How do you handle picky eaters? The girls will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them, but Jacob will only eat a few certain things and won't even TRY anything new. How do you get your kids to try something new? He will just push his plate away and not touch it if he doesn't like the way it looks. HELP! :tearhair:

Ooooohhh! I want to know too! Jackson just won't eat anything if he doesn't like it or hasn't tried it before. He doesn't mind not eating!!! That's definitely something he didn't get from me :lol:!

I would love to know as I have an almost 11 year old who is just starting to eat a few other foods. Alyssa is a little better as she will try things but she won't continue to eat them even if she happens to like them.

My Dr. says they won't starve so they will eat when they are ready but I don't like that and I usually end up catoring to those few things they will eat. Trust me we eat a lot of past and Chicken here :rolleyes:

Well, I feel better knowing I'm not alone :lol: Yeah, Jacob would rather not eat than touch something he's never had before :lol:

My brother would go for days before eating and then he wouldn't stop eating. (Actually, he still does this...) Aiden has a few things that he loves and won't eat anything else. He loved peas...now he won't touch them. Though before he wouldn't touch cauliflower, broccoli and carrots and now he eats nothing else. I guess it's just something that they do.

I don't know the answer to this, but am still working on it with Rayna. I thought I would post a recent new food that she actually tried and loves - perogies. I just bought the frozen ones and they go from frozen to ready to eat in about 10 minutes.

As for trying new things, sometimes she will and sometimes she won't. Depends on her mood. I had made a new chicken dish that I know she would have liked if she would have tried it. But no can do. Not that day. Other times I will say to her - just try one little bite! She never usually does right then, but every once in a while, if I set the fork down, she will pick it up and take a bite or a lick.

I can't get Jacob to even TRY new things :mope: Just the other day, we were at the dinner table, the girls were eating their food (I think we were having turkey bear sandwiches, green beans and strawberries for lunch) and I put a strawberry on Jacob's plate because, what kid doesn't like strawberries, right? . . . Jacob doesn't like strawberries. . . because he wouldn't even TASTE one! :banghead: Meanwhile, the girls are over there inhaling theirs, but he won't even TOUCH it and throws a fit because its on his plate :tearhair: He obviously isn't starving, but I REALLY wish I could get something down him without having to "hide" a veggie/fruit/something healthy in it :lol:

I may try the pierogies. I *LOVE* them. I bet I could make some homemade ones and puree some carrots or something and mix them in with the 'taters :nod:

I have no suggestions, as none of my kids are picky. But I can tell you that my youngest brother was picky as freaking hell. Even if my mom made stir-fry, she had to separate the chicken, broccoli, carrots, and peapods all into separate piles on his plate (and even then, he'd only eat the chicken). Anyway...he was the only super picky one out of the 3 of us and he only stopped being super picky recently...and he's going to be 26 :lol: As you can see, he's survived, and he's healthy :lol:

I know, I shouldn't get uptight about it, but it bothers me :lol: I know he'll eat when he gets hungry, I just feel like I should be doing more to try to get him to eat better :lol:

At times David decides to be picky. He doesn't like to try new food and really would rather not eat if it isn't pizza or spaghetti. I really don't have any solid suggestions other than what I do and have done from the beginning, which I am sure you guys have tried as well. Anywho.. I tell him that he has to try it; take 2-3 bites and then we can talk about it. After a bit he usually will taste it. If he doesn't like it (truly doesn't like it) then I will make him something else. Otherwise he gets nothing to eat; not even dessert. There has been a couple times where he refused to eat what was on his plate and he went to bed without dinner. Not sure if this will help but I figured it was at least a suggestion. However, thinking about it you have already said that he doesn't mind not eating. Hmmm not sure.. :shuffle:

just keep offering? maybe in a separate bowl so its not on his plate? aidan used to refuse to touch strawberries and blueberries and very recently he finally started eating them, i think because he sees how much his brother & sister love them. i just kept asking him if he wanted some and one day, he said yes and shocked the hell out of me.

Mellissa, I've done the "to bed without dinner" thing a few times when he just flat out refuses to eat :dunno: He usually wakes up at like 3 am and comes and gets in bed with me and whispers, "Momma, I'm hungry" until I wake up :rolleyes:

I keep offering different foods to him, hoping that one day he'll change his mind :lol:

This sounds so much like Macie. She is sooooooo fussy. She also will not try new foods, doesnt like certain foods on her plate and it doesn't phase her to go to bed without dinner. Its so overwhelming and frustrating for me. Most nights I hate cooking cause I know she wont be happy with what I am making. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:angry2: :fado:

Add Rayna to the "weird kids who don't like strawberries" group. She licked it and declared that it wasn't gonna happen. :lol: I even put a little whipped cream on her plate to go w/ it, but she didn't eat that either. :lol: I just keep offering foods and she keeps turning them down so either I eat them or they end up getting thrown out.

How do you handle picky eaters? The girls will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them, but Jacob will only eat a few certain things and won't even TRY anything new. How do you get your kids to try something new? He will just push his plate away and not touch it if he doesn't like the way it looks. HELP! :tearhair:

My Dr's advice: "if they are hungry, they WILL eat what they see you eating" Its a power struggle.

Jacob is testing his limits and he can see/hear and knows that he is getting under your skin. Best thing - ignore his reaction to the new food, give him a smaller portion of it, and when he gets hungry later on because he didnt eat, reheat a small portion of the veggie/meal - and ask him to "taste" it before he can get a snack that he wants.

My Dr's advice: "if they are hungry, they WILL eat what they see you eating" Its a power struggle.

Jacob is testing his limits and he can see/hear and knows that he is getting under your skin. Best thing - ignore his reaction to the new food, give him a smaller portion of it, and when he gets hungry later on because he didnt eat, reheat a small portion of the veggie/meal - and ask him to "taste" it before he can get a snack that he wants.

We've tried that too :nod: I don't usually eat dinner when the kids do because they are starving when I get home and I'm usually not ready to eat yet (they eat lunch aLOT earlier than I do) Plus, I can usually get at least one task done while they're eating (a load of laundry, vacuuming the living room, etc.). I've given up showing any kind of reaction when he doesn't eat things. I will serve him the same meal I serve the girls and if he doesn't like something, I tell him just don't eat it and I no longer take it off his plate or do anything like that. I guess its another topic we can bring up with the psychologist :lol:

Could you give them a very small snack (carrots and dip) to hold them until you are able to sit down and eat with them? I have fed Kaitlyn and Dh while I went and did the wash too :) It is a nice chance for some *me* time, I agree ;)

I'm the only adult in my home, unfortunately :lol: They are so spazzy when I get home anyway, that I don't know that they would sit there and eat a snack while I cooked. I usually just eat a pita sandwich at night anyway :lol: We'll try it tonight and see how it goes, though. I'm up for just about anything.