What will your toddler eat? (children, travel, friends, mother)

[Rose Red]

My daughter is extremely picky - her choice of foods comes and goes. One day she'll be a carnivore, the next day a vegatarian. So I give her pediasure. Now she won't eat the bars so I have been giving her the pediasure drinks once a day. I don't know what I'll do when she tires of that.

[veuvegirl]

This may have been mentioned already...but

If you keep putting the same food out for the toddler every day for two weeks, they will eventually pick it up and try it. My son wouldn't eat anything, so I tried this trick, it worked!!!

Sadly I didn't keep trying more and more things, and he is past the age where this works...

[5FLgirls]

We're vegetarians too but I give my kids chicken and fish. My little ones really like tofu. I sometimes cook it in oil and then throw some soy sauce and brown sugar on it and then throw it on top of some noodles. My kids are very picky but we're working on it. I serve one meal and then they just starve until the next day or "steal" snacks (older kids, not younger ones). My baby (15 months) eats almost anything you put in front of her. She loves those cheddar crisps from the health food store, any type of cheese, avocados, watermelon, olives, grilled cheese, quesadillas, macaroni and cheese, waffles (regular and corn), pancakes, cheerios or puffins or gorilla munch cereals, multi-grain pretzels, carrots (sorry - I know she's young but she's my fourth child!), those toddler crunchies, granola bars, bananas, and pasta with butter. I've noticed that if I don't fill my house with food, there's not as many choices to make. The vegetarian aspect makes things difficult! The kids usually don't want to eat what I'm eating but I try to serve fruit with every meal.

[Capt. Dan]

This thread brought back memories of raising my 3 daughters by myself. i think i got lucky because the only thing all 3 of them would not touch was BEETS. They are all grown and married now and they still wont eat BEETS!

[findinghope]

i dont blame them Lt Dan--they taste like dirt!

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by findinghope

i dont blame them Lt Dan--they taste like dirt!

I have always wondered if the oldest girl influenced the younger ones about this. Is that possible?

[michelleleigh]

chicken, rice, milk, watemelon, steak,morning star vegie burgers(he loves thees) duck legs, trees( brocoliie)and the tera chips oh and more chicken. I find the chiken part funny because for 9 months I could not eat chicken at all it made me so sick. Oh and he loves spicy food and sour things has since he was reall small he is 4 now.

[5FLgirls]

Originally Posted by Lt. Dan

This thread brought back memories of raising my 3 daughters by myself. i think i got lucky because the only thing all 3 of them would not touch was BEETS. They are all grown and married now and they still wont eat BEETS!

My husband won't eat them either. I asked him if he's ever tried them and he said no. Huh? I love them! Roast them, throw some oil vinegar, salt and pepper, then sprinkle goat cheese over it -- eat it this way or throw it under the broiler for a few minutes with some breadcrumbs! Delicious!!

[gentlearts]

As a mother of 4 grown children, please believe me when I tell you..do not cater to a young child's eating habits, or you will create a monster. You are not running a restaurant. Serve balanced meals and healthful snacks..everyone gets served the same thing. Those who choose not to eat something go hungry until the next time.
We have friends with a 23 year old daughter who eats only about 4 foods. It's disgusting.
As my kids got older, I respected that there were a few foods they just could not like, and that's OK (liver, brussels sprouts, anchovies), but for the most part, they are open to new food experiences.

[INeedATylenol]

My 16 month old eats anything I give him. We've made sure to give him a wide variety since he started eating (at 6 months) and we've never had a problem with him being picky.