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Fussy Eater, ready to pull my hair out!

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RachieS1986 · 07/04/2014 13:48

Hi I'm hoping someone can give me some advice or even reassurance. My lb (who is 2 next week) has become such a fussy eater. Lately all he will eat is toast, sausage, sometimes cereal, maybe an odd sandwich, yogurt and fruit. He will eat very little veg, sometimes he will eat carrot but not always and has no notion of trying anything new. Me and DH has take away pizza one night and he ate a slice of it and I thought great and few days later made him his own home made pizza, wouldn't even look at it. Yesterday for example he ate a boal of cerial and a while later 3/4 of a slice of toast and i though great now we're getting somewhere. We were out at lunch time and I thought Il get sausage and a couple of chips (for decoration as they can also be hit and miss). It was even a struggle to get the sausage in. At tea time we were at mums and had roast beef. On ds plate he had small chunks of roast beef couple of carrott pieces a wee bit of mash and gravy, wouldn't touch it. Supper time I made prridge with Banana and he only took a couple of spoonfuls. He feeds himself and has done for quite a while. Iv treid at the dining table in the dining room, his own table in the living room, giving him snacks in between and without snacks. I'm at my wits end I don't know what else to try. HELP!

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TalkinPeace · 07/04/2014 14:54

Record his food across a whole week.
He will not starve himself.

Serve up the food and if he won't eat it, he'll be hungry till the next meal.
At which point he'll eat.

DD used to alternate one day veg, one day carbs, one day protein - I was stressed to high heaven till I saw the pattern.

If really hungry between meals then feed bread and butter or a banana - NO EXTRINSIC SUGARS

but the more stressed you are the more stress it be

write down what is actually eaten and the problem will start to go away

RachieS1986 · 07/04/2014 16:15

Thank you so much I will definetly try this. Even just typing my rant today and reading over the fussy eater category on here made me feel less stressed. Thanks again.

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Lookslikerain · 08/04/2014 19:35

Firstly, I'd say please don't stress! Smile You are making varied, balanced meals for him to eat. That's where your responsibility ends. He decides what he puts in his mouth, and he most probably won't starve himself.

This is a great book. It's really short and an easy read. I bought it earlier in the year after I heard the author on the radio. It doesn't have a magic wand inside to suddenly make him eat but it made LOADS of sense and completely stopped me stressing about my DD who was living on air and dust. It's all about power and young children realising that food is one of the few things they can control. And it gets a reaction from mum... Put the food out, don't encourage him to eat, don't react if he doesn't eat, don't praise of he does etc. Remain completely neutral. Remove the food, if uneaten, at the end of the meal, with no comment.

Oh, and a multivitamin for peace of mind, is good too... Wink

TalkinPeace · 08/04/2014 19:41

))))))) Multivitamins ((((((
Teaching kids that processed chemicals of dubious origin are better than real food

Lookslikerain · 08/04/2014 22:41

OP, as far as I know, the nhs advises giving a multivitamin supplement to all children between 6 months and 4 years. I'm in Scotland so I do apologise if this isn't the advice where you are (I'm assuming you're in the UK). The recommended supplement contains vitamins A, C and D, though I don't give this one as it contains a preservative which we try to avoid. I buy a natural supplement online instead.

While I'd love for my children to eat every vegetable out there, I'm realistic that, short of force-feeding, I won't be able to achieve that overnight. Instead, I'm comfortable with offering a range of different, balanced meals with no pressure to eat, and giving a multivitamin as a back-up. Don't worry too much, I'm sure you'll get there. Smile

RachieS1986 · 08/05/2014 21:43

Thanks. Lookslikerain ge did eventually start to eat properly again. Turns out he had a throat and ear infection. Only found this out as I thought he had chicken pox. He hadn't shown any signs of a sore throat wee pet. Although its probably days when he doesn't eat it feels like forever. Im trying not to stress (with motherhood generally) but think I might be highly strung lol.

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