It is often easier said than done. My kids and grand kids eat most anything, except if it has onion. With the mince definitely try making meatballs: they can have theirs with no sauce. Wraps, tacos, are good, as they can have reasonably drier mince in. Will she eat sausages, or fish! Omelettes! Bacon and egg pie! Maybe to get them used to sauce try giving them something with a dipping sauce on the side rather than already cooked in
lissy73,
Mar 21, 6:27am
Unfortunately, sometimes that is not the case. My daughter was aged 8 and under 20kg, my 3yr old is 17kg. She was according to the doctor, 'a prime candidate for anorexia'. In her case, she would starve herself.... After 18mths under a wonderful mental health team, she is ALOT better. I have learnt to 'accomodate' her needs better too, rather than having a stand off and letting her starve herself. When she stays at friends houses, the parents report back that they are worried at her lack of eating, but she is sooo much better now.
willyow,
Mar 21, 6:31am
Tell whoppers. When my youngest was in a high chair, he loved watching Bananas in Pyjamas & Rat In A Hat who used to make Stone Soup. I told my youngest we were having a special treat for dinner - Stone Soup -he ate the lot. It was actually brocolli soup - he's now 13 and has eaten broccolli ever since.
lx4000,
Mar 21, 7:10am
I'm veggie, my sis wouldn't eat veggies besides spuds and mum can not have dairy food. I often went without as I didn'teat meat. That was my choice! My sis often went with out because she didn't eat veggies, her choice! Mum was always different because her body couldn't have it.
falconhell2002,
Mar 21, 7:18pm
My son who is now 12 use to be horrible to feed.Hated most veges and would not eat anything cooked in a gravy.As he has got older I let him have some control over what we had to eat.A couple nights a week he could chose what we were having for dinner.Never the same thing twice (or we would of lived on burgers) He would spend ages going through cook books trying to find something.Then he would help me cook it.Now he eats me out of house and home.Just about anything and everything.Loves curries and stir fries. His taste buds just evolved over time and now the kid likes foods spicier than what I can eat.Now we just have to work on the 3 year old.Was so happy to get her eating pumpkin the other day.Had to put it in a fritter, but oh well.
elliehen,
Mar 21, 7:56pm
falconhell2002, you're right - allowing choice is one of the basic principles of child psychology.There are fewer two-year-old tantrums if, instead of saying. 'Let's put on your jacket', the parent says, 'Which would you like to choose,the jacket or the hoodie' etc
kcak,
Mar 21, 8:08pm
I found that you could disguise anything in a fritter batter - chopped cold meat, grated vegies, silverbeet/spinach.
vmare,
Mar 21, 8:09pm
We all get dished the same meal with sauces on the side where possible. I don't insist they clean the plates, but sometimes have to encourage them to eat a little more. They don't get anything else if they get hungry before bedtime unless they finished dinner though. Maybe dish out the cooked pasta plain for your child that hate sauce. Then mix it up nice for yourselves with a bit of saucy pasta on the side for the child in case curiousity gets the better of them.
purplegoanna,
Mar 21, 8:11pm
and veges taste so much better with simple grated cheese ontop.....
vmare,
Mar 21, 8:11pm
Or cheese sauce, most kids love it
elliehen,
Mar 21, 8:25pm
Children will sometimes eat for breakfast what they rejected the night before at dinner.Part of being contrary...
4macmonkies,
Mar 21, 9:29pm
Thanks guys, she really does try to make an effort, but i just find it hard to come up with new idea's.Its also nice to get some new idea's from others as to what they are eating :)
lissy73,
Mar 21, 9:33pm
Nachos/wraps/burgers etc are good as she can choose what she wants to have in her meal. I have a daughter the same, who has issues with food all 'mixed together'. It is a bit harder with the weather getting colder.
elliehen,
Mar 21, 9:59pm
I think it's good to respect the wishes of a child who 'has issues with food all mixed together'.Young children have sharper taste buds than adults.They will often enjoy those same mixed foods, if you serve them individually.
fifie,
Mar 21, 10:26pm
Have a fussy grandee comes to visit won't eat vegs, Mince, casseroles, grain breads, list goes on and on . I make up a pot of chicken soup with vegs in all pureed with the blender to hide when she's not around lol, along with few noodles for the freezer,she loves that as a after school snack, steak, crumbed snitzel, chops, wraps where she can chose fillings goes down well, snacks she likes raw carrots, apples, cheese. Find shes getting better with age is 10 now and loves to bake, i encourage her she chooses what to make see's whats in it, and often goes home with a new food idea, she likes for mum to cook. Hard when your busy, she'll grow out of it.
purplegoanna,
Mar 21, 10:30pm
i find it so odd these days with all these kids that wont eat certain foods.i was brought up that if i didnt eat what was on my plate then my brother quickly helped himself, we neva had luxurys so everything was eaten. Mrpg's grandaughter refuse to eat anything that has tomato in it but will happily pour tomato sauce over everything and my stepson whos in his 20's wont eat anything spicy, onion, tomato or curried, then to top it all off i met his friend who is the pickest ive come across so far.his problem is he dosnt like how certain foods FEEL in his mouth!
purplegoanna,
Mar 21, 10:32pm
how old is she! is it worth letting her look through recipe books etc and pick out things she likes the look of, then she can read through the ingredients lists to see if she likes/dislikes any of the ingredients.
elliehen,
Mar 21, 10:40pm
purplegoanna, they get this fussiness nowadays from their elders.Look at the obsesssive discussion about food on the messageboards!When you were a child, people probably just got on with it.certainly judging by the old magazines and cookery books they enjoyed collecting recipes, but were more concerned with putting a well-balanced, nutritious meal on the table than endlessly discussing diets or the aesthetics of 'plating' a meal.
ant_sonja,
Mar 21, 10:40pm
My son has never really been a fussy eater but there have always been a couple of things he claimed to 'hate' from a young age so he didn't have to have those those foods very often but still had to try them again every other month or so. Initially it was broccoli - he now loves it after we made sure he kept trying it from time to time - then it was mushrooms, asparagus and also eggs, all of which he now eats in most forms after trying them cooked/raw and in different meals over a bit of time and I made sure the things he disliked were never hidden in other things as I find that quite wrong in itself. He literally eats everything now which is great for him and us :-) I always explained to him that we can't only eat our favorite foods everyday and that we all eat things we may not necessarily love but that we need a wide variety of foods to nourish our bodies and that that is the most important thing when it comes to food. Oh and he would simply go without if he really refused to eat what was on offer as I'm not a restaurant and don't offer alternatives ;-) hasn't happened often. At 8 he thinks he's quite the little nutritionist now and enjoys reading food labels etc pointing out sugar content etc. We all like a bit of control over what we put in our mouths and kids especially, as a lot of tastes/textures are new to them when still young so take a little time to adjust to. Just keep offering the stuff they don't like from time to time and ensure they make the effort to at least try it - good luck!
valentino,
Mar 21, 11:04pm
"Be Cruel to be Kind" or "Tough Love".
If they don't eat this then you don't get that, time to toughen up, they need to know now that life is not easy at the earliest stage so start now with meals, their clothing etc....before they make their own beds to lie in for the rest of their life.
They will appreciate it all later.
Cheers.
carter19,
Mar 22, 4:04am
My husband does not like vegetables or fruit. COnsequently my son (9) has many aversions to what I consider normal food. He will only eat corn or lettuceand for fruit apples bananas mandarins apricots grapes. Brownie is the only biscuit/cake he will eat. He will not eat any meats with flavouring whatsoever, no rice only plain noodles (spaghetti not 2min) and the list goes on. I have ranted and raved and he would rather starve than eat something he doesn't like. We however eat what I like and choose to cook and he goes without if I can't do something easily for him.
duckmoon,
Mar 22, 4:18am
I have started to line up ingredients (for burritos, or hamburger or the like) and say "you need to have four out of six" - but they get to choose.
So, the control stays with them, but they still have a balance diet.
lissy73,
Mar 22, 6:27am
Unfortunately, sometimes that is not the case. My daughter was aged 8 and under 20kg, my 3yr old is 17kg. She was according to the doctor, 'a prime candidate for anorexia'. In her case, she would starve herself. After 18mths under a wonderful mental health team, she is ALOT better. I have learnt to 'accomodate' her needs better too, rather than having a stand off and letting her starve herself. When she stays at friends houses, the parents report back that they are worried at her lack of eating, but she is sooo much better now.
willyow,
Mar 22, 6:31am
Tell whoppers. When my youngest was in a high chair, he loved watching Bananas in Pyjamas & Rat In A Hat who used to make Stone Soup. I told my youngest we were having a special treat for dinner - Stone Soup -he ate the lot. It was actually brocolli soup - he's now 13 and has eaten broccolli ever since.
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