My daughter, who used to be an excellent eater until my son was born 15 months ago, has slowly progressed into a state of eating very little. She barely eats her favorite dishes or snacks and is only satisfied with starch. I'm at my wits' end trying to figure out how to get her to eat meats, vegetables and fruits. She used to love eating all kinds of fruits and now, even that doesn't entice her to eat. Has anyone out there experienced this and is this a phase that will eventually go away?
This is the age where the eating habits change. Present the foods that you make for yourselves, offer healthy snacks and alternatives. Nothing wrong with throwing in whatever else she likes as long as it is presented with some healthy foods as well. She'll come around in about 2 years!!! Also, as long as you and her dr see no significant change or issue, she'll be fine. Us moms...well, we will always worry! Best of everything!
I'm in the same boat. I find that my daughter will only eat pasta, pizza, chicken, grean beans, peas, corn, broccoli, applesauce and any starch. So she gets some combo of this every night for dinner. Not much of a variety - and she doesn't eat very much of it - but she is fine and healthy.
Just keep trying, sneak stuff in if you can. Good luck!
I haven't gone through this myself yet (my daughter is 7mths old) but my aunt went through this with her 4 yr old recently all she ever wanted was cereal, and she found that if she involved her in the shopping and in cooking of the meal, like helping her prepare dinner by adding ingredients and such she was more excited to try things.
How old is your daughter? My son was the same , he was so good with eating and then at 15 months he became fussy and would no longer eat fruits/vegetables/meats/pasta....anyway fast forward to today and he is going to be 7 in June and he still won't eat any of those foods!...He loves carbs , so bread , pancakes , crackers , chicken tenders , fries (you get the idea) are all a hit , he has on occasion tried something new but gags so much that he almost vomits , when he first became picky I still put those things on his plate just incase but he never touched them , you could try this and hope that she get's over this little phase as quickly as it started , some kids do. What I wouldn't advise doing is trying to force feed , this will just make it worse. For how limited my sons diet is he is very healthy , his weight is fine for his age/height , he is rarely sick. So I am just holding out for the day that he asks to try something and does and actually thinks...hey this isn't actually that bad!!
Good luck
Also a former career woman who ultimatley stayed home after creating my own business. As far as eating goes, the best advise I can give you is to continue to put the proper foods in front of your daughter. Experts say that a child will often reject foods up to 10 times before trying. So, keep putting the veggies in front of her. My older son ate and continues to eat everything. My younger son was and is suspicious of new foods. So, I often used something he really liked--ketchup-- and put it on foods he wouldn't try.
I also made a big deal about how good my older son thougt the food was. Also, piggyback foods like pizza with peas, etc. It may be a phase, so don't give up :)Hope that helps,
D.
