Re: Re: Picky Eater question- *need some advice*

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YES! My son is also a picky eater. For him it seems to be a sensory thing, if he's not comfortable with it in his mouth, he won't swallow. There are some foods I won't touch with him because he's never been able to deal with them (broccoli, mustard, cauliflower, oranges, avocado, turkey). My son is a bacon-holic.....he absolutely loves them stuff to the point where I have to hide it when we get it. My son tries to over do it on his go-to foods (basic kid food such as mac and cheese, pizza, chicken nuggets), but I put my foot down. I do not like making 2 different meals..... with a busy schedule (work and school and being a single mom) I just don't have the energy. I typically make meals that have all of their components cooked separately, so he can add what he wants to his plate and not fuss over picking out the 'gross stuff.' I make it mandatory that he have at least 1/2 c of veggies with every dinner (I don't include corn or potatoes. . . . since he'll each a tub of each if given the chance).

Since he seems to enjoy breaded foods like the nuggets, have you tried him on fish sticks/fish filets? With the right condiment, my son will eat these to his heart's delight. Have you looked into low sugar yogurt? My son doesn't really eat it refridgerated, but I bought a frozen pop maker and give him frozen yogurt mixed with fruit juice or pulp (instant 'creamsicles') and he absolutely loves them.

That's great that he loves cooking! Mine does as well......at least he likes watching me and feeling the ingredients. I take him to the supermarket often and his favorite section is produce. He loves the colors and textures of the fruits and veggies. Occasionally, he'll ask me to buy something that looks interesting to him. We have an understanding that if I buy it and cook it, he MUST try it. For the most part he actually enjoys and likes the foods. The most recent addition to his food likes is italian eggplant and shitake mushrooms. Eventually I'll get him to eat spinach. . . . . I hope.

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> My questions are: > > 1. if you also have a "picky eater" do you let them stick with what they will actually eat?> > 2. Any suggestions on some new high protein things we can try for him?> (he mostly eats Dino nuggets with extra Omega's in them, bacon, taylor ham and sausages and cheese of any kind. Rarely he will eat organic lunch meat rolled up)> We have noticed that the protein foods calm him down considerably. > > Lately he has been willing to at least try a few new things- which is thrilling for me! I tell him that he doesn't have to like it or even eat it- but at least just try it. (this rule applies to everyone in our family! even me!) And he has tried a few new things in the last month. I thought that maybe since he is willing- I might stumble upon something else to add to his repetoire! lol> > p.s. he is also interested in cooking with me and I let him with supervision. I find that when he cooks something with me he is more likely to at least try it. He's so cute- he understands the concept of residual heat on our glass top stove! lol

( ) Re: "Picky Eater" question- *need some advice*

I have 4 small children and I mainly cook what I want. They mostly look at their plates and say "I don't like this" and I say "You'll be hungry till breakfast then." Oh, and I tell them that I purposefully cook food that they don't like. For some reason, my daughters are overweight, which I don't understand at all! My son is skinny, but he's never been so skinny that I was worried about him getting malnutrition, despite seemingly living on air at times. We do give our kids a multivitamin every day. I guess it depends if your child has that part of the brain functioning that doesn't allow them to starve to death.

We can sometimes coax our son to try different foods. For some reason he will try more things if we feed them to him (he's 5). After two years of going to bed hungry he is getting less picky about dinner.

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> Hi-

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> My son is 6 and has mild Asperger's. (and was also dx with SPD & ADHD)-

> he has always been sort of picky in what he eats. He seemed to eat a lot more of a variety of things when he was younger. Now- he has some very specific things that he eats and that is it. I have often wondered if he is truly a picky eater or he just knows what he likes and sticks with it. (by comparison- my 3 yr old is very adventurous and will eat just about anything and likes variety everyday)

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> My 6 yr old seems to stick with mostly protein foods and dairy products. He eats a very limited amount of fruits & veg's (only bananas, cantaloupe, carrots, corn and string beans. He will occasionally eat sliced/peeled apples) But I manage to get him to eat at least one fruit & one veg a day (and yes it makes me cringe!)

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> Anyway- I get so tired of making him the same thing every night for dinner and then making a separate dinner for me, my hubby and 3 yr old! But I know that he will not usually eat what I make. I have heard way too many people tell me the old "just make whatever it is you are going to make and serve it to him and he will eat when he is hungry enough!" HA! Our 1st pediatrician gave us this advice when he was 6 months old. He was still nursing at the time and he didn't eat a single bit of the food we tried to give him. He just nursed more & more for a week. When he was 22 months and had just recently weaned at 19 months- he again was on a food jag and we tried this approach. He went almost 4 straight days of not eating anything and was so cranky & lethargic. It was awful and we felt like the worst parents in the world. Why would someone tell us to do this? Anyway- they clearly did not understand how determined our son is and we didn't know about any

of the other issues behind it as well.

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> My questions are:

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> 1. if you also have a "picky eater" do you let them stick with what they will actually eat?

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> 2. Any suggestions on some new high protein things we can try for him?

> (he mostly eats Dino nuggets with extra Omega's in them, bacon, taylor ham and sausages and cheese of any kind. Rarely he will eat organic lunch meat rolled up)

> We have noticed that the protein foods calm him down considerably.

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> Lately he has been willing to at least try a few new things- which is thrilling for me! I tell him that he doesn't have to like it or even eat it- but at least just try it. (this rule applies to everyone in our family! even me!) And he has tried a few new things in the last month. I thought that maybe since he is willing- I might stumble upon something else to add to his repetoire! lol

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> p.s. he is also interested in cooking with me and I let him with supervision. I find that when he cooks something with me he is more likely to at least try it. He's so cute- he understands the concept of residual heat on our glass top stove! lol

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