Are your children picky eaters?

Boy bounce, if you figure it out let me know will ya. When my 18 year old was little he would eat meat but no vegetables, except mashed potatos..but I could grind up carrots to hide in the meat loaf and I even managed to pass off mashed turnips as potatos..now he'll eat almost anything except green beans..but he prefers his vegies raw. Our 8 year old grandson is a whole different story,he eats little meat and won't even try most vegetables and doesn't like the ones he has tried. Fruit isn't big on his list of favorites either. I guess we jut wait for them to outgrow it. My son's best friend was awful when they were little..by middle school he was getting more adventerous with his taste buds and now he's as easy to feed as the rest of the team is.

My kids are adults now. My son was a very fussy eater as my daughter ate almost anything. The one thing my son hated growing up was chicken. To this day he eats very little chicken. I have never been picky so to speak. I do not like veggies a lot, but, do eat them. No idea how to, but we always told our son that brocoli was trees and he loved the idea of eating a whole tree at 6 years old. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

I just started a discussion early today on how my son is a bit over weight and while we all eat pretty healthy because of my diabetes my daughter is still one of the pickiest eaters I have ever seen. She can eat something one night and then whine and say eww gross the next when she just ate it and liked it a few days before. It is almost like a broken record with dinner and her...she will ask what we are having for dinner and when you go to tell her she will so Yuck, gross I don't like that. She has had many nights where she has been the last one at the table because she will complain so bad and take forever on eating. If I could get my children to split up their eating habits it would be great.

Yes, my children are. My daughter doesn't like fish. My youngest son only likes 3 dishes (sinigang, bistek and mechado). They are not vegies lovers.

Hi I thik you can disguise the vegetables when you cook them May be make zucchini loaf or spinach fritata, the more innovative food the more kids love it

you could mix into his food, when you cook. In order for him to accept it everyone needs to do the same things. has he tried to eat some greens. I mean salads are good, have he tried that, with certain dressing. who ever is shopping for food should focus on healthy things, if they don't like it well that's the only thing around the house eventually they will get hungry and would be willing to give it a try. I kid loves broccoli and carrots but my other daughter which (2,3,and 7) will not eat veggies, how about fruits if they will to eat that, that's good too. try eat whole grain that's good for you too. can find some tasty stuff, that even have some chocolate chips in them really good. talk to him about be healthy and how certain food can be harmful to you maybe he doesn't know. good luck

Actually my kids are very good with trying new foods...but I've always had the rule that they MUST at least try a bite of something new with an open mind and if they genuinely dont like it thats fine at least they tried...I've also noticed that as they got older their tastes in foods has changed.... All that being said, I actually dont have any tricks really since its not something I've had to deal with...Hopefully someone else can help you out..BUT if nothing works, dont worry about it...I'm sure later on he'll change his mind..

Hi bounce, I am also facing the same problem with my 8 years old son. Earlier he used to eat everything but now he developed this habit. I really don't know how I handle it. I told him vegetables are very necessary to improve your intelligence but no use. In fact, he avoid some particular dishes by hearing the names, he don't want to taste the same (I know if he tastes it definitely he will eat). I read it somewhere if kids are not eating fruits then we can make a fruit salad and mix it with ice-cream, children will love to eat the same. But I don’t know what to do with veggies.

Hi, bounce58. Have you tried mixing his vegetables in rice? Or he can have ranch salad dressing on the side. That way he can dip the veggies in this sauce. It will make eating veggies fun and exciting. That is what I will do with my kids when they would not want to eat veggies. All of my kids, love veggies. I hope that your son will learn to love them too.

That's really tough. I heard that it could really take like ten times of a child rejecting vegetable before they are willing to try it. Maybe its just a phase and he will grow out of it. Then he will learn to enjoy vegetables.

Modeling! when our children see us eating vegies, tendency is they will follow. Second, introduce the food early. as soon as they start eating solid food, try to introduce vegies, legumes and other homemade and healthy food. What I did when i my children was, when they are six months old, i introduced them a ground rice, mongo and dried dilis (small fish). Cook it with water over slow heat with constant stirring. You can also mixed with with fish, mash potato or any vegetable, then spoon feed it to your child. That is very healthy to the children, compared to the bottled food sold in groceries. What is healthy is found in our kitchen. The health of our children are the best judge for our cooking...

Well, according to our pedia, eating habit is something we train them. If we let them be choosy when they were starting out, they'l be one until he grows up. So as early as they can eat, you should let them eat all type of food, so they would not be choosy. They should know how to eat all kind of taste.

just passed by...i don't have kids yet...its a good thing

I don't have any kids yet! I have however had very picky boyfriends. I guess a lot of people are picky compared to me, since I will eat pretty much anything. I am very adventurous. This one boyfriend I had refused to eat anything except for chicken fingers and fries, no matter where we went out for dinner. It drove me crazy, especially when we would go somewhere known for one certain thing and no matter what he would order the chicken fingers. He was also obsessed with Coca Cola, Kraft Dinner, and ham sandwiches. It drove me insane. How can you be that picky? We never got to go out for Sushi or any other cuisine because he wouldn't eat any of it. I really can't stand someone who is that picky. My old best friend also used to be really picky, I would always have her over to sleep over and we would always make these huge pancake breakfasts in the morning, yet she would insist on having a peanut butter sandwich. It was strange.

My children aren't that picky. I praise God for that. They eat whatever I cook. At times they refuse to eat and now i have stopped forcing it on them. I feed my kids though the older is now 31/2. I feed them to make sure that they eat the veggies. I allow them to watch TV and I would tell them that if they aren't eating, I will have to turn off the TV. You can mask the veggie in foods they eat. For eg: add grated veggies to their fried food or to their tortillas.

Aren't they all picky eaters? . My little, 7 year old sister definitely is. She doesn't touch certain vegetables, doesn't drink enough milk, and generally stays away from meat (my mom thinks this is from my influence - she scolds me about it. Because I'm a vegetarian. LOL.) It's sort of annoying, because you'll spend all this time cooking for them and then they won't eat it. It's nice to have a back-up plan in these situations.

I got lucky my daughter loves food that's good for her.I don't know how to get a child to eat his vegetables when they don't like it.I remember when I was a kid,I wasn't allowed to leave the table until I ate my vegetables.I remember sitting there for at least an hour,my brothers would be long done and outside playing.Lol...It was kind of funny.

I dont have kids but my husband is a very very very VERY picky eater! he refuses to eat and vegetables but potatoes and he wont eat any fruit unless its a yellow apple, a banana, or green grapes!! He wont eat a lot of beef... he'll eat chicken a lot, Turkey sometimes, nothing with any kind of sauce or gravy or glaze! All he eats is pretty much cheese sandwiches, PB & J sandwiches and frozen pizza!

well i dont have any children but yes when i was small i can recollect i was quite picky. i used to eat only sweets and burgers. my mom used to shout all over but i wouldnt listen to her. then later i realised that being picky would result in health problem. To conclude...... its only when 1 realises thethe issue coz if some1 says something we just avoid it...