Ridiculouisly anxious at trying new foods

[smellsofreindeersick]

Me, not DD! I have no idea why because I'm not really like this at all, I'm generally very, very laid back but because DD (one year) eats her favourites really well and is on three meals a day, I have become totally inert and scared to try her on new tastes.

I'm worried that she only seems to eat the same things most days (albeit she eats loads). I'd really like to expand her taste a bit, so why am I so nervous about doing so?

Any tips and feel free to tell me to get a grip.

What do you think will happen if you give her new foods? Maybe you need to have a think about what you think might happen. If you can examine what your worried about you might be able to work around that.

My reply sounds very blunt it's not meant to. please imagine i'm saying it kindly.

Apart from that do start maybe by letting her have what your eating a little at a time.

hazchem think I'm just worried about having to deal with the decision making should she refused her food.

Do you offer alternatives? Do you take a stern approach and say that's all you're getting? Do you give pudding anyway? That kind of thing. I can be quite under confident when it comes to making decisions.

Saying that I don't usually worry and I'm sounding quite neurotic so I probably just need to get on with it and stop wobbling. I wonder about my brain sometimes.

Have you thought about giving her a little of what she is used to on the plate along with the new food? That way at least she has something to eat that you know she likes and she may try the new food too. If she doesn't I'd keep calm and clear it away when you are ready and then offer pudding if that's what you normally do.

I found that with mine if the new food was just left there 9 times out of 10 they would try it in the end even if there was loud complaining at the start.

I'm not stern about food. If DS doesn't like something he doesn't have to eat it. We have a two stage meals mostly eg pudding but I don't offer it as a reward. It's just there. For instance today we had stirfry for dinner. DS wasn't that keen so i gave him melon as pudding. I try to make sure he as the opportunity to eat at 5 five different times a day.
I'm big fan of left overs so dinner is likely to become DS and my lunch which means he get's a second chance to try.

two things to remember is young children wont let themselves stave and that a child energy needs vary from day to day.

good luck