My son is a fussy eater, in fact like me as i have been told when i was a toddler and growing up i was exactly the same. Eating was something i was terrified of and just wanted to avoid.
My son however is easily distracted and finds eating a chore even nightmare. Even things you would expect a child to enjoy such as crisps, yoghurt he will say no. To the point he refuses to even open his mouth purposely. He will even throw a tantrum in his high chair and throw the food on the floor if i persist too much with him and not give in.
Put almonds and nuts in front of him, or chocolate buttons, sweets or dry foods such as just cereal or a biscuit he will eat until his hearts content. sometimes even milk in a bottle he just does not want to know - really strange But will refuse anything like toast, egg, sometimes mash and mince or any other foods etc. Only one occasion he ate all of my chips literally. But usually any food that is made purposely for him he just want to avoid. He is 20 months old.
Are there any nutritional foods that i should try or alternative methods to get him to eat other than just persevere. Should i also be weary of foods that i give him that the courts/mother may think are not benefiting him. Such as if he eats too much chocolate in my company and not enough vegetables. can this be used against
Obviously i want to do the best for him and feed him what is best for him but i also cannot force him to feed. Has anyone experienced this and overcome this issue.
I raised my initial concern of him being underweight during my first hourly contact sessions. as this was progressing i found that he refused food with me. I relayed this to mom and she stated he is difficult and also finds difficulty with this as she has confirmed with the contact centre (i have written confirmation), but in court is using this against me as i am unable to feed him - she perhaps is unable to do so too.
He does eat with me but i am not happy that he does not eat as much as i would like to see him eat or posses an appetite to eat as you would expect from a child of his age.
Can anyone offer help or advice, so far i have tried to make it interesting, persevered..etc but need to try something different.
My brother would only eat jam sandwiches. My grandson won't eat anything except pizza and chicken nuggets and spaghetti shapes. You can buy spaghetti with hidden vegetables.... I think carrots and other root vegetables are purΓ©ed and added to the tomato sauce.
As I mentioned in your other post, you can buy Pediasure which is a milk shake with all the vitamins and minerals a fussy little eater needs.
If you were to speak to your GP I think they would say as long as he is eating something it's ok. It's better not to make too much of this as he will pick up on your anxiety and it will make it worse.
Perhaps you could speak to his health visitor and ask them for any advice about how to encourage him to eat.
My ex mentioned in,her statement she mentioned this as a concern to the health visitor and SS, howver no evidence. I am also suprised he has a health visitor at this age of 20months. No information like this is present on his medical records as i seen and have confirmation from them,on Friday. I don't expect mother to tell me, even though i have asked..thank you for the advice on the food issue
All children under 5 have a health visitor...it's normal practice.
Hi There,
My ex boss had a child who was the same he was older, he wouldn't eat ice-creams or sweets and would struggle with most foods, if he was made to eat it he was physically sick afterwards.
I would speak to the doctor and see what they suggest.
But as he will eat dry foods, you could try carrot sticks and celery, have you tried to make the food "fun" by cutting it into shapes, maybe get some animal cutters so you can shape food.
Or if your making a meal try and lay it on the plate into a big smiling face.
GTTS
My son was the same, I had a book by a children's food writer called Annabel Karmel that had all sorts of recipes and tips for fussy eaters. She has a website, there maybe information on there.....
Hello everybody,
My daughter is picky eater too. However, the problem is steadily getting worse. She only wants to eat sweets and crisps. It took me months to get her to eat fruit and vegetables and for two weeks she was doing OK. She ate all kinds of vegetables and everything was all right. However, in the last week or two she again refuses to eat fruit and vegetables. I consulted my doctor and he recommended multi-vitamins, but I want her to eat healthy food. After that I discovered great baby websites where I found amazing tips on how to trick your kid to eat vegetable.
I hope I could help π