Thursday, October 08, 2009
Picky Eater Tips
Posted by Missy W. @ 8:35 AM
I wanted to write a top ten for Picky Eater Tips but realized that even though I’m on my second picky eater, I only have two great tips. So hey, um, readers? Feel free to fill in the other eight.
1) My four year old is a pretty adventurous eater, but has a tough time with new textures or sensations. I realized after many an uneaten packed school lunch returned that she just can’t fathom the idea of picking up a piece of cold, cut fruit. Slimy! Slippery! Cold! So now I cut it up and send it with a toothpick. I stab the first piece so that she doesn’t have to get her finger slimy trying to get the first one. Works like a charm. The fruit container now always comes home empty.
2) My 13 month old pretty much says no to food. Not that into it. Not that concerned with breast-feeding either. I am not sure what he runs on, but whatever it is, it keeps him RUNNING. He has always shunned jarred food and just about anything that comes in a sippy cup or bottle. One thing he does like is little alphabet pasta with broccoli Not exactly a wide variety, but it is a constant. To add a little extra, if I dip the spoon into a jar of baby food and then into the pasta, he’ll eat it. It’s only a few bites at a time, but at least he gets something other than broccoli into his little system that way. Bonus: G’s big sis LOVES jar food and will polish off just about anything but peas (who can blame her?).
OK, readers. Your turn!
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October 10, 2009 @ 11:58 AM
ashley said:
My three year old is MADE of yogurt…it’s all he will eat. Started adding a scoop of protein powder and double the fruit in the bottom. Granted, he will fall over from the fructose high, but it’s all a balance, no?