Picky eaters

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My 8 year old daughter is not a picky eater she will eat just about anything. She eats some things that I do not eat. I am a black person and everyone know black people love soul food. I do not eat neckbones, pigfeets, or pigtails but my daughter will eat them like they are going out of style.

they are picky because they know that they will get what they want. our kids used to be picky eaters and we just told them, this is what we are having tonight, if you like it, fine, if not, fine. we dont run a restaurnat. we make one meal per meal time. since the doctor says they are very healthy, i wouldnt worry.

I have a 7yr old son who is a very picky eater too, and he too, will go without for days on end. He is VERY stubborn. However, so am I. I'm at the point where I will not make him special meals just to make sure he eats. No way. Whatever I make for dinner is what he and his two brothers get for dinner. I do not force any of them to eat it, but they don't get anything else if they don't even try what's there. What I try to do is change up the dinners each night during the week, so in a week, everyone will get a favourite meal. I find that makes it most fair. I also know that my picky eater will get some nutrition every day, because his usual breakfast is 2 packets of hot cereal (which I heat up in the microwave with milk instead of water) and his 2 bananas a day (he'd eat way more than 2 a day, but I limit it so that he will eventually eat other things as well). So my only suggestion for you is to not cave into their picky eating habits, because that will only frustrate you more in the end. You can do what I do too, and tell them that when they're older and can buy and make their own foods, then they can have whatever their hearts desire. But until then, what mom makes, goes.

Hi friends Yeah children at very young age are picky regarding their eating.They always try to have food which is very yummy and delicious.And they dont care about the nutrition value. But one should be carefull regarding the food being served to the children.We should cut the food with high fat content and which is too spicy.Serve with fruit and vegatable salads.Feed them with juices and milk. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 3 year old son and just like yours, he's a picky eater. Being a picky eater is part of what it means to be a toddler and it's really hard to deal with them. So I suggest that to help promote a lifetime of better eating habits to your kids, offer them a few nutritious food choices at the dinner table. What is not eaten in 20 minutes can be wrapped up and offered as a later snack.Give them the power to choose but from among healthy choices, berries or orange wedges for example. Or try to search for healthy recipes your kids will surely love to eat. Hope this helps.

I am lucky with my 3 year old. He never stops eating. He loves all types of food. he eats anything from fruit, meat, veg sweets etc. He rarely turns his nose up to anything. He doesnt like tomatoes or onions though. Since he was born he has always loved his food.

When my youngest son was about 10, which would make my daughter 4, I decided that I was going to start only making one dinner! I got so tired of making all different dinners. I told them if they didn't like what I made, they had to give it a try, then if they still didn't like it they could get up and make themself a sandwich. Still my daughter will once in a while make herself a pb&j (she is now 8). Now that my boys are teens, they eat any and everything!! They eat veggies that I don't even like. Hopefully it will pass and your kids will start trying different things too.

They are healthy and that is the main thing. However their diet is lacking in fruit and veggies. I never had this problem, as I grew up when food was still rationed in the U.K. so we ate what was put in front of us and were glad for it. We never had snacks between meals either or very rarely. With my own four children the deal was that they ate what was put in front of them. Yes, if one violently dislikes something then I did not force them to eat it. But 2 veggies or salad were always served so if they ate tomatoes then they did not have to eat the carrots. They had to eat a vegetable though. I am amazed that they went 3 days without food. You are definitely not a restaurant but a home where you are doing the best you can. One thing you could do is cut down dramatically on the juice. If they have it even an hour before meals then it kills their appetite. My grand twins who live with me only have juice once a day even though they ask for it. If they are thirsty then they are offered water. Water is offered at all meals. Of course, though, they do drink a pint each of whole milk a day as they are only 28 months. Sorry, I know that I wasn't much help.

i guess i have the same sentiments as you with regards to my son... a lot of times when im done preparing food, he would ask if there's any other meal he could eat just because he's not in the mood eating what i've prepared... and whenever he does that, he also drinks a lot of juice and milk... :)

Umm try making an egg omelet with chicken?? Try making eating like a contest... the person who finishes first get a secret prize... it could be some $1 stickers or extra tv time... even perhaps they get to make a choice from 3 options what they want for lunch and so on... Try making combo meals sort of thing mix one kind of food one kid likes with another. Lasagna? do they like that? Isn't that like spagetti with the exception of cheeeeeese and veggies lol (i add corn and fine cut celery..) hmm a head scratcher for sure but hope you get some ideas from your fellow mylotters.... best of luck!