Toddler wont eat fruit

[smithy100]

Hi

First time I have ever posted

My just 2yr old son will not eat any fruit. He used to and then just went off it.

Have got an older son 4yrs who eats loads of different fruits and loves it.

2yr old eats veg loads of different sorts - not really a fussy eater, just the fruit issue.

How can I get him to eat fruit? I offer it at nearly every meal and he says 'I don't like it mummy' .

Any ideas

just keep offering it
my 2 yr old goes through phases of not eating fruit, or not eating vegetables, but he always reverts back to normal after a while

My youngest was never as good as my others with fruit so I got inventive and yesterday I nearly fainted when he said he loved kiwi.

Fruit milkshakes - blend milk with milk and yogurt.

Fruit lollies - blend fruit and milk so all the lumps have gone then freeze. I sometimes put small pieces of treasure (fruit) in them.

Pies, crumbles, muffins are also good at sneaking fruit in.

My theory is it doesn't matter what state the fruit gets in to them as long as it does.

My 9 yr old DS went off fruit at that age too. I wondered if it was the texture. Unfortunately he has only just (in the last 18 months) deigned to eat strawberries, apple (but only cooked in pies and strudel) and sometimes pineapple again although he has always drunk fruit juice - how is your DS with that?

I would agree, keep trying. Also have a go with smoothies if you haven't already.

Would he eat dried fruit - fruit breads or currant buns. It is still fruit.

What is he like with tomatoes? They are fruits after all although they get eaten with veggies. They would provide slightly different nutrients to most leafy or green veg.

Great ideas - thanks

Not sure he would go for the milkshakes, but maybe muffins are the way forward!

He won;t drink fruit juice - only like water and plain milk.

Think I'll get some fruit breads.

Not keen on tomatoes on there own but in a sauce fine.

Think he gets everything he needs from all the veg he eats - it just a pain for healthy snacks. And I think other people think its mad he wont eat fruit.

i read somewhere that fruit isn't half as important as veg though, so as long as he eats veg and stuff i'd be happy

do keep offering thouh

My DD won't touch fruit either.
She will have juice or smoothies though - so long as there are no bits in it. I just keep plonking a tiny amount of chopped fruit in front of her, in the (vain) hope she'll on day start to eat it!

Not to depress you all, but I am 37 and still won't eat fruit

(only exception is in a smoothie, but sieved, and absolutely NO bananas)

(people still think I'm 'odd')

DS got into milkshakes at that age and we let him help "make" them. Cut up fruit banana is crucial as it's sweet and then strawbs or rasps (frozeN0 and let him work a hand held wizza thing. We also let him sit on the work top which helped. Special glass/mug thing and choose your own straw all helped a lot.

The one thing my non fruit eating 3yo loves is those Innocent Fruit tubes (that may not be the right name - known as sucky things here ).

thanks everyone - will let you know how I get on

As a very experienced mum grandmum ex paid nanny and teacher of infants i hope i can offer some help I'm also into healthy eating which i have studied and experimented with over the years for children as well as anyone who will listen!!
One of the secrets to eating fruit is to (with the exception of starchy fruits like bananas) always eat it when you are hungry; I gave my children plates of nicely presented fruit when they came in starving from school it is brilliant for raising their blood sugar levels slowly unlike cakes or sweets. Also before cereal at breakfast, smoothies are good but better without milk (bananas and oranges are not easily digested by everybody)I follow the blood type way of eating which is incredibly useful for allergies etc. Children tend to follow what their bodies tell them e.g. I used to have eczema and after cutting out tomatoes and other deadly nightshade veg. I had no more eczema.
Children are much calmer if they don't eat a rubbishy diet.

My brother will be 45 in a week or two and has never touched fruit, fresh, dried or otherwise, his entire life. He has the most fabulous teeth - not a filling in sight - keeps pace with a very strenuous job, and is in disgustingly rude health in general. I really wouldn't worry.

My DS1 (3.5) went off fruit (and veg) at that age. Still won't touch ANY fruit or veg, except raisins and potatoes. Won't touch milkshakes, can spot a hint of pureed fruit/veg hidden in anything etc. The only success I have had is putting grated carrot in homemade muffins. I have decided not to worry about it. I am gradually persuading him to take a multivitamin, though this is hard work.

Same problem here, DD won't eat any fruit, she is 3. Am not worried about it, have gently introduced some vegetables instead (sweetcorn is a success). Fruit is not obligatory, you can get the nutrients from other foods.

How about those Ellas squeeze fruit sachets? I think DD would eat about 10 a day if I let her! Also innocent smoothies in individual cartons - she thinks anything that comes with it's own straw is fantastic! (how do they know to LOVE the expensive things?! )

Ds is like this (won't eat veg either).
Luckily they invented the Innocent fruit tubes just in time to resolve terrible constipation, and he now eats plenty of those, and smoothies (preferably the single-serving cartons).
And a bit of 'red sauce' on pasta, either plain tomato puree or my version loaded with piles of pureed celery and other veg.
And will chew a raw carrot happily, and then half an hour later I'll find a little pile of carrot chewed shavings on the floor somewhere...

And drinks lots of diluted apple and orange juice.

I'm reassured that while he may be very cautious about food he's a lot better than my friend's ds was, who ended up referred to a dietician, and is now a very healthy 14yo (and slightly less fussy), so I try to offer new things when he's not over-hungry (cue panic attack) and otherwise chill out and just keep saying NO to the unhealthy stuff.

Dd (3) loves fruit but is pretty veg-phobic. Ds (19m) hates both in recognisable forms, but loves Innocent fruit smoothies too! I think it's the little straw and the grooviness of the cartons. He will eat cake or muffins with grated apple or carrot in, and I make banana bread with double/triple the amount of over-ripe bananas that most recipes say, which he eats lots of too. Also fruit cake, malt loaf, etc.

They both have no idea that they get a good amount of veg in dh's bolognese sauce, which passata and very finely chopped red and white onion, garlic, mushrooms, carrot and celery. Prob twice as much veg as minced beef, but cooked so slowly that none is recognisable. It's a winner.