That book - "My child won't eat" by Carlos Gonzales

[Tommy]

is it suitable for older children who are unbelievably fussy eaters and won't try anything new?

I am at the end of my tether with DS1 (5.10) and DS2 who copies him and I have absolutely no idea what to do next, having tried all the usual strategies.

Has anyone read it and used it on an older child?

TIA

I have a copy in front of me.

What strategies have you tried?

It's worth the three quid or so from Amazon, imo.

How strange, I was just wondering whther to get this earlier.
Hunker - do you think it is any good for a faddy/picky eater as opposed to one that just doesn't eat?

everything, hunker

him helping prepare the meal
growing things to eat
him choosing recipe and going out to buy all ingredients and cooking together
inviting friends who eat well round for tea
sticker charts
threats
bribery

etc etc

OK - Ignore me!

Just searched on it and it seems to be about weaning. Ho-hum.

It's predominantly about weaning, but there's a lot in it about the language used around "getting children to eat" and equating food with love.

Tommy, have you tried going "ah, never mind" and ignoring talking about food?

Not worth getting beyond iyr old IMO. I've recently got AK's Fussy Eaters book I'm not a fan of hers but the book is good and actually quite tasty food that me and DH also eat(unlike the other books). I hide vegetables in pasta sauces for my DD. Tanya Byron's book "your child your way" offers great advice for fussy eaters of all ages, i've borrowed a copy from my library.

I'll suggest that for my sister. I had my 4 year old nephew here for dinner tonight, he is so stubborn and would not eat. He will let me spoon food into his mouth but starting gagging when I put a piece of (hidden) pepper in his mouth. I was just so relieved he wasn't sick!

I knew she said he doesn't eat, but I had no idea he was that bad. He does love his sweets though

hunker - I have tried that on occasions but, tbh, I just find it so stressful that I tend to get cross instead . I know I shouldn't and because of that they have had the same meal every evening for a week as I knew they would eat it and I wouldn't get stressed about it.

Yesterday he said, "We're not having that again are we?" so I asked him what he would like, made a couple of suggestions, one of which he chose, I made it today and when I put it on his plate, he wouldn't even touch it

By 5pm, I'm not really in the mood for it. I'm trying to think of things that would make it less stressful but the only thing that works is just to give him only the very small range of stuff he does like and I really feel that he needs to branch out a bit. Maybe, I shouldn't but it does make for very difficult situations when we want to go out to eat or visit other people etc