Hi all,
My youngest is 8 and I'm having difficulty with his food.
He refuses to eat any meat or fish, which is fine, but at dinner he eats some veg and the carbs (rice, pasta, potato etc) but becomes hungry quickly afterwards and wants to snack.
He will eat quorn nuggets but after trying many other vegetarian substitutes won't eat anything else to replace the lack of meat/protein.
He won't eat eggs, cheese, anything in a sauce or food that is mixed up. No beans either anymore... gone are the days when he would eat spag bol or fish pie :(
How do I fill this boy up?
He wants to snack constantly, apple slices, crisps, peanut butter sandwiches, crackers. I doubt he is actually hungry everytime he snacks but just eats this stuff for the enjoyment of eating.
So my question is two part; how to I feed a vegetarian child who eats a few veg and hardly any veg substitutes?
And how do I get him back intouch with his hunger feelings. So he only eats when he is physically hungry.
And how do I do all of that without fat shaming the poor lad who is just a young boy simply living his best little life!