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Help me..... :(

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 13:42

Dinner time in my household is a nightmare and really stressful at times. DD's are terible eaters will not have any veg at all.. They both seem to live on processed food and this worries me i've tried to introduce new healthier foods but they look at me as if i have gone totally mad! And then the tears start. I'd like to no where i went wrong as both ate really well as babies. DD1 is better then DD2 but they really both worry me. i am contacting my HV next week to ask for help as DD2 is having poo problems which docter thinks is related. I feel terrible and cant see a light at the end of the tunnel. Any advice PLEASE......

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Dior · 08/01/2006 13:44

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 13:49

Sadly no they wont eat pasta either they both really intrigued when dh and I have it but when we offer it to them its like we trying to poison them!!

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fredly · 08/01/2006 14:15

I would just keep offering a wide variety of healthy food and cut out the junk completely (and make sure they can't get it from somewhere else, like at nursery or school). If they're hungry they'll eat.

rummum · 08/01/2006 14:18

what junk food do they eat at the moment??

chicken nuggerts are easy to make yourself
burgers are easy to make your self..

Let us know what they eat and maybe we can all comeup with some idea's for you...
How old are you DD's..

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 15:04

they mainly eat chicken nuggets smiley faces bernard matthews dinosaurs and rubbish like that

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rummum · 08/01/2006 15:16

how old are your children??

I saw the Jamie Oliver school dinners program back at Easter time last year and that changed my cooking habits... the children ate smilie faces and crap then I cooked later for Hubby and myself.

This stopped and we all started to eat together.
please don't think we all turned into the family you see in the adverts overnight because we didn't.. but we all eat more healthly now...

I brought the school dinners cook book there are loads of ideas in there...
chicken nuggerts are really easy to make...
home made beefburgers are easy too...
I included the children in helping me cook.. this helped...
I ask them to choose their favourite meal, and I cook it one night a week,
I asked them to try a food... they haven't got to eat it but as long as they try it I am happy... (I wouldn't ask a dinner guest to eat something they didn't like)

Good luck... and if you don't buy the crap... they won't eat it....

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 15:23

Was the book written by jamie oliver? They are 2 and 5 yrs

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 15:30

In all honesty suppose dh and myself dont eat too well either think i have to review all our eating habits need to re-educate myself ...

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MrsSpoon · 08/01/2006 15:40

The Dinner Lady book by Jeanette Orray (think that's her name) is great too, she is a Dinner Lady who took up the campaign before Jamie.

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curvybebe · 08/01/2006 15:45

thankyou

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curvybebe · 10/01/2006 20:16

Slight breakthough tonight Youngest tryed a bit of carrot which believe me is a big step forward wasn't too impressed but at least she tryed it.. And eldest even tried bit of pork s tonight was one of the better nights. Fingers crossed for tomorrow night.

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Mercy · 10/01/2006 20:23

One step at a time! Good luck

Mercy · 10/01/2006 20:24

What did you make by the way?

Aloha · 10/01/2006 20:27

Just don't buy the junk. If it isn't there, they can't eat it. Serve simple things. Sandwiches, your left overs (shepherds pie, pasta) baked potatoes with tuna/cheese/beans etc - the less cooking you do the less upset you will be to see food rejected. You have got into the habit of buying crap food, so the children know it is in the house, want it and know that if they create you will give in. If it's not there they will have to get used to it. Of course they have no idea that this stuff they like is bad for them, so it is our job to keep it away from them most of the time. I really do think this kind of heavily processed food isn't good for anyone. I wouldn't eat it.

marthamoo · 10/01/2006 20:38

Ds2 is naturally a more fussy eater than ds1 ever was - especially when younger (he's 4 now - very old ). I honestly think the key is to keep giving them things - even if they reject them: keep putting a little bit on their plates, don't fuss over it, but praise them to the skies if they try it. For example - ds2 hated rice, just wouldn't touch it, threw a paddy when I put it on his plate. But rice is one of the staple foods in this house - we have it about twice a week and there was no way I was stopping making rice dishes when the rest of us love it (and I just can't be @rsed doing separate things for separate people). So I kept giving him rice, despite him kicking up a fuss.

Guess what we had for dinner tonight? Curry and rice - he ate the lot.

Someone will know - I can't remember - but there's a 'magic number' of times you have to give them something before their palate will accept it (8? 18? I dunno). I thought that was tosh but persevering has worked for me. If you can't go cold turkey with the processed stuff straight away - try chicken nuggets (good quality ones) with something new.

Carrot and pork is a breakthrough though - keep at it

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curvybebe · 10/01/2006 20:59

We had pork chops gave them super noodles while i had veg dd2 actually asked for carrot of my plate.

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TwoIfBySea · 10/01/2006 21:34

Curvybebe I know this sounds stupid but I refuse to cook separate meals and dst eat what dh and I do (minus salt etc which I now add afterward.) I decided this early on after getting so stressed out it wasn't funny anymore!

They are 4 now and eat most things except potatoes which they hate full stop so I make extra mash from carrots and turnip/swede which dh and I have too as it is yummy! I don't know how your 5 year old would take this but I used to make up names for the veggies like broccoli = trees, cauliflower = clouds, carrots were easy as I told them that is what rabbits eat! I found that watching dh and I eat food made them curious and the fact I didn't offer alternates made my life a hell of a lot easier.

I know this would result in a few horrendous mealtimes, tantrums and all that our darling kiddies throw at us to make us feel like going nuts! It would be worth it in the end though. And you could curse me to heaven and earth when doing so if it makes you feel better

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