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Help. Cheese sandwiches again!

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Chesternut · 03/04/2018 18:43

My DD (4 years old) has never been a good eater, beige is her prefers food colour. But atm we are lucky enough to be visiting my DSis in Australia for 4 week and we are 10 days in. All DD will eat here is Cheese Bloody Sandwiches. I've tried all here fav foods and nothing not even a taste just "I don't like that anymore". She will of cause still eat chocolate and lolly ices obvs!
Help any ideas it get something other than cheese, white bread and sweeties down her neck?

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QuiteLikely5 · 03/04/2018 18:50

Smoothies?

Or frozen fruit and yoghurt - crush up and make your own lollies

hugoagogo · 03/04/2018 18:50

I might just let it slide whilst you're away, everything must be very strange for her and the cheese sandwiches aren't so bad, so long as she is having some fruit or juice too.

Chesternut · 03/04/2018 19:03

Quitelikely5 Tried smoothies and I get the I don't like that anymore.
Hugosgogo Thought about just going with it but it's making me tic just thinking of 4 weeks of cheese and white bread 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Chesternut · 03/04/2018 19:04

She is drinking lots of water and some fruit juices.

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Eloisedublin123 · 03/04/2018 19:13

Pizza?

KitKat1985 · 03/04/2018 19:15

Odd approach, but have you tried not offering her something different?

My 3.5 year old is similar but is always much more interested when it's on my plate or she thinks she's being denied something.

AtleastitsnotMonday · 03/04/2018 19:52

Got an wooden skewers? I’ve had great success with things threaded on a stick! There’s no end of things you can thread on a stick.
It sounds a bit of an out there idea but have you tried falafels? They have a chicken nugget type quality!

Ricekrispie22 · 04/04/2018 05:58

She obviously likes cheese so try a cheese fondue. Get everyone to join in, dipping things like cherry tomatoes, crackers, cauliflower, potato wedges, pepperoni into a big bowl of melted food. If she doesn't want to join in, just ignore her but make it obvious that you're having fun.

Or try a tactic that I used to use. "Oh dear, we've run out of cheese. Oh dear, no more bread! What are we going to do now?" Interesting to hear what she suggests.

If there are other children around, really overdo praising them for eating foods other than cheese sandwiches. "Wow, you're really enjoying that chicken Fred, good boy!" Ignore your DD eating her cheese sandwiches but every now and then give her the option to try what 'Fred' is eating.

Choose your words carefully. Instead of saying "How about eating some pasta?", say "would you like to put some pasta on your plate?"

Claire90ftm · 27/04/2018 18:45

Macaroni cheese? I don't know. I think I'd try "Unless you try then you can't leave the table." If she's hungry enough she will eat something.

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