My children are fussy eaters and I have come to the conclusion that I quite frankly don't give a shitty shite!

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they will not eat casseroles, but will eat chicken and veg DRY. So what, it is the same ingredients

only raw carrots, not cooked. Only red peppers, not orange or yellow. Again, so what, still veg yes?

will not eat fish - so what, they used to and may do again

Most night's dd2's dinner goes in the bin, i refuse to cook each child something different if they don't eat it they can't be that hungry.

My ds eats boiled eggs but not teh yoke, I have to remove the yellow. All of teh yellow. Not a trace of yellow can be left or little lord fontlroy objects.

Sounds V familiar, Malory.

Cheese sandwich
Yoghurt
Geo Bar
Smoothie/Tropicana Go juice
Banana

YAWN

Well malory DS and DD both eat varied lunches courtesy of nursery and school dinners, but DH OTOH has cheddar on brown baps every day because that is what he make himself.

I don't cook something different for the DC, but it looks different once it is on the plate.

i had the same thing for lunch every day at school, i loved it. filled rolls, crisps, box of orange juice and an apple. it seemed to make sense in school, everything else was regimented, why not lunch?

I had the same thing for lunch every day at school and I just threw it in the bin

I would have liked something diff. Dd always wants the same stuff - ham sandwich, grapes, yoghurt drink, applie juice with water. So that's what she gets, day in, day out.

Once in a blue moon, she'll want a carrot, a boiled egg or a rice cake but it's rare

but isn't that the point? we aren't the same as our children. dd might want something different every day (which is something we'd need to chat about obviously).

I was a fussy child but my mum never made a fuss (said she couldn't stand mealtimes becoming a battle ground) and I eat most things now (still not over keen on some veg or eggs but eat bits of them).

dd1 is pretty fussy and seems to hardly eat a thing and is very thin but I just give her what we're all having and she eats what she can. I always put everything on her plate in the hope she might try it one day! dd2 is a human dustbin and no problem.

I've never stressed about it ever. No point as it just makes things worse really! Sometimes just ask her to eat one more bit of something that she likes but no more than that and never refuse pudding.

It leads to a more pleasant mealtime and everyone is happier! She couldn't be more healthy so why stress?

ds is terrible with food. Glad to see he is not the only one.

I am chilling out more but find it hard somedays.

Yesterday he ate a chicken nugget - all grandparents were told. Its the first time he's eaten any meat (and won't eat fish, pulses etc).

I celebrated.

This chilling out thing is working (either that or the laxatives he's on )

dd1 has suddnely got 'experimental' with lunch

ie she now wants crisps or cheese strings

I say NO but am weakening god does it really matter

she has: peanut butter sandwich (peanut allergy girl left so peanuts back on menu - woohoo for dd1)
strawberries/blueberries/mango
water
yogurt drink

she will eat samosas and stuff at home but refused point blank to have in lunch

oh in the witner she has PLAIN couscous instead of sandwich

DS is actually a great eater but I think he likes the familiarity of his packed lunch. Scenario chez Anchovy every morning at 7.30am:

Me: So, Ds would you like tuna in your sandwich today or egg.

DS: Hmmm...maybe tuna

Me: Ok, on bread or maybe in a pitta bread?

DS: Oooh ...in a pitta bread, please.

Me - assembles everything ready to start.

DS: Actually, mum, can I have a cheese and ham sandwich.

DS would happily have a cheese and ham sandwich, chopped up carrot, bit of homemade cake, and an apple every single day. (Which is lucky as that is what he gets!)

oh i missed out the cake

My ds has just decided he hates egg sandwiches. This cuts the already limited range of sandwiches he will eat down to just 2 options - tuna and salmon .

Packed lunches are the bane of my life.

It always seems like a good strategy to me to focus on what they will eat and not worry about what they won't eat.

I have 2 DDs. DD1 started out picky and has got a bit better as time has gone on and we have continued to offer things. She will eat a small selection of fruit and vegetables but represents all the colours so I am happy enough about that.

DD2 started off as a non-discriminatory eater - any old scrap off the floor would be gobbled up enthusiastically - but she is 21 months old now and we'll be dedicating a new reality TV programme to her called "When good eaters turn bad!"

I'm hoping it is a phase. But either way, they eat enough decent stuff, despite their pickiness, that I don't worry about it.

tuna sandwiches are great though [drool]

Ds told me yesterday that 'maybe I will have a wrap. XXX has a wrap'

me: what does XX have in his wrap then?

ds: cheese, lettuce, mayonnaise and tomato

me: and would you like that for your lunch?

ds: yes. Without the tomato. and the lettuce. and the mayonnaise. And maybe not very much cheese.

I'm a little concerned about what I will put in DD1's sandwiches when she starts school in September. Cheese spread every day or will honey and jam be allowed?

My dd also decided yesterday that fruit is the work of the devil
Went to grocers to buy fruit, bowl empty and needed something for lunchbox today, asked her what she'd like and was told in no uncertain terms 'well I just don't like any fruit, its all yuck' She had been eating grapes literally a few hours before!
But for now until god knows when, she's not going to eat any fruit. Very very strange child.

Oh Aitch - I do hate the way old people put emphasis on children beign 'good eaters'. Drives me bananas.

Well I'm joining this club.

Mine eat certain things and are not very open to new options.

95% of what they eat is healthy so I just rotate the stuff I know they will eat and sometimes add new stuff on that they either eat or don't.

Ds1 was the world's fussiest eater since starting school but now he'll try almost anything.

I still stick to the 'that's tea, eat or don't but there's nowt else' thing but I do give them stuff they will normally eat.

So basically, the same as everyone else then!

rofl puddle that coudl be dd1 talking

I think if they will eat tuna that is good. DH is 33 though and has 6 days a week, bran flakes with raisins for breakfast, and cheese sandwiches on brown and an apple for lunch. How utterly boring. And it is sheer laziness because on a Sunday when I make his lunch he has whatever salad or scrambled eggs or pasta/pesto or whatever I make, and in the evening we have quite a wide variety of food.

mind you I have mackerel with tinned ratatouille for lunch nearly every day