anyone else have a picky eater

bricktowngal

My 5 year old grand daughter only eats noodles and chicken for lunch and dinner and porkroll for breakfast.

Squamation

he wants to eat constantly . for example the other night i made a lean meatloaf for dinner along with green beans with bacon and onion and fried potatoes all appropriate sized portions. he didnt want the meatloaf and basically gave it to the dog he complained about the onion in the green beans etc. i barely got the dishes done from dinner and a quick shower in and he was in our room talking about can i have a snack. i get so frustrated i just busted my fanny cooking a healthy dinner for us and i did dishes and i want to relax and he wants to eat again . he wants to get chips or candy or cookies from the pantry were trying to teach him your snack can be fruits and veggies too. we all watch movies or tv together in our room and if he brings the junk food into the bedroom my hubby will start eating it and then the next thing i know im doing it too.

Make a house rule where there's no more eating after dinner.

Also get rid of the candy/cookies/chips. (or put them out of his sight).

scrapjen

I am a picky eater and always have been ( and my kids aren't great either, I have a hard time forcing them to "try" things as I won't myself.) If I came to your house, I'd probably have a hard time adjusting. As an adult, I realize this is MY problem. Going out to eat, I can usually find something, but it would be absolutely stressful for me to be invited to someone's house for dinner. While I would never say anything or request special treatment, I just can't make myself eat things I'm unsure of. I just eat before or after, or go hungry. It would be really hard to deal with if I had no control and had to "take or leave it" over an extended period of time.

If you did ask him if there were any healthy options he DOES like, dinners that he would eat without complaint and at least work those into the menus. Try to have something that he likes at dinner (even if he doesn't like part of the meal) so he won't still be hungry and want to snack after ... that said, I have five boys and they do like to snack between meals.

coco3382458

the best thing I did for step daughter was buy her an "all girls cook book" it had beautiful pictures of food and the background was all girly, so it just looked yummy and appealing. I let het pick out what she wanted to eat and then we cooked it together. So it was all on her, she felt she had control and it helped us take a huge step toward healthy eating

bio01979

he tasted some of it but this is a nightly thing it drives me crazy . he takes a few bites says he doesnt like it and then less than an hour later wants a snack. some people cater to picky eaters and i refuse to do that . i cook one dinner and you eat it and thats it im not going to seperate certain things out and cook them seperatly or serve multiple dinners my life is to busy to do that and personally i cant stand it when people do that to there kids . its pretty simple this is dinner the end ! he tells me dont put this on his food or dont do that i cook everything together and the whole meal is seasoned together so he has to learn to eat it. im constantly stuck fighting with him to eat and have to yell to my hubby who is usually in the other room by this time to back me up.

while snacking is normal for a growing boy, snacking on cookies and chips after refusing dinner isn't cool

What about saving the nice dinner you cooked for him so when he comes in wanting a snack, you can bring out the meatloaf or whatever that he hasn't finished yet?

growing up, I ate what mom made or I didn't eat lol. and snacks were always healthy snacks, no chips or anything in the house for a snack. Not bird food but things like celery and peanut butter, or cheese and crackers or fruit or carrots and hummus or yogurt etc