Back when my daughter was eating pureed food, she would eat absolutely anything and everything. Carrots, squash, apples, spinach, sweet potato, you name it. Solid foods - well, not so good. She is two years old, and here is a complete list of what she will eat.
Breakfast
cinnamon and spice oatmeal
Earths Best Cereal bars (she would eat these every single day if I let her)
cinnamon toast
scrambled eggs
LUNCH/DINNER
Spinach - (yeah, go figure, huh?)
brocolli - (she used to LOVE it, but has been rejecting it lately)
Perdue nuggets - (depending on her mood )
cottage cheese
yogurt
mac 'n cheese
pasta with sauce or (pasta with chopped or canned tomatoes)
Hummus on pita or cracker
Ravioli
SNACK
cheese sticks
veggie crackers with cheese spread (real cheese, obviously)
Earths Best cookies
100% fruit and vegetable juice
She hates fruit of any kind. I've tried apples, oranges, kiwi, strawberry, and bannana. She is very finicky when it comes to the consistency of these foods.
She will occasionally take a bit out of what we are eating, but unless its one of the things listed above, she generally turns her nose up at it. Oh, and the kid would drink Milk until it comes out of her ears. She LOVES her milk, which I actually have been trying to cut back on so she would eat more.
I am so tired of battling the food issue. There has got to be other Moms out there who are banging their head against a wall like me.
Loving my two sweet girls!!
Riley Morgan 7/14/03
Bridget Lynn 12/6/06
Did you ever try doing dried fruits? Blake doesn't eat a lot of fruits because of texture, but he loves dried apricots, prunes, peaches, pears, apples, and raisins. I cut them into pieces so he won't choke, but they've really been helpful.
rileymom , i'm there with you. my dd will NOT eat fresh fruit, except bananas. i've tried and tried and she just spits it out, like they are tart. veggies are not much better. i feel like all she eats is pasta and maybe some bites of what i'm eating. in general she gets enough to eat, just not enough of the right foods to make a well balanced diet.
I feel your pain! My DD has been a picky eater since she gave up purees too. I think she spent a good 6 months eating nothing but fruit & grilled cheese! These days, she's starting to pick up a little, but we also fortify her diet w/Pediasure about 4x/week because she's so picky and her weight was low (she was low to begin with, then got a bad cold and lost 2-3lbs! so we started Pediasure to at least keep her on the charts).
Lunch/Dinner:
Pizza
Chicken Nuggets
Grilled Cheese
Baked Ziti *sometimes* (btw, no other pasta and we've tried many, it has to be whole wheat ziti - baked!)
Grilled chicken *sometimes* or grilled turkey tenderloin - if we call it chicken
French Fries (if they're from just the right restuarant )
Veggies (these are very hit or miss):
Peas
Corn
Green Beans
Carrots
Snacks:
Mozzarella String Cheese
Any kind of cracker or pretzel
Goldfish-type things
EB or Gerber Cereal Bars
Raisins, Craisins
Ice Cream cones (actually, sherbet - my Mom started this )
Actually, seeing everything listed out like that makes me feel a little better, since, as I mentioned, it wasn't too long ago that it was just cheese and fruit! I also limit her milk to 16-24 oz, juice to 4oz (although Daycare pumps her full of juice unless I specifically tell them not to each day - grrr) and then an 8oz Pediasure if she's having a particularly bad day w/eating (as in quantity, not quality).
RileyMom - How old was your DD when she became picky?
My 19 month old son was a great eater until about a month ago, but seems to be getting more picky lately.
It seems like she has been picky since we transitioned from pureed, about 15-16 months. Sometimes I wonder if we waited too long, but she was never really interested before then.
mamax2 Thanks for commisserating. Its just so hard to come up with different dinner ideas when she really only likes certain things. I guess I just need to keep plugging away. I forgot to add that she likes Salmon too. You would think that if she would eat spinach and salmon (two of her faves) she would eat ANYTHING. My kid is something else.
Loving my two sweet girls!!
Riley Morgan 7/14/03
Bridget Lynn 12/6/06
Subscribing to this thread b/c I can TOTALLY relate to all you mommies with picky, finicky eaters. My DD is 21 mos old & weighs 21 lbs and has been -3% in weight ever since she was 6 mos old. The only saving grace is that she loves her milk but everything else is a constant battle. She hates all fresh fruit except bananas. So, combined with milk, bananas & her next favorite food, rice, she is constantly constipated.
Looking forward to getting advice from y'all.
Married: June 8, 2002
DD: Oct 26, 2003 -- DS: Oct 29th, 2005 -- DS Oct 8th, 2008
Sheryl ~ Yes, Riley *does* throw a curve ball by eating salmon & spinach! Is she as picky at daycare as home? I find that C eats (or at least tries) foods at daycare that she won't even look at in our house. What I've started doing lately is giving her whatever we're eating - directly off our plates b/c she seems to like that novelty of having the food from our plate. Then, if she doesn't eat what we're having, I just pull out the old stand-bys: applesauce, yogurt, cut up fruit, string cheese. If all of that fails and she hasn't had a Pediasure yet, she gets that before bed.
Last night, she was being particularly disagreeable though and this morning, she got up at about 5:15 (for the day ) and when we were laying in bed I could hear her little tummy growling So, it's not just a matter of picky in terms of types of food w/us, she just doesn't eat much in the way of quantity either. She's still growing though, so I think it's just how she's built. It still amazes me some days though!
mamax2 - I know, I always feel so bed putting her to bed when I feel she hasn't eaten enough. Hubby doesn't seem concerned, as a matter of fact, he tells me I need to "chill out" and that I am becoming "obsessed" with the food issue. Isn't that a mother's job?
Actually, I am posting to report that I had a success story at lunch today. I made cheddar cheese and brocolli quesadillas (sp?) right in the frying pan with whole wheat tortillas. It was so easy, and she gobbled it up. She LOVED it. So there's one more thing. She also is loving cinnamon graham crackers lately, so she's been getting that for a snack.
I guess the only thing I am really bothered by is the fruit issue. She loves fruit "flavored" things (like juice) but she has a complete texture aversion to fruit. I hope this is something she will grow out of soon.
Heres a question: since she doesn't eat fruit, is it okay to give her 8 oz. of juice a day (100% juice obviously). I have these juice boxes that I get in the natural food section that she loves (its called VRUIT - 100% fruit and vegebable juice), but I know juice is not necessarily good all the time. I just want to make sure she's getting enought vitamin C, and without it, she is lacking (except for the occasional brocolli). thoughts?
Last edited by RileyMom; 07-29-2005 at 10:47 AM.
Loving my two sweet girls!!
Riley Morgan 7/14/03
Bridget Lynn 12/6/06
I think it's fine to give her 8oz juice if you want to, although, you'll probably find that 4-6oz of 100% juice contains more than 100% of her RDA of vitamin C. I've given C extra juice whenenver she is constipated or even if it's just inconvenient to give milk (travelling, etc.) Also, have you tried puree-ing (is that a word?) fruit and making your own slushies or popsicles? Another thing that works well, if Riley likes yogurt is mixing some yogurt, milk and frozen fruit in the blender for a smoothie. If she likes that, you can even get brave and add a little flax seed oil or wheat germ for extra nutritional value. Note: she needs to be able to drink from a straw - not a sippy - for this smoothie idea to work. Also, does she have the texture aversion to dried fruit? Like, raisins, craisins, prunes, apricots? What about those dehydrated fruit bits from Gerber - they're really light and dissolve easily.
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