My dd1 (9 in Feb) has always been a fussy eater, but now seems to be getting worse. For a few months, she has been eating relatively little and never finishing her meals. She had the norovirus before Xmas and this also seemed to unsurprisingly dent her appetite a bit.
Now she's becoming increasingly picky. The other day, she wouldn't eat her dinner (pasta prepared no differently to normal) because it was on a plate she doesn't normally have. Another time she refused the lunch because the pasta (previously her favourite food) was two different lengths (I'd had to open a new packet to mix with the old, so it was the same type of pasta but a different size!!). And this evening, she wouldn't eat the sausages because they were bendy, not straight! AAGH! She always eats fruit/vegetables and has no problems with carbs in general, it is usually the meat/protein item she objects to.
She also says she is fat pinching the non-existent 'fat' on her stomach, even though her weight is completely average. I try to reassure her, but it isn't working. I try to be laid back about it all and not fuss if she doesn't eat, but I'm getting quite worried . I don't go on about dieting in relationg to myself much either.