I was wondering whether anyone has any advice on how to go about tackling the issue/stress that is feeding my teenage stepsons (17 & 15), for which DH has joint custody.
For protein they will eat any meat, mackerel and white fish, which is good, however, they only eat it in the form it comes in. Carbs are difficult. The only potato based product they eat includes thin chips or wedges. No homemade ones, no mash, boiled, roasted or jacket. If they have to eat rice, it?s a serving spoon of white that tends to get left. They can tolerate pasta once a week.
The youngest has an aversion to 'wet' food (however, funnily enough this does not include melted chocolate or cheese or yoghurts, so I'm not sure it?s a texture thing). That means no dishes with gravy or sauce (rule out soups, stews, pies, pasta sauces, curries, mince dishes etc). No family meals basically. We can tackle the curry and mince dish if we make it, then fry it off dry. He will also not eat things with 'bits' in them. Cue spag bol fried off, but with onion in means hassle.
They eat pizza, but only pepperoni.
They wont eat simple things like beans or spaghetti or soup from a tin.
The youngest eats raw carrot and iceberg lettuce, the oldest will add on peppers, parsnips (only roasted in honey) and sweetcorn (but only on the cob).
They eat cheese but only in cheese form!
From what I can gather, and from being in the house for 6 years, they have always been allowed separate meals, cooked how they want (in both houses)
For those 6 years I have spent a lot of time trying to get them to try new things, cooking only one meal etc but the youngest becomes very stressed, it is only this last year it hasn?t resulted in tears and tantrums! Last week he was in a foul mood because his pizza had red pepper on it. The week before, it went in the bin because it had onion on it, and tasted of onion. He went hungry. It does concern me about their health too, and I spend lots of time trying to work out how to get veg into their meals.
I am due to give birth in November, and next year once the new addition is old enough, I plan to feed the child home cooked food, the way I use to cook before I met my DH (I cooked everything from fresh, some meals were veggie etc), and take the stance one meal only. What do I do about my stepsons? My LO may well turn out this way, but I want to ensure that I bring it up the way I and my siblings were brought up when it comes to food. I don?t want the LO picking up on this fussiness. I also don?t want the added stress of having to deal with it now and while I'm looking after a newborn.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.
Teenagers
Food
8 replies
Nell799 · 12/08/2011 13:14
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.