3 year old and eating

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So im very new here 1st post.

My little boy is 3.5 years old and is a bit fusy stroppy and struggling with his moods and snacking and sharing just now. Kind of getting worse. The nursery is keeping an eye on him in nursery to watch out for behaviour signs so we can work on stuff. Could be something or just could he general lock down and everything throwing into it

But my main concern is his eating. Got a eating diary in nursery and won't eat anything cooked in their or pack lunches and at home. The only things he eats is sausages cooked crispy, jetters, pizza cheese but not alot of cheese chips and beans. This is just dinner.

Wont eat anything else.

Now this isn't down to me just cooking this my girls and oartner loved he cooked food like spaghetti mince home made and soups and loads of hearty meals and wraps and salad and fruit

Am rally struggling and could do with some help. Alot of self googling never the beat keeps popping up food and ADHD and snacking and lashing out and moods.

Even if snacks aren't there which I hide away he wakes up its snack and more snack its the first ring that comes out his mouth.

Aby help or tips plZZ X

Hey I moved all the snacks as well and left just the healthy ones there like crackers and cereal that I knew he might eat. I put the bad snacks in a different press, out of sight out of mind, I know how u feel anything is worth a try. I tell my son were all out I have to get some in the shops. He'll give out but opt for something else eventually, this works sometimes and sometimes I can't hack it and I give him the digestive with butter. When I get a win though sometimes it's worth it 😁

Sounds like he's got a taste for salt. Can you try and offer a small amount of what he wants with other things? Try other things that are similar to what he likes e.g. meaty/salty tastes but a bit healthier? Someone has already suggested buttered crackers. Rice cakes with a tiny smidge of salted butter? Gradually creep towards healthier food.

My eldest had a VERY restricted diet at age 2/3. Basically ate plain chicken and buttered bread and some breakfast cereal (without milk), plain yoghurt and oat/raisin bars. We saw an NHS dietician who said at her age the best thing was to just always have other things on her plate but never press it, and to not worry as long as her weight was ok and she wasn't constipated. She are NOTHING at nursery - I remember the staff saying "don't worry, they all way in the end when everyone else is".... bollocks would my DD.

She's 6 now. Her diet is not massively varied, but unrecognizable compared to where we were at age 3. She eats something from every school dinner, she likes macaroni/spaghetti bolognase/shepherds pie/roast dinners.... enough that we cook something different each night on roughly a 2 week rotation and she always had a decent evening meal. She doesn't like vegetables except for roast root veg, but will eat some each day slowly but without complaining - miles better than when she was 3 and would vomit if she put a pea in her mouth.

Take it slow. Remember you want to raise an ADULT with a healthy attitude to good and without big issues around being forced to eat. As long as you are veeeeeerrrry slowly heading in the right direction you'll be ok. MANY young children are fussy, and some just take it to anotger level!!!