Is your baby picky with food?
By Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14931)
Malaysia
January 17, 2010 8:56am CST
I have heard some babies are quite picky with food. Some only prefer bottle feed but not direct breast feed. Some do not like soft food, like infant cereal.
I am very grateful that my 11 month old son is not picky with food. Basically he likes whatever we gave him to eat. 
Also, I am glad that he still likes direct breastfeeding though I only get to see him on weekends. During weekdays, he also takes the bottle feed. I started to give him infant cereal, mashed pumpkin and sweet potato, papaya, banana and some infant biscuits. He likes all of them.
I am really happy that he is not picky with food. I still remember when I wanted to get back to work after my maternity leave, I let my mother-in-law take care of him and bottle feed him. The first time my mother-in-law bottled feed him, he cried and didn't really drink. Luckily after 2-3 time trying, he started to learn how to drink milk from the bottle. Otherwise I really don't know how I could get back to work. 
I am not sure if this is the characteristic of the babies, or this can be trained.
Also, I am glad that he still likes direct breastfeeding though I only get to see him on weekends. During weekdays, he also takes the bottle feed. I started to give him infant cereal, mashed pumpkin and sweet potato, papaya, banana and some infant biscuits. He likes all of them.
I am really happy that he is not picky with food. I still remember when I wanted to get back to work after my maternity leave, I let my mother-in-law take care of him and bottle feed him. The first time my mother-in-law bottled feed him, he cried and didn't really drink. Luckily after 2-3 time trying, he started to learn how to drink milk from the bottle. Otherwise I really don't know how I could get back to work.
I am not sure if this is the characteristic of the babies, or this can be trained.1 person likes this
7 responses
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
20 Jan 10
My children were not picky as babies. It wasn't until we started feeding them table food. Actually my oldest didn't get picky until much later. Her younger sister started refusing vegetables as soon as she realized that she knew how to say NO. :-)
@rosehip1974 (2)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Babies are not really that picky infact anything that they hold they put it in their mouth. Maybe babies loves to explore that's why they usually tend to have diarrhrea.. My Babies now are all grow up My eldest 8, 2nd is 7 and the youngest is 5. When they are growing up they started being picky on foods especially when i prepared vegetables they only eat the meat and left us the vegetables. And onething ive noticed now when my son eats biscuit the two girls do the same..
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
18 Jan 10
Hi Kaka,
It is good to know that your son is not picky. In fact major percentage of children is picky on eating. My elder son is very choosy, but when he was small he ate what we give, now he is in third standard and recently developed this habit. My younger is eating everything and I don’t know when he will start his bad habit. Kids can eat all fruits and veggies, then it really a blessing for parents. If they are choosy then it is difficult to manage.
. In fact major percentage of children is picky on eating. My elder son is very choosy, but when he was small he ate what we give, now he is in third standard and recently developed this habit. My younger is eating everything and I don’t know when he will start his bad habit. Kids can eat all fruits and veggies, then it really a blessing for parents. If they are choosy then it is difficult to manage. 
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
17 Jan 10
kids can be trained, some are not that easy but eventually when they are hungry they will drink the milk. our son is four years old now. he is not picky but the problem is i am the one who is picky. now monkey see monkey do. when he sees me not eating that certain food then he wont touch it also. but when he was 7 months old he eats anything that my wife prepare. when he was two years old he eats anything even kimchee. but now that he is more aware of me and what i do he only eats it when i eat it too. my wife gets frustrated. 
@daliaj (5674)
• India
18 Jan 10
I don't have children yet. I was not a picky kid, but my sister was. Now, she changed a lot and eat many things which I thought she will never eat in her life. But, she is still a picky eater. My husband is a picky eater too, but he has no problem if I don't cook the food he likes, he will cook whatever he likes himself. So, his picky habit doesn't affect me much.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
18 Jan 10
Well, neither of my babies are babies anymore, but I had one that was very picky when she was little and my other one was not picky at all when he was a baby. My daughter would not eat anything that had starch in it when she first started eating solids, she would, however eat any meat or vegetables and fruits that you would put in front of her. Now, my son who is three now will always eat any and everything that you put in front of him.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
17 Jan 10
Even my children were not picky with food. Whatever I gave, they had it. When I change a food or appointed a governess to take care of the baby, initially they had problem. But later they got used to these things.
