Hi All,
This is my first post here so please bear with me.
My dd (who is due to turn 5 in about 10 days)has always been a fussy eater but at the minute she is absolutely horrendous! She is refusing to eat almost anything apart from processed plain food!! (think nuggets, dinosaurs & fish fingers)
She has never been overly good with food like not wanting food to touch on the plate or sauce covered meals she doesnt like things in her tomato sauce unless she puts it there - but since she has gone to school it has got worse. She wants to go on school dinners (currently on packed lunch) so have tried to cook the things that are on the menu so at least i know she will eat but she says 'Don't like it' at everything.
She has sandwiches which she won't eat unless it is jam or spreadable cheese (she wont entertain block cheese) and it has got to the point where she is now not eating these sandwiches as she doesnt like the bread even though i have changed from brown, to white to the 50/50 type to breadcakes that she said she likes.
As a rule i tend to give her for her lunch - 2 (1 slice bread cut in half so 2 x quarter per type) sandwiches (1 either jam / cheese and the other something new like ham & cucmber, Chicken, anything for her to try - even gave her chicken nuggets once but she refused to eat them as she said she didnt like them cold even though she has eaten them like that in the past before for her lunch!)some fruit, a yogurt and a small pack of biscuits but all that is eaten is the yogurt and the biscuits - i have recently found out that she throws some of the food away to make it look like she has eaten.
Teatime is a nightmare - she will eat veg which is a big plus but she wont eat meat - nor will she eat anything that has gravy on it.
I am getting very frustrated as she dances regularly so i know she needs her energy.
She will just look at something and if it is new to her or she doesnt like the look of it she will not even try it - she just says 'Don't like it!'
When she does on the rare occasion try it she will start to gip as though she is going to be sick or nibbles it so it takes her 40+ minutes just to eat the tiniest corner
The most recent example is i bought her some hot cross buns, gave her one half with jam, the other just plain butter and she wouldn't east it but said that if i picked all the raisin's out she would eat them seperately.
I am at my wits end at the minute as I dont know what to do
Please help!!!!
If i have missed anything out that you may feel needs to asked please do so and i will reply - i really want to get to the bottom of this before it gets any worse!
Thanks in advance x