tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post2327490931539759908..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: The taming of a fussy eaternappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-80941911136105397922010-02-01T12:09:22.232-05:002010-02-01T12:09:22.232-05:00Brit in Bosnia - an hour to eat two mouthfuls? Tha...Brit in Bosnia - an hour to eat two mouthfuls? That must be REALLY frustrating. Mine are just more likely to say they are finished or 'full' after two (quick) mouthfuls.....<br /><br />Expat Mum - I hear this a lot from people whose babies were excellent eaters. Hopefully he will revert to type once a little older?<br /><br />Lucia - I think it is a rare child who eats everything always. Being fussy at some point or other seems to be part of our genetic makeup. I hope for your sake it's just a phase.nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-22702567098932803562010-01-31T16:18:35.471-05:002010-01-31T16:18:35.471-05:00This is good for me to read right now. My 11 mont...This is good for me to read right now. My 11 month old girl has recently become very hard to please at mealtimes, after a fantastic start where she ate everything offered to her.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318218224663778620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-91262200624838111412010-01-30T15:33:06.534-05:002010-01-30T15:33:06.534-05:00I've had the opposite experience with the Litt...I've had the opposite experience with the Little Guy. When he came along, 7 and 10 years after the other two, I just mached up and gave him whatever we were eating. He loved it all - roasted tomatoes, hummus, salmon, carrots, - I was in heaven as you can imagine. (And not a little smug I must admit.) <br />Now - he picks at a lot of things and won't try anything 'new'. Pah!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62659216386919920172010-01-29T11:52:14.911-05:002010-01-29T11:52:14.911-05:00We have the same tactic as you and Home Office Mum...We have the same tactic as you and Home Office Mum - this is what it is, eat it fine, don't eat it fine, but you are not getting anything else.<br /><br />They do get a smartie if they finish their plate, but no fuss made if they don't. This is more to try and hurry it along a little. Adam can take a good hour to eat 2 mouthfuls. He says he isn't finished yet, but doesn't actually do much about eating any more. It is agonising!Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-36246595914996528052010-01-29T11:40:26.153-05:002010-01-29T11:40:26.153-05:00Rosie - glad to be of help. We'll get there!
...Rosie - glad to be of help. We'll get there!<br /><br />Iota - I'm sure he will. I think tastes change quite a lot in the teenage years; I know mine did.<br /><br />Almost American - 2 mouthfuls of peas would be a triumph in this house. Sounds like it's just a phase.....trying it on with you perhaps.<br /><br /><br />Brit in Bosnia - it's almost impossible not to feel it's your fault; I'm just glad that I had another child who was so different, because it made me feel much better about it. <br /><br />Kit - my sympathies. Littleboy 2 is more like this - I hope he grows out of it, but have never worried so much about him because I know he likes his food.<br /><br />Mud - yes, I know someone who was fussy as a child and now likes to eat at offal restaurants etc!<br /><br />HomeOfficeMum - yes, your strategy sounds similar to mine - I did used to try and force them but it just SO doesn't work. Praise rather than punishment is the way we do it now.<br /><br />NB - yes, more's the pity....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-17990375043185789822010-01-29T08:20:46.236-05:002010-01-29T08:20:46.236-05:00Oh he'll be eating a doner kebab soon....Oh he'll be eating a doner kebab soon....Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-69178233080244616122010-01-29T05:36:10.571-05:002010-01-29T05:36:10.571-05:00my second son sounds like Kit's. He was eating...my second son sounds like Kit's. He was eating proper food at 10 months - absolutely anything we ate, he ate. He would eat an entire tub of cherry tomatoes if he was allowed to. Now he will not touch tomato. Or sausages. Or mashed potato. Or just about anything really unless I feel it to him. He's 4. It's a phase. He's a strapping young boy and if he doesn't eat what's on his plate, he goes hungry till the next day. <br /><br />Meanwhile son 1 has elected to be a vegetarian (because meat is too chewy). i don't care. I cook meat and I serve it to him. If he has some, he gets praised. If he doesn't, he doesn't get punished but he keeps getting it served to him<br /><br />I will NEVER force a child to eat what's on their plate (I was the world's fussiest eater and my parents tried that with me. I always won and was a stick insect for a long time). But in our house, they don't get offered an alternative. They either eat what's on offer or go hungry.Home Office Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248456622235889204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-52766820784640846882010-01-29T04:03:05.567-05:002010-01-29T04:03:05.567-05:00I totally agree with you about some children being...I totally agree with you about some children being fussy eaters from birth; nothing to do with what they are fed or what their parents eat etc. I friend of mine ate nothing but sausages and baked potatoes until she was 16. Then she went on a date with the man who was to become her husband. He ordered steak and veg for both of them - she ate the lot, and hasn't looked back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-55939225988563508582010-01-29T02:12:27.738-05:002010-01-29T02:12:27.738-05:00My oldest was the opposite of yours as a baby - he...My oldest was the opposite of yours as a baby - he ate everything on Annabel Karmels menu, including chicken korma. Then as a toddler he started crossing things off his list of acceptable items, until we were down to just a few items.<br />At 11 he's still pretty fussy. His younger sisters will try new things while he scrapes the sauce of his meat and sticks with potato and rice (no pasta) and only broccoli as a vegetable. I'm hoping tht he'll grow out of it eventually but he is extremely stubborn. <br />And I've always done the home-cooking thing too. I'm sure it is just the child's tastes and temperament and very little to do with parenting techniques!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-62317998071880600212010-01-29T01:47:06.716-05:002010-01-29T01:47:06.716-05:00I've been thinking about doing a post on fussy...I've been thinking about doing a post on fussy eaters too. It is so hard having a fussy eater - not just an oh, he won't eat his spinach fussy eater, but a really fussy one, one that only eats one or two things, total. <br /><br />Adam is (hopefully growing out of being) a really fussy eater, on the scale of your LB1. It has been one of the most stressful things I have ever had to deal with. I pretty much tried the same as you, keeping on with the homemade nutritous meals and it seems to be getting a little better. <br /><br />Thanks for this post, sometimes I can feel that I'm the only one with such a fussy eater and it is difficult not to take it as a personal failing.Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-22096173397042939772010-01-28T20:06:19.075-05:002010-01-28T20:06:19.075-05:00DS was a wonderful eater until a few months ago an...DS was a wonderful eater until a few months ago and he has suddenly started refusing to eat anything served at our evening meal. Tonight he ate 2 mouthfuls of peas. I figure he'll eat when he's hungry - and that's apparently what he's doing. At morning snack time at school he eats EVERYTHING I've sent in for snack *and* lunch - apple sauce, cheese stick, yogurt and a (large) sandwich - and then has nothing left for lunch! His teacher just asked me to send more food in each day!Almost Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865905831387595915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-24616209125348250072010-01-28T19:41:27.942-05:002010-01-28T19:41:27.942-05:00I like your approach.
I love it when my 12 year o...I like your approach.<br /><br />I love it when my 12 year old tries new things: Chinese, Indian, spicy food, new veg. A few years ago, if it wasn't fish fingers or sausages, you could forget it.<br /><br />I'm just hoping that my 9 year old will soon go the same way.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-25877269620544425452010-01-28T12:48:16.782-05:002010-01-28T12:48:16.782-05:00This is hugely helpful. I remember readig your las...This is hugely helpful. I remember readig your last post on fussy eating as my daughter is the same. She was also refusing lumpy food at age one. She is now 6 and is not doing as well as Littleboy 1 but I'll follow your advice and I'm sure our situation will continue to improve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com