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How long before dd grows out of fussy eating???

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KrazyKatlady · 20/03/2019 18:22

My Dd is nearly 13 and an incredibly fussy eater and I go through stages of losing the will to live after 12 years of cooking and wasting ridiculous amounts of time/ food or making the same boring (and not especially healthy meals). I feel like she would still eat baby food (and lots of biscuits/chocolate) given half the chance! When she was just over a year we were referred to a dietician because her diet was so limited but she was (and still is) otherwise healthy and healthy weight so they were not concerned, and just said to give what she liked and try with new foods. Nearly 12 years on we've not made much progress! Can anyone give me hope?? (I'm hopeful I'm not a completely crap parent because i have a younger child who is much less fussy!

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SummerLightning · 20/03/2019 18:27

Clicked on this to say not before 10 if mine's anything to go by, but see you win.

If it's lasted til 13 I think peer pressure is your best hope! (My son has started eating cheese and tomato pizza as it's provided at every party he goes to).

PurpleWithRed · 20/03/2019 18:28

My PFB is 29 and is still a fussy eater.

At least I know it's him not me.

olderthanyouthink · 20/03/2019 18:30

I'm 23 and still pick apart menus, sorry, but I have tried a fair few new things recently (partly because DP is veggie)

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Roomchanging · 20/03/2019 18:31

I thought by the title you were going to say she was 2 or 3 and I was going to tell you that my 7 year old is still very fussy. I hate to depress you further, but I was really fussy until I moved in with DH in my mid 30s. I’m not, by any stretch of the imagination, a ‘foodie’, it’s a chore, rather than a pleasure, even if we go out. DH (who can’t cook at all) was never going to agree to a choice of about 6 meals on rotation, so I started experimenting......and we have a reasonably long list of regulars. I still won’t eat fat or anything with bones or a shell, so he often gets vegetarian food.

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 20/03/2019 18:38

DS is 16....

KrazyKatlady · 20/03/2019 18:42

😖...not sure whether to cry or be relieved I'm not neccessarily doing everything wrong!!

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MachineBee · 20/03/2019 18:42

Get her involved in cooking. I found this really does help with my DCs and my fussy DSS. Also visiting a food show with one of her friends might be an idea - they can try tasting the samples and you can make a note of the things they like.

KrazyKatlady · 20/03/2019 18:46

I hoped doing food tech at school would help but so far of the 8 or 9 things she has made she has eaten 1 ....which was macaroni cheese which is one of the few things she already eats 🙄

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