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Fussy 2 year old eater

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Foxycleo · 22/11/2020 22:06

Hi I have a 2 year old who over the last 6 months to a year has become so fussy with food , he used to eat everything as a baby and lots of it but wont hardly touch anything now .
He hardly eats dinner , if he does have a few mouthfuls it’s normally only of a pasta dish , usually 2/3 mouthfuls and that’s if , for lunch he never usually eats but if he does it would be a Nutella sandwich or toast , I’ve tried cooking him lots of healthy lunches and he won’t even try them , won’t eat fruit anymore .
It annoys me how he won’t even try things and I know he would like them.
He will only eat chips guaranteed and obviously chocolate, even crisps he won’t always eat . I don’t feel like he’s getting a varied diet atall for his age . HELP! Any advice appreciated

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Lenny1987 · 22/11/2020 22:12

No advice but complete support- my 2 year old has become exactly the same... increasingly refusing even firm favourites i know he loves. He will eat eggs, porridge, toast/ crumpets and berries. Other than that All he seems to want is cake or biscuits (not helped by any time he spends with nanny !) I'm at the end of my tether every day.

Smurf123 · 22/11/2020 22:15

No advice...is he happy and full of energy? Then I'd try not to worry.. Keep offering the healthy stuff.. Add in a multivitamin
I have a 2.5 year old who is very very similar. He will eat plain pasta with butter, chips of any variety, fish fingers, pizza.
Tonight's dinner was corn on the cob with a side if sweetcorn from a tin.... Trying to persuade him they are actually the same thing. Corn on cob he ate his and tried to steal mine. Sweetcorn he say "no no no not me" when I tried persuading him to just taste it. Also turkey Dinosaurs with potato waffles. He ate the waffles. Lifted the dinosaur said wow trex and then put it don't again. Didn't even touch his lips.
He goes to nursery 5 days a week while I work has done from August. He hasn't ate a single dinner with them. Occasionally a spoonful of mash potato and plain rice.
It's hard to not stress. Im hoping they grow out of it eventually.

Foxycleo · 23/11/2020 07:45

Thank you. Yes he seems healthy and full of energy. He is the same with waffles and turkey dinasaurs , will eat the waffle but leave the dinasaur , Same as any thing with chips too will eat the chips but not the veg or chicken maybe . Chips is the only thing he will deffo eat . Most meals he won’t try and ends up having chocolate rice cakes for lunch , not healthy at all .
I’m glad it’s not only me!!

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