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Struggling to get dd (14mo) to eat much protein

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diyqueen · 12/06/2012 13:38

Just that really - she will sometimes have some meat or fish at dinner time but has pretty much stopped eating cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, eggs etc through the rest of the day (we did blw and she used to eat all these things). She does like porridge/weetabix with milk in the morning, and is breastfeeding tons (going through a phase of wanting loads of milk again, will turn her nose up at lunch - apart from fruit - and then lunge at me going 'muh! muh!').

So her diet mainly consists of milk, fruit, cereal, raisins, breadsticks, the odd bit of cake, and quite often a reasonable well balanced dinner. I've tried dinner-type things at lunchtime but for some reason they're rejected then too. Maybe it's just something about the time of day. Is she getting enough protein/iron and has anyone got any suggestions for lunches that might tempt her?

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Iggly · 12/06/2012 13:39

Could she be tired at lunch time? What are her naps like?

BertieBotts · 12/06/2012 13:41

She's probably getting it from the breastmilk - I wouldn't worry too much. As long as you're offering stuff from all the food groups, she'll take what she needs from each one.

Carlos Gonzalez "My Child Won't Eat" is fantastic on this.

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