Comments on: Conquering Our Picky Eater http://theseversons.net/2012/01/conquering-picky-eater/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conquering-picky-eater Wed, 16 May 2012 13:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jen http://theseversons.net/2012/01/conquering-picky-eater/comment-page-1/#comment-3921 Jen Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:06:36 +0000 http://theseversons.net/?p=2320#comment-3921 Yeah, we are still working on this...ha. K was a great eater, up until around 18 mo. She would eat anything. Then got super picky. She also had no way to communicate, and would stand, staring at me, as though I was supposed to telepathically know what she wanted. Then, meltdown. Obviously, she is 8 now, so she can tell me what she wants/get her own food, but she is still super picky. Just recently she has started trying new foods. We never pushed it b/c our dev ped told us not to. He said food was the least of our issues, and to just let it go. I was a super picky eater as a kid, so I get it. My son is way pickier. He literally has the same meals each day, and the same brands of things. You cannot deviate. He will just not eat. No vegetable passes his mouth (I do vegetable/fruit juice so he gets something). He is teeny, so I don't try to starve food into him. (we are also starting the eval process with him, b/c something is going on, be it sensory, ocd, adhd, or something else). He is the biggest challenge b/c of how stuff has to look and that it has to be the same all the time. God forbid I buy a diff brand of break...sigh. Anywho, I just keep telling myself that as an adult I eat a ton of stuff, so kids usually grow up and out of it. I hope. Yeah, we are still working on this…ha. K was a great eater, up until around 18 mo. She would eat anything. Then got super picky. She also had no way to communicate, and would stand, staring at me, as though I was supposed to telepathically know what she wanted. Then, meltdown. Obviously, she is 8 now, so she can tell me what she wants/get her own food, but she is still super picky. Just recently she has started trying new foods. We never pushed it b/c our dev ped told us not to. He said food was the least of our issues, and to just let it go. I was a super picky eater as a kid, so I get it. My son is way pickier. He literally has the same meals each day, and the same brands of things. You cannot deviate. He will just not eat. No vegetable passes his mouth (I do vegetable/fruit juice so he gets something). He is teeny, so I don’t try to starve food into him. (we are also starting the eval process with him, b/c something is going on, be it sensory, ocd, adhd, or something else). He is the biggest challenge b/c of how stuff has to look and that it has to be the same all the time. God forbid I buy a diff brand of break…sigh. Anywho, I just keep telling myself that as an adult I eat a ton of stuff, so kids usually grow up and out of it. I hope.
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]]> By: Kat http://theseversons.net/2012/01/conquering-picky-eater/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 Kat Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:26:11 +0000 http://theseversons.net/?p=2320#comment-3917 A big rule in my house is that I will not make more than one meal. I am not a short order cook! So if you don't want what I made then don't eat. The second rule is if I cook something new you have to try it. this is more for feedback to me about how it is cooked and if I should make it again. My son is way more picky than my daughter ever was and with him grazing is a big problem but I do my best to stick to meal and snack times. A big rule in my house is that I will not make more than one meal. I am not a short order cook! So if you don’t want what I made then don’t eat. The second rule is if I cook something new you have to try it. this is more for feedback to me about how it is cooked and if I should make it again. My son is way more picky than my daughter ever was and with him grazing is a big problem but I do my best to stick to meal and snack times.
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]]> By: sharon (umommy) http://theseversons.net/2012/01/conquering-picky-eater/comment-page-1/#comment-3916 sharon (umommy) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:48:29 +0000 http://theseversons.net/?p=2320#comment-3916 Getting toddlers to try new foods is incredibly exhausting, right? It sounds like you are having some success and have a plan for moving forward - congrats!! We definitely try to stick to regular meals and limit snacks. Family meals are important at our house, which help establish a specific meal time. If our toddler does not want to eat what we are having, we give him the option of leaving the table or taking one bite. He almost always wants to stay at the table and will take a bite so he can be with all of us. We try to make meals that will include something he will eat. So as long as he tries a new food, he can then feast on the rest. It sounds like you are doing the right things though. Keep it up!! Getting toddlers to try new foods is incredibly exhausting, right? It sounds like you are having some success and have a plan for moving forward – congrats!! We definitely try to stick to regular meals and limit snacks. Family meals are important at our house, which help establish a specific meal time. If our toddler does not want to eat what we are having, we give him the option of leaving the table or taking one bite. He almost always wants to stay at the table and will take a bite so he can be with all of us. We try to make meals that will include something he will eat. So as long as he tries a new food, he can then feast on the rest.

It sounds like you are doing the right things though. Keep it up!!

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