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My ds won't eat fruit

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Sallie · 17/12/2004 12:41

For over a year now, my ds has refused to eat ANY type of fruit. He will drink fruit juice and will eat fruit flavoured yoghurts and so on. Nearest I have got is getting to eat a small spoon of apple crumble although he had more crumble than fruit. Would love to get him to eat fruit again. Not too worried about the health aspects as he eats plenty of veg. He does eat dried fruit.....any ideas??????

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Sallie · 17/12/2004 12:42

Meant to mention - he is 2 yrs and 4 months.

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MrsBigDrumsADrumming · 17/12/2004 12:50

dd (3 next week) takes it a step further... she doesn't eat food ...

generally I just 'distribute' morcels around the living room, which she finds and then eats no problem.

But should I dare offer... mayhem. If he's eating dried fruit you're 1/2 way there anyway

Otherwise, maybe you could try what a friend of mine did... her dd wouldn't eat fruit... but she would eat ANYTHING covered in chocolate... ergo... my friend bought lots of melted chocolate and put a thin layer on cut up apples, bananas etc. then slowly reduced the amount of chocolate and after a while her dd ate the fruit without the chocolate IF she got a little piece of it (cholcolate) on the side. O.k. not the healthiest approach but it did the trick

ItllBeLonelymumThisChristmas · 17/12/2004 12:54

He might start to eat some fruit again when he is a bit older. My ds1 did when he was about 3 and is now my best fruit eater. On the other hand, ds2 only eats bananas, and those under protest. He never came out of the fussy stage I'm afraid. Like you, I have more success with vegetables and I have been known to give him vitamin drops (which he also hated!) when his health seemed poor. No more ideas I'm afraid. I wish I knew the answer!

Flumberrysauce · 17/12/2004 12:56

Make him smoothies in a blender. Real fruit that way and all the fibre still in. Not like shop bought.

Santasluckylittlehelper · 17/12/2004 13:13

My dd doesn't eat fruit at all. Not even yoghurt, fruit juice even fruit flavoured sweets. Nothing, none.

She's 11 BTW. She eats quite a bit of veg though and has a multivitamin, but it does worry me. We are a big fruit eating household but she will not be swayed.

berolina · 18/12/2004 17:09

Slightly off topic but just had to add: Until I was about 4 I flatly refused to eat: sweets, chocolate, ice cream, strawberries... basically most things any other people said was 'nice' or 'treats'. Soon gave that bloody-mindedness up though
Anyone got any advice for my 'off yogurt?' thread? I'm driving myself mad...

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