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Blundermum · 21/06/2010 16:44

Would appreciate advise on nutrition as my little girl is a VERY fussy eater and if I let her will happily live on coleslaw and sweetcorn!!
She won't eat mince/potato/fish/sausages in any form and pretty much anything I cook.
I don't think I'm a terrible cook because other people eat it
She will however eat peas so at least she gets some Iron and she will eat pasta in cheesy sauce...is she getting the nutrients she needs??
She also eats Hipp Org jars (stage three) but I worry as they are designed for much younger children if they are adequate for her needs now (she's 3 in October)
Does anybody know whether the Hipp meals are ok? I thought about emailing the company but they are bound to tell me they are!
Can anyone help a stressed worried mum?

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bumbums · 21/06/2010 20:54

Not sure the jars are a good idea really. I know it must be trying to see her turn her nose up at your lovingly prepared meals but you've got to persist further.
Her range of foods doesn't sound too damaging. Meat isn't the be all.
We tried to keep things relaxed with our fussy DS but at one stage he was eating so poorly we had to become a little more pushy.
We carried on putting a variety of meals in front of him. Then we used a bit of bribary, cajolling, game playing untill he would eat the number of mouth fulls we felt he must have. He is rewarded at times and some times when he's tired he needs extra help and we spoon feed him. I think some times the effort of ploughing through a meal can seem like too much for a child.
Keep portion sizes very small so as not to put her off.
Ask her to try one new thing every meal time.
It does also seem to be about them accepting new foods in to their repertoir. So its offering the same meals on say a 2 week rotation so that she sees these foods week in week out.
Eventually she should become more adventurous. And above all try not to show how frustrated you are with her! Fain that it doesn't matter to you whether or not she eats or not but lay out the consequences if she does not.
Some won't agree with this but that's whats worked for us.

Blundermum · 23/06/2010 22:14

Thanks for your answer and your advice.

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