fussy eaters

[janeyo]

Kind of garden related as all our veg is from the garden at the mo.

My almost 5 year old is getting really fussy with his food.
I try not to make a big thing of it and praise his little brother loads who is like a human dustbin and will eat anything at the mo (growing spurt maybe), in the hope that the eldest with copy.

He wouldn't eat anything tonight and the tea was, fish pie (fish with cheesy mash on top), carrots, cabbage, courgettes.

I am getting to be at my wits end as he only likes homemade spag bol or pasta with sauce from a jar. He won't eat potato in any shape of form and doesn't even like chips!

I have visions of him ending up on that fussy eaters prog or the one with children who only eat white bread an choc buttons.

Has anyone been through this? Tell me there is light at the end of the tunnel? Even though he doesn't like things I still put them on his plate as I figure he may change his mind!

He grows his own veg from seeds and then tries them, but usually doesn't like any of them.

[Nicos]

Well...someone I knew told me that their son only ate chips from the age of about 5 until then ( aged about 18). Bit of salt and ketchup..and NOTHING else

OK - this lad was over 6 ft tall and a rugby player

he'd had all the tests under the sun to see if he was mineral/vitamin deficient...
and nope..he was fine!!!

Can't remember if he took vitamin and mineral supplements....but 13 YEARS of only chips!!! ( apparently he gagged with anything else)

After that I didn't worry about what my kids ate on hols /at friends houses..tis all relative eh????

[janeyo]

lol, I guess it's a funny old world!

I just worry cos my son is small for his age, there is no chance he will ever be the tallest as I am 5'3 and OH is only 5'4! Even the girls are taller than him, although he is the youngerst too. We both have smallish parents and my brother is quite tall at 5'10! And I want him to be as tall as possible. Predictions have him as being about 5'8 or 9.

I can't help but feel if he ate more he would grow more! And we can't understand why he doesn't like anything now, OH and me both love eating! I was really careful when weaning him to get 200 flavours in before he was 1 as research says faddy eating could be caused by not enough variety when trying new food groups.

Maybe it's just a blip..... and tomorrow he will ask for liver, onions and lettuce lol

[zazen999]

My SD [I have ranted about this before], is extremely fussy; anything with any FLAVOUR is out.

I'm not going to rant but I'm there with you honey. But, being my SD and not DD, I can't stop her having pudding when she won't finish her food.

I'm tied between giving her stuff she will eat, and stuff to try, and as her mum doesn't seem 'bovvered' about it, why should I wind myself up about it?????

You can PM me any time to Rant.

xxx

[BumbleB]

I think they say that our tastes change every 7 years - not sure if that is true or not but I also know a lad who only ate potato, ice cream and cornflakes. But he did drink tea and milk so i suppose added up he gets his nutrition. I would ignore it for awhile as he will pick up that it upsets you. See how much he grows and eats in a year, as long as he is healthy etc. Good luck.

[valmarg]

Oh dear, when I got home from school I was presented with a meal (horrible as it usually was). The option was, eat it or make your own. Eat it was the easy option.

valmarg

[Alice]

I would stop worrying about it JaneyO.
Put a good meal in front of your son. let him eat what he wants, and take what he leaves away without comment.
Just don't provide any junk to make up for what he has left.
And stop worrying about his height. He will be whatever height he is - if he's small he's small, if he's tall he's tall.
Just accept the child as he is.

[Comfreyfan]

Zazen, I too went through the fussy eating SD and nothing you can do about it. Made feeding the family a nightmare.

All I can say is that now at 21, SD will eat just about anything, I nearly fell off my chair when we went for a meal and she ordered mussels. She's a gorgeous, healthy and happy student, who insists on cooking 'proper' meals for herself and loves to come home for a roast with loads of real vegetables.

[zazen999]

Thanks Comfreyfan....I'll report back in 9 years

[Comfreyfan]

SD recently told me that she remembers just one occasion when I snapped when she was sulking because my first choice in the supermarket wasn't what she wanted. I was astounded. . .just once!!! No wonder my blood pressure is so high now, obviously all those years of suppressing my screams.

[digthatchick]

Hey Janey - don't worry. My son is Autistic and ate nothing but pasta and cheese for 3 years!! Now a strapping 6' 2" he will Hoover up anything - with a comment - s'good real good - and that's food from the plot!

[Incy]

Don't worry Janeyo,
Pasta and home made spag bol sauce is actually very healthy.
You can even sneak in all sorts of goodies such as carrots and celery into the sauce
He'll come round eventually but in the meantime at least his chosen food is good for him.

[Rocketron]

lol, I guess it's a funny old world!

I just worry cos my son is small for his age, there is no chance he will ever be the tallest as I am 5'3 and OH is only 5'4! Even the girls are taller than him, although he is the youngerst too. We both have smallish parents and my brother is quite tall at 5'10! And I want him to be as tall as possible. Predictions have him as being about 5'8 or 9.

I can't help but feel if he ate more he would grow more! And we can't understand why he doesn't like anything now, OH and me both love eating! I was really careful when weaning him to get 200 flavours in before he was 1 as research says faddy eating could be caused by not enough variety when trying new food groups.

Maybe it's just a blip..... and tomorrow he will ask for liver, onions and lettuce lol

[bluemoon]

Well, I'm sort of considered faddy by most people; no garlic, nothing which has been even near vinegar, nothing which contains tomato, no cooked cheese (though I love it uncooked) and no curries. I can't get as far as trying them as the smell makes me physically sick. Though I do eat well and as healthily as possible so it's not going to harm me. The worst time was at my daughter's wedding reception, all I ate was a circle of dry French bread, everything else had been adulterated by one of my pet hates, it has to have been the most expensive half inch of French bread ever.
A friend's autistic son though lived for years on a diet you would have thought would make him ill it was so restrictive, (even the chips had to be extremely thin cut or he wouldn't eat them) but as has been noted by others, he's now well over 6 feet.

[valmarg]

Oh dear, when I got home from school I was presented with a meal (horrible as it usually was). The option was, eat it or make your own. Eat it was the easy option.

valmarg

I should have to add, my sister always reckoned that if you trod on my foot my head would fly open.

But the proviso was that we were brought up during rationing.

valmarg