Kids and veg

[Bissquits]

How much do you bother if your children aren’t big on vegetables but have a good diet otherwise?

My son is 4 ½ and eats a decent range of healthy foods. Stapes are porridge with chia seeds, egg and soldiers, cheese, yoghurts, peanut butter sandwiches, various soups, bolognese, meatballs, chicken curry with rice, fish fingers. He eats plenty of fruit like bananas, apples, oranges, strawberry but not anything particularly exotic and he really isn’t keen on veg at all. He loves sweetcorn or corn on the cob but no other veg. I don’t force it on him as he eats veg in soups and curry or bolognese and he sees us eating veg with every meal, he just won’t try it himself.

Do others find this fairly typical for his age? If your child eats a decent enough range do you just let it slide and hope they come round to trying eventually?

I would be bloody delighted if my 4.5yo ate all of that. We have the same issue with veg, but only dry or crispy beige food the rest of the time 🤦 ok with fruit though. I wouldn't worry, he's getting plenty of variety.

Thank you I think it’s an ok variety but when dinners are the same rotation of curry, bolognese, eggs, soup, or fish fingers it feels a bit limited so he often has mad dinner combos of eggs and toast with corn on the cob and some chopped up cheese and fruit, or fish fingers, rice cakes with humous, and sweetcorn. He does well often trying a spoonful of something we’re eating alongside his dinner but at the moment we’re a bit stalled on those 5 dinners really and I don’t like to push too hard. I absolutely feel you on dry crispy beige food! His idea of a banging snack plate is rice cakes, breadsticks and crackers 🥴

Keep giving him a range of new foods alongside what you know he will eat and just carry on as you are, no stress, no upset.

I think I’m quite lucky because mine will (so far) eat most veg and salad. Eldest is 4.5 and doesn’t like raw pepper or cooked spinach but is otherwise happy to eat whatever, as long as it’s extremely bland 😂. His main issue is if it’s too seasoned, or basically tasty (won’t really eat stir fried or roasted veg). I think just keep trying a couple of bits of whatever veg you’re eating with every meal, without mentioning it or making a big deal. And continue to hide it where you can!