I'm worried about my daughters diet, will this affect her health??

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, my 4 year old daughter is a fussy eater and recently we've been giving her what ever she wants just to get her to eat.
I really want to improve her diet.
At the moment her main diet is :

cerial- shredded wheet and cornflakes(both with sugar)and cherios

rice cakes with butter or soft cheese

cheese sandwiches, penut butter on toast, yogurts, scrambled egg, apples and carrot sticks.

She dosn't really eat anything else. She will occasionally eat spagetti bolognaise though.

she drinks Robinsons squash (no added sugar) (which I've recently been advised not to give her)
fruit juce, and milk.

Do you know of any tricks to get her to eat more healthily? she'll try anything, but then says "I don't like it".

Also, do you know where I can find a list of harmfull ingrediants to look out for?

I'm on a mission.

If she eats at lunchtime then is she really hungry enough to eat again in the evening ? Or do you have problems at weekends too ? Bread etc may make her feel full enough not to need much else so perhaps start by limiting that. Rice cakes should be different although to me they are like polystyrene !

Yes, she's like it at weekends too. My husband is really soft with her and if she refuses breakfast, he'll buy her some pom bear crisps to eat in th car. [aaaahh]
I think we'll need to have words.