What do you do when you have a picky eater...

My 7 years old daughter have this issue. She loves pride fish all the time than eating a pork or any other viand. Sometimes, If I gave her an egg then she is already happy and could eat much. However, my other kid's doesn't have this issue. Right now, I still trying to offer her other foods especially vegetables but still no luck.

My mom used to feed me whatever my mom and dad were eating. If I didn't like it, I could go make my own chicken nuggets(or when I was really little I guess she made them for me) however I had to have a taste of whatever it was I refused to eat. We called it a "no thank you taste". I now eat most foods that I hated as a kid. The one exception is zucchini. I still can't stand it.

My kids aren't that picky. I never gave them the option to be that picky. They eat what I make for supper or they don't eat. Simple as that. Sometimes it takes a few times eating something before they decide they like it. I've probably got one of the few kids who will eat the crusts of their breads and an apple with the skin on it. I never made it an option to cut the crusts off or peel the apple and they got used to eating it like that.

Hi aseretdd, [i]Maybe you will just have a list of all her favorite food and then have a schedule when are you going to cook it, and it should be alternate! Then, introduce also a new one which is a mix of what she wants, like is she loves pork try to mix it with vegetables whatever she can afford to eat! [/i]

hello there, i dont have a kid yet but i have been around with people who are very picky indeed when it comes to food. my husband is one picky eater even though he claims that he is not. he hates vegetables to what i do is come up with something that i will cook vegetables on it but dont serve it to him i just need it to mix with the rest of the meal and have the nutrients be absorb without compromising the taste of the meal. i also try to grate or mashed something and adds it to the meal and he wont even noticed it. i used to do the same thing to my nieces who happens to know only fried chicken and other meal other than vegetables. they ate it no problem and think it is the same food they are eating. i remember i watched one of Oprah's show showcasing Jerry Seinfield's wife's cooking book. it is all about making interesting meal and still adding vegetables on it. i kinda smile coz i do the same and it sure is something that is very useful. i forgot the name of the book but you can look it up if you are interested. it looks pretty easy and i guess over time you will come up with your own that all of you guys will love it since you know what they like best. btw, you didnt mention your daughter's age so i cannot tell really if her being picky will change over time. i believe that introducing new food and letting your kid participate in the cooking process entice them to eat it as well. just my thoughts. takecare

How old is your daughter and what are the food the she eat mostly? My 5 and 3 year old boys are not picky eater but they prefer food with sauce and soups. they don't like eating dry foods. Does your daughter like saucy foods? Is it the smell that she don't like? Or the texture of the food? Determine what is the reason why she is picky and from there I think you'll know what to do.

ya,i do have that problem but then i have made a sort of psct with her,eat what i have made today and tommorrow i will make your favorite dish.(if she dissobeys,she forgoes her treat)

having a kid as a picky eater is so tough. my daughter will only eat a handful of things from the house. like not hamburgers we make here. but if we go to burger king or mcdonalds she'll eat them there. its a selective picky. and she actually will make herself throw up if she doesnt want to eat anything. so we usually just make stuff that she will like and if she doesnt want to eat it. she can have a bowl of cereal, but we dont make an xtra diner just for her

I'm a really picky eater myself, and must have driven my mum mad when I was younger. As you said, remembering what she likes is a great start, maybe you could get her to update you more frequently with the things that she's gone off. Does she help you with the cooking? This always helped me (and now ensures that I can cook for myself!). I don't know how old your daughter is, but there's always something children can do to help in the kitchen, and if she sees what's going in the food, and sees that it's nothing nasty, she might be more inclined to eat it.

i agree with the first response, you have created what you have, when I made supper they eat what was on their plates. I did try to cook food that they like, but when I dicided to cook something different they eat it too. When I was a child the food was put on my plate, I sat there till I ate, if I didn't like it I went to bed with out anything else. I didn't want to be that way with my kids, there was a lot of things that was put on my plate and made eat it I didn't care for,but that was the rule, mom wasn't cooking 5 different meals. Once I noticed that they eat a lot of one thing that I cooked i tried to keep that in mind. but basisly they eat what was put on their plates.

Is she old enough to pick her own food? I had a childhood nutrition class and they said to have the child help make dinner. Have them pick the veggie they like even if you have to make two different types of veggies, let her pick the meat. Say do you want chicken or fish tonight? let her help cook just getting them involved in helping the preparing helps them want to try new things. If you need to cut some veggies give her some veggies and a butter knife, let her rip up the lettuce, give her simple jobs. So what if it is not perfect. I had a very picky eater and when I started getting him involved with meal planning and cooking he started eating better.

If you have a picky eater,just ask what they usually like and that should solve some of the problem,or tell them that if their really hungry then they will eat it otherwise tell them no food. I cooked for my younger sister once and she didn't like what I made so she said, and so i said starve then so she ate without complaint. Just try different foods with picky eaters and see what they like most,mix things up.

My mother and my father never allowed us to become picky eaters. I know I was when I was a kid. I'd look for a different dish even though there's already something on the table. I'd get a good scolding for that. My mom would tell me that we have to be thankful because we actually HAVE food on the table and that I should eat what someone has prepared for me. I wasn't a good sport about it but it taught me good values and I think it has contributed well with my character :) Thanks for the response on my discussion!

Sorry but I don't cater to my child. I'm not going to make her eat liver or something but if I cook something and she doesn't eat it, she can either eat it or go hungry.

My son eats the food I cook. At times he skips lunch. I try to feed him and if he resists, I would leave. But my son loved to eat and eat the food he loves. One thing is clear in my house, I would not be cooking anything special if he does not eat. I would have done it until 18 months and after that he has to eat what I cook. My advise is " If children does not eat, let them ask for food when they are hungry."

By the sounds of it, your daughter is younger than mine.My one teenage daughter is very picky about what she eats as well.I dont recall her being that way when she was younger.This is more of a new thing that started about 2 yrs ago. It is so difficult for me to find special meals for her.For one thing, I have a large familyof 7.So finding a meal that we all enjoy becomes very difficult! But second, it seems like she wants the same few meals over and over again.I always get worried that shes not getting the variety that she needs to keep her very healthy. Then, of course there is the fact that it's difficult and somewhat time consuming to have to prepare additional meals constantly. One reccomendation I have to offer is to keep some quicker/easy to prepare meals handy(that she likes). Like sandwich meats for lunch or healthier microwave meals.They are easy to make which definitely helps.But, I also keep trying new foods with her and trying to constantly widen her variety.

my son was and is a picky eater.but for the first year of his life he had bad acid reflux my family dr wouldn't listen to me about. so i would try to give him something and he wouldn't eat it i would have to try something else. i wasted alotttttttttttt of baby food that way. and even now at 3 yrs old hes still picky on what he'll eat. but at least hes not puking across the room like when he was little. when i make meals i try to make stuff that everyone will eat. but sometimes he won't eat all the different types of whatever i made so i will just give him extra of what i know he will eat so hes at least still filling his lil belly.

When I was growing up I had to eat everything that was put in front of me. There was not tolerating slackness in this. You got punished if you didn't eat all your food. This is good training for a growing child. Later on in life they will be better disciplined.

When my eldest started eating solids, I made it a point to give him just about everything that a baby needs to eat, thinking that when he grows up, he won't be picky...I don't know what happened, but when he turned two, he doesn't like vegies anymore...So, i tried so many foods and found out what he wanna eat, mostly, hotdogs, eggs, fried chicken and other unhealthy foods like instant noodles etc.. But, he's a growing kid and needs a lot of energy. So, i make it a point that I prepare menus that i know he will eat but would still need some coaxing because it has vegetables in it..Now that he's in grade school, he has to eat what is on the table. If he doesn't like it, then he doesn't have anything else to eat but that..So, if he doesn't wanna go hungry, he eats what i prepare...Of course, I can't bear it if he doesn't eat and I surely don't want him to get stomach cramps..If all coaxing fails and he's determined not to eat, I do cook him other viands..But, I also tell him that that cannot be the case always..He has to eat healthy foods so he will have more strength everyday ..

I dont have a picky eater, my son will eat anything and everything, but somehow never gains weight. he has been between 43-45 pounds for nearly a yr..hes 5 yrs old. If he was, well i honestly dont know what i would do, but a friend of mine has a daughter that is very picky, and waht she does is change up the way she prepares the foods she likes. Such as chicken, she will make sure her daughter sees that it is chicken she is making and then change it up a bit, so she doesnt get bored with it. I know some things its not easy to do that, such as a hot dog or something, but on teh ones you can change up, its worth trying and maybe she will take to them.