DS is 6.5 and is not a great eater. When he was a baby he was pretty good. And as a toddler too. But over the last couple of years he has become much more picky. I really want to improve the content of his diet but am not looking forward to the battles! Any tips would be appreciated.
He has school dinners and it is good - freshly cooked and organic where possible. School also provide snacks for Key Stage 1 so they are pretty healthy too - fresh or dried fruit, bread with ham or cheese or salami, cereal sometimes etc. Problem is I don't know how much of it he eats.
He is semi allergic to dairy and was off it totally for over a year so doesn't eat much in the way of yoghurts etc but he loves cheese.
Have gotten into a bad habit of letting him have crap for breakfast basically - Nutella on bread or cocopops. He would happily live on a combination of pasta with cheese, pizza, or sandwiches with ham and/or cheese.
Is not keen on potatoes in any form. Or rice particularly. Or vegetables except for peas and sweetcorn.
We had a chat in the car this morning and I told him we will all be eating more fruit and veg and that I would do a chart for us all to tick off our fruit and veg intake per day.
Any and all suggestions gratefully received. Can't believe I have let him get to this stage!