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picky eaters - are they made or born

88 replies

Mud · 05/01/2006 18:53

I think made

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hana · 05/01/2006 18:55

i think made too
dd1 usedc to be such an excellent eater up untikl a few months ago now she is so v v selective
dd2 eats anything and everything, she is one and I know it won't last

HRHQueenOfQuelNoel · 05/01/2006 18:56

born

kama · 05/01/2006 19:11

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bundle · 05/01/2006 19:12

made. cod.

lapsedrunner · 05/01/2006 19:12

born

meggmoo · 05/01/2006 19:12

born

meggmoo · 05/01/2006 19:13

Have you guys heard of "supertasters"?

bundle · 05/01/2006 19:13

yes

starlover · 05/01/2006 19:15

actually i saw an experiment once where they gave small babies different things to eat... including slice of lemon, marmite toast etc etc

anyway, some of them ate EVERYTHING, even the lemon. others were quite selective and spat a lot out.

these kids were too small to be really fussy iyswim? they said that some kids are "supertasters"... although i can't remmeber which each group referred to.

i think it's part and part. there are some kids who are definitely made fussy eaters.. but some genuinely don't like things and i don't think it's fair to force them

meggmoo · 05/01/2006 19:15

For those that haven't

I hate veg

Crystaltips · 05/01/2006 19:15

what are supertasters ????

starlover · 05/01/2006 19:15

meggymoo... you got that in while i was typing! lol

misdee · 05/01/2006 19:18

yes my daughter gagging on most foods is all my own doing [rolls eyes]

marthamoo · 05/01/2006 19:18

Bit of both, I reckon. I thought they were made - when I only had ds1. Was convinced that the fact he would eat anything and everything was down to my wonderful home cooking and the variety of food I gave him (and I think it played a part). But ds2 has been far more picky and much harder work with regard to getting him to eat a balanced diet. He's 'lazier' than ds1 with regard to chewing things that take a bit of effort etc., and much more partial to convenience food. But - and this is where the 'making' comes in - I have persevered, working on that theory that you have to give them new foods lots of times before they will accept them. He's still a lot 'faffier' over eating a meal than ds1, but he's miles better than he was.

A friend of mine has a child with the worst diet imaginable - and she really has just given in and lets him eat what he likes (not very much, and all of it bad for him). But when I see what she eats - she has a limited diet and is very fussy too: so I guess he was born and made.

jane313 · 05/01/2006 19:21

I can understand how some are made if they have always been fussy but what about ones that start off eating everything then go really fussy when you have not changed your behaviour?

polly28 · 05/01/2006 19:30

yes,my ds used to eat pretty much whatever we were eating,then about 3 months ago,when he turned 3, he became really fussy

I'm sure it's a control thing .

he can be bribed to eat which is probably not the right thing to do but hey it works ...sometimes.

He actually ate the carrots and courgettes tonight because he cut them up for me

NotQuiteCockney · 05/01/2006 19:39

Some of each, surely?

mykidsmum · 05/01/2006 19:40

I have a friend whose child is definately made, obviously mine were all born

LadySherlockofLGJ · 05/01/2006 19:49

Bit of both.........

DS will eat lots of stuff like olives and anchovies and smoked salmon because it never occured to me not to offer it.

I provided olives at his 4th birthday party, because he wanted them.

We have a really interesting piece of video of one of the toddlers trying to take an olive and the mother removing the olive from her hand saying we do not like olives.

Another little girl tried them and said "these grapes taste funny" but she asked her Mum for the funny grapes the next time they were in a deli and now loves them.

So as I said, a combination.

Pruni · 05/01/2006 19:53

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Pruni · 05/01/2006 19:54

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Spidermama · 05/01/2006 20:01

Made.

Nightynight · 05/01/2006 20:03

Made, I think, but obviously that opinion would change if one of mine turned picky.

santagotstuckOOPSthechimney · 05/01/2006 20:10

i think you can "support" picky eating if your child starts to be picky
and you can help them to not be picky by your response to pickiness

do i get the prize for the correct answer?

TeddyRobinson · 05/01/2006 20:24

born

my 3 have been brought up exactly teh same but one is human dustbin, one is picky beyond belief and the other is 'normal' LOL!

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