18mo only eats beige food

[chocolatepuff]

bread, cheese, pasta, crackers, LOVES butter, yoghurt..

i offer her fruit all the time, she occasionally nibbles a TINY bit. vegetables she never eats (although Ive found she likes minestrone soup which i can bulk up with veg, but minestrone soup every day??)

how damaging do you think her limited unbalanced diet is? im worried about the lack of fruit and veg. she has always been very picky and faddy. do i just persevere with offering a variety of foods??

i do find mealtimes a chore (although i am externally 'chilled out' about it!)

My friends little boy was exactly the same! Only biege food.

Carry on with offering a variety of meals and when she does try something new repeat that meal with in the week to re-enforce the new accepted taste. Also I think that offering a reward for trying something new or for eating a few more mouthfuls is fine. i.e. ice cream.

This phase will pass and suddenly you'll notice she's eating a wider range of foods.

My DH is much better at getting my DS to eat, he chats to him, distracts him, apeals to his desire to be like his Daddy etc.

Bumums, if only the phase would pass. DD is 9.9 and still eats only a really limited diet.
I was so worried about rickets I got her some multivits.

bumbums - same with my dd, it seems all other people will inspire her to eat but me. shame i cant have a variety of cousins/aunts/grandparents around at mealtimes every day! she's probably be twice her size!

homeboys - she wont consume more than a lick of banana (!) only likes chedder, wont touch parsnip, potatoes (in any of their forms; no chips, mash, roasties,waffles, boiled tats, nada)

kreecher - will get some multivits. altho im sure it'll be a mean feat trying to get it in her too!