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

[oliveoil]

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

DS2 (2.8) currently won't eat anything brown (meat, sausages, mince, etc) as apparently "it's poo poo". Nice.

I have cultural problems - DS does not like rice (unless I cover it with cheese sauce). Cue lots of weird looks from Mum and Dad when I go home (who have rice every day without fail - they're chinese!) - how could I have brought up this weird child who doesn't like rice? So we serve up rice once a week and DS gets mini lectures about how it would be nice to eat it to make Grandad happy...

OO your children sound fine to me - they eat veg! They eat meat! they eat carbs! what's not to like?

After many years of fighting I have come to the 'okay, don't eat it, but there will be nothing else till breakfast' line and I stick to it. It won't kill them. Not rocket sciene, but it took me 7 years and 3 kids to get to it.

They do ok, not great, too much of some stuff, too little of others.

have a glass of wine, and breathe...........

florenceuk he's obviously rebellling One would think something simple like rice would be "okay". BUT DD only likes plain boiled rice, DS prefers it if I cook it with chicken stock. Luckily, DS will also eat it boiled [phew] So now I alternate between them, so at least one child will eat it !

My DD1 would probbaly count as a fussy eater compared to some but I don't care either becasue what she does eat is OK.

DD2 is a still a dream eater right now but i fully expect her to suddenly only want food that starts with C - chicken, chips, chocolate, crisps etc. As long as the odd carrot gets snaeked in and it doesn't last into adulthood, I couldn't much care either.

LOL Aniie,a how lovely to get compliments on what you make.

I love it when I put a corn on the cob down in fron tof DD1 and she says 'mmmm thanks mummy, yummy tummy'. Feels great and I did bugger all!

Dd2 eats corn on the cob

or DID until dd1 said "you will get the middle bit stuck in your teeth forever and ever and ever"

so now we have to chop the corn bits (kernels?) off AWAY from the middle bit

grrrrrrrr

the the op - my ds1 has similar views to your girls.

I have largely given up worrying about it and feed him what the will eat, presented how he wants it.

But sometimes, when me, dh and ds2 have tucked in and enjoyed a lovely meal, I long for the days when the 4 of us will all eat the same food.(I'm not holding my breath)

When I was young mum took me to the dr and they decided I was anorexic because I ate so little. I wasn't, I just didn't have a huge appetite. No food issues, I just filled up quickly. Now I eat little and often and don't have huge meals and I'm a normal weight/height.

Dd seems to be just like me. When mum comes to visit she goes on and on about how little dd eats. She is a healthy lively nearly 4 who eats small amounts often. She doesn't eat a wide variety of foods, but likes a good mix (lots of veg, fruit,pasta, rice, pitta bread, fish etc) so I am not worried. But mum drives me MAD

I am determined not to get stressed about how much/little is eaten but if I could s p e e d u p the eating I'd be a happy mummy

Oh fab thread Olive.

I have been in despair with ds fussy eating.dd will trough anything,but ds will only eat carrots/broccoli and cauliflower for veg.will entertain nothing else,depite all manner of ploys and encouragement.

Likes most fruit,except oddly,bananas

Wil eat spag bol if peppers etc cut up small.

Will eat fresh fish but only white fish,will accept tinned tuna if mood takes him.

Eats chicken ,but not cassseroles/stews with red meat in.

Will accept sandwiches with cheese or ham or tuna BUT has to have crusts cut off (this is dps fault and a long and boring story but still)

Would eat scrambled eggs,plain pasta,crisps and chocolate all the time if I let him!!!

Drives me NUTS.

I think your attitude is quite right, OO. With four dc I've had my fair share of picky eaters. I think I threw in the towel when it got so dd1 would eat any pasta but spaghetti and dd2 would eat only spaghetti. Arrrggghhh!!

Three of them are grown up and the good news is, the messages I've tried to give over the years have sunk in. They know what constitutes a healthy diet, are interested in what they eat and like to cook.

I'm still working on dd2; it's hard catering for a child who is so supersensitive that she can identify which supermarket her milk has come from, but I live in hope and in the meantime feed her bucketloads of toast.

I'm with you, olive.

It's partly a state of mind. I don't think my kids are especially fussy eaters (although they have similar habits to yours). I just accept what they like and cook accordingly.

Stress-free.

I didn't like some things when I was little, then I grew out of it.

re your macaroni, olive. Use brightly coloured cheddar and make it orange sauce

IME you get so excited about something new they like that you start giving it a just a bit too often, and then the little darlings go off it!

I remember when black cherry yogurt came out (it was a new and exciting flavour back in the 70s) and I said I liked it. My mum, bless her, then only bought black cherry yogurt for about the next 10 years.

Would now only eat a black cherry yogurt if I was literally starving ...

I still will only eat raw veg. Never got over my fussy stage. Although if I'm out or at someone's house for dinner I will eat cooked.

dd eats no veg but plenty of salad stuff and fruit. I don't care.

New to this as have been looking everywhere for advice. Feeling at wits end with dd. will only eat processed rubbish, no meat or vegetables. bribery doesn't work and have tried all the usual tricks. keep being told she will grow out of it but at 7 this has gone on for about 5 years now. she is very stubborn and would go hungry rather than try something new. surrounded by people whose children are model catalogue kids who do everything by the book!!! nice to know there are others out there going through it.

Laidback, chilled attitude: I like!

I give my little one a range of food to eat ( have done since she was 6mths, she is now 14mths) and sometimes she eats lots and sometimes she eats not so much. So far she is cool and tries everything - espesh if I'm eating it - but she only little

My philosophy is that you can't make them sleep and you can't make them eat. You can of course control what you offer and how nice meal times are etc etc but let's face it, food is one of the only things little kids have control over. So it stands to reason they will want to exert it somewhat.

(PS olive, your kids sound like they eat loads anyway !)

Just joined mn and love to hear what I can do about my 18 months dd who stopped eating savory foods. She eats tones of fruits, some bread (no fillings) and one a full moon some fish fingers. she use to eat all home made food (nice casseroles, but now she wouldn?t even try it. last week she just went off milk, which she used to have around 400ml a day. I?m really panicking...

Just joined mn and love to hear what I can do about my 18 months dd who stopped eating savory foods. She eats tones of fruits, some bread (no fillings) and one a full moon some fish fingers. she use to eat all home made food (nice casseroles, but now she wouldn?t even try it. last week she just went off milk, which she used to have around 400ml a day. I?m really panicking...