OK, so what do you all do when your dc refuse to eat fruit and veg? **I'm getting a little stressed**

[loveroflife]

Ds is 2 and has now decided he doesn't want to eat fresh fruit or veg anymore...

I did the whole BLW thing to a t and have always tried very hard to give him a really well balanced, fresh diet. He has now for the past 6 months refused to eat:

Apples
Bananas
Pears
S/Berries
Grapes
Melon
Mango
Carrots
Green Broccoli
Green Beans
Peas
Cauliflower

So, as you can see - he pretty much won't eat anything. If I sneak carrots, very finely diced into his spag bol etc he spits it out. We tried spinach and ricotta pasta parcels tonight and he refused to eat them.

I don't want him to go to bed hungry, so gave in and made him pizza toast. All he wants is carbs, it's driving me mad and his poo is very dry and solid (sorry tmi), I am at my wits end and starting to get rather upset.

Any advice please? I think it is more than 'a phase'. His lovely daddy does have rather bland tastebuds and isn't keen on the above, could it be genes?

Oh screw the other mothers! Honestly, ds2 would have quite happily starved himself rather than eat fruit, as I posted upthread. It was partly textural - he didn't like the wetness of cut fruit on his hand, and partly taste, he just didn't like fruit. He too would only eat breadstick snacks at pre school and rejected everything else. We had a stage where he would have a drink of juice in the morning (pure apple - v good for softening stools btw!), a small portion of raisins or possibly one of the Humzinger 100% fruit bars with his lunch, a fruitapura 100% fruit puree pot or Ella's pouch as 'pudding', and posibly the same again at tea. It was that or nothing. I chose that over nothing. As I said you can't force it into his mouth, force him to chew, and force him to swallow. You are doing all the right things and it will eventually come good, I'm sure it will.

Chin up, and keep trucking!

My friend's three children were just like this, really until their late-teens. My friend is the most fantastic cook, really imaginative, they grow their own fruit and veg and did all the 'right' things but the DC just would not eat fruit or veg. However they grew up to be charming, happy, healthy (and very bright) adults - and they do eat fruit and veg now (in their 20s ).

Was just going to post a similar desperate thread. It is easier to say what ds who is2 will always eat
Porridge
Bread
Noodles
Rice
Spaghetti (no other pasta)
Fish fingers
Spaghetti and sausages (tinned)
Yoghurt
Rice cakes
Chocolate cake / biscuits
( he occasionally eats chicken, ham, cheese)
I am a loss to know what to do. He would rather go hungry than eat other food . He used to eat so much more now he spits out things in disgust ( if I can get him to try them at all)
He eats most things at nursery apparently ( he is only there twice a week) so it feels like it is behaviour not taste - I think we have pandered to him too much and given him too many snacks but I don't know how to change it- I just find the don't offer him choice if he doesn't eat it hard as he would then not sleep and we.ve only just got him sleeping through-ish