42 and 6'4! Have you tried getting him to help you cook? He might enjoy that and accidently eat something. I have a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that contains chickpeas and oats.