3yo DD ate everything we put in front of her until a bout of illness at 13 months - we did a mix of purees and BLW, mostly fed her what we were eating and weaning went well. Once she recovered from being ill she suddenly refused almost all of the foods that she had previously eaten.
She started nursery at the same time and I hoped that would help, but over the last 2 years the list of acceptable food has slowly got smaller - now she only wants to eat bread, chicken nuggets, fish fingers, chicken fajitas, plain pasta and plain rice. She'll occasionally eat egg or pizza, but it's hit and miss. She does eat fruit and some veg and is fine with breakfast cereal.
If we put something in front of there that is new or not from the list she just insists she doesn't like it and won't touch it. Nothing can persuade her to even try food - she says she'll try it when she is 4!
She starts school next August and I'm concerned that she'll never eat! Has anyone got any experience of a fussy child and school meals?
We've asked Nursery to stop making alternatives for her - she's previously been happy to eat pasta with a tomato sauce or curry and rice at home. At nursery, she refuses it so they make her a portion of plain pasta or plain rice and now she expects the same at home. We have repeatedly asked them to stop but the cook feels that she is going without so keeps doing it. They have breakfast, morning snack, lunch with dessert then afternoon snack. She is not going hungry!
We all eat together as a family. DH is a little fussy too (brought up on meat and two veg!) but hides it from her well! I'm pregnant with Gestational Diabetes so I try to eat the same food but with some adaptations.
Frankly, I'm frustrated at planning meals around 2 fussy eaters and can see our meal plan reducing to a cycle of tomato pasta and chicken curry. Is there anything else we can try?
I strongly suspect that it's about control rather than actually not liking the food as she won't try the food to find out if she likes it or not!