my daughter won't eat unless it's sweet and i am tired i don't know what do she is 14 months old will be 15 months next month on the 3rd of january and i tired just about everything. please help me out.
tired making a game out of it.
I read recently in a parenting mag to try to give fussy kids frozen veggies like peas and for some reason they are more likely to eat it.
My advice is to get all the junk food out of the house. If it's not there, your daughter will soon forget about it. Also, let her eat what you're eating, as long as it's healthy. She will feel like a big girl! Offer her only healthy choices, when she gets hungry enough, and realizes that's all there is to eat, she'll eat it! It's okay to let kids have sugar once in awhile, but remember, too much leads to obesity, health problems, diabetes, so hang in there, and be firm about it, healthy foods only!
The only advice that I have is to feed her the sweet food then without her looking add vegetables mixed wih her food.
will she eat sweet potatoes and fruits some are naturally sweet tasting,My son loves sweet potatoes maybe put a little cinnamon for flovor on them. Or give her homemade appledsauce is naturally sweet tasting too.
well try to put sweeten in everything she eats and if any snacks give her sugar free stuff but give a little sugar to just about everything not alot but just enough to sweeten it then gradually take less and less sugar from her food good luck
Hello S., I am a 26 yr old mother of one who is 6 soon to be 7. I have been here before, I tried giving my little one naturally sweet veggies and fruit in different shapes or arrangements. Remember color attracts. try baby green peas which are really sweet with carrots cut into bite size pieces. or different fruits, my daugter loves blood oranges because of their unusual color and slightly different flavor. also don't forget to try different dried fruits. I know what I am suggesting sounds all veggie and fruit but if you start here then you can slowly add in less sweet foods and she will hopefully adapt well. I hope this helps.
L. R
Have you tried letting her feed herself? Maybe try letting her sit in the highchair with Cheerios or other baby finger food and see if she will eat then. Possibly if she has some "control" over the process, she'll feel more comfortable eating. God bless you.
I have a 16th month old, who is in the same boat. She goes through spirts of what she wants to eat and what she wont. For a few months, she would only eat hot dogs and fruit. She soon got sick of that...and now will only eat chicken. As for the sweets...I started giving her canned fruit(in pear juice!!!!) and this seemed to calm her craving for sweets...and it is healthy too:) I also give her yogurt and cinnamon applesauce...these are just a few thigns you can try:) I also have a 2 year old...neither of my children will touch vegetables:( (unless they are covered in cheese).
Girl I have been there. You never think you have the strength until you have to do it. Find some time for yourself, bundle her up and go for a walk. And as far as her eating, if she is hungry enough she will eat something other than sugar. My 4 year old is a sweet hound she LOVES chocolate. I took it out of the house cause thats all she wanted to eat. If it isn't there she can't eat it. Is she on table food or baby food still? IF she get hungry enough she will learn to eat what you have. Try introducing something one at a time, there are alot of sweet vegy's and fruits that are good for her and yourself to help with energy and stress. I'm a military wife myself and that only adds stress I know but take it one day at a time and trust that everything will be ok.
my daughter went through the same phase. it didnt last long b/c we refused her sweets and junk food. we learned they will eat when they get hungry and they'll eat what you give them.
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This advise is from an artical in Parent's Magazine that I read. It's kinda giving in but moreso a compromise... The lady that wrote the artical said she carries sprinkles everywhere she goes. She adds them to side dishes to so her 2 yr. old will eat. She said mashed potatoes with sprinkles is his favorite!
I'm sort of going through the same thing. I have 2 boys, a 3 year old and 1 year old. My one year old is a good eater. My 3 year old is the problem eater. When he stoarted giving me a hard time about eating he was aroudnt he same age as your daughter. The doctor told me that it was a stage and that they would grow out of it...I'm still waiting on that. When he was younger, i did what I could to make a game out of it. A friend of mine made a food guide pyrmid for her daughter. She laminated it, and Cut out different foods to represent the groups and servings. She laminated these as well, and used putty or something to stick them to the chart. Now her daughter knows that she gets 1 sweet during the day the rest of the time she has to eat what the chart tells her. and every time she eats something she marks it on ther chart. Just try to mold your daughters tastes...if she wants somthing sweet give her a piece of grapefruit with a little sugar on it. My 15 month old loves that...and then try a different fruit the next time....My kids also like carrots with peaunut butter on them, or they have raisins as a snack a lot of times. If she's still not eating, and you notice that she isn't growing as well, or losing weight, then I would say it's a problem, but otherwise, stick to your guns...that's what my pedatrician told me...if you are really worried, then ask your doctor! good luck
I'm in the same position. My son is 13 months and doesn't care for much food unless it's sweet. He's still nursing, so maybe this has something to do with it. I'm trying to figure out how to break that habit. Let me know if someone has suggested something that has worked for you. We're also a military family.
Hello there, I have been in your boat with my son. He turned two in Sept and sometimes he don't want to eat at all. I don't push him because then he gets upset and don't want to do anything. He tells me when he is hungry and I'll fix him something to eat.
Back to you now, are the things she's eating fruits or is it more like candy and snacks? My pediatrician told me to try different things like yogurts, and there are puffed fruit snacks that he liked. The yogurt worked best for me. I bought the small cups that have Dora and Diego on them in different flavors. He really seemed to like them. I also got him some instant oatmeal that had fruit in it and that worked pretty good too. I put a little milk in it to cool it off. Also, I put strawberry flavored nestle's guik in his milk. It has added calcium.
Don't get discouraged, it will get better. It did for us. He eats just about anything now. It's amazing because he will actually ask for things like okra, collards, and beans. He is my first child and it is all a learning process.
I hope I have helped you some. I know how it is to be discouraged and you feel like you have noone to ask. Have a good day and I hope things get better for you and your daughter! E.
