https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:16:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1716688 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:59:32 +0000 looch 1716688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: Goodness, since I wrote this post last, things have not improved for us in the food department, but at least we know it is an oral motor issue, so my son is in speech therapy to correct some chewing issues.</p> <p>I just try not to make it a big deal and I look at what he's consumed over the course of the week. As long as your kid stays on their curve, there's no reason to be alarmed (for the most part). Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1716681 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:56:28 +0000 matador84 1716681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh lord, DS is so picky. I never thought I'd have such a picky eater. He hardly ever eats anything unless it is pasta, dairy or fruit. Last night all he had was a bunch of grilled pineapple! I was just thinking about what I'm going to get at grocery store for dinner tonight...and I'm about to say--screw dinner! It's only he and I who eat dinner since DH works out of town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1716674 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:53:49 +0000 Kimberlybee 1716674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: My DD who is 13 months has turned into a picky eater overnight, are there any tricks that you tried that has helped? I am even doing something I said I never would! I follow her around while she plays just to feed her, just to make sure she eats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1066290 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:17:20 +0000 autumnlove 1066290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler is really picky...sigh! Her safe foods are carbs, cheese and some fruit.</p> <p>She loves milk and breastmilk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1066285 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:10:10 +0000 mrs. wagon 1066285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: we get our gummy vitamins from Costco. They're basically super soft gummy bears. I pop them on lollipop sticks and he gets 2 when its time to go upstairs for bed. </p> <p>I think the brand is lil critters. I take the omega 3 version! (I hate swallowing pills) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065420 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:48:16 +0000 T-Mom 1065420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: my DD was also anemic and I had to give her half a flintstone with iron for quite a while, but she's doing good now and eating a better variety of foods now that she is older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065411 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:45:08 +0000 78h2o 1065411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I came across this article the other day and thought it had some good tips: <a href="http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-infants-toddlers/feeding-picky-eater-17-tips" rel="nofollow">http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-infants-toddlers/feeding-picky-eater-17-tips</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065407 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:43:27 +0000 T-Mom 1065407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is quite a picky eater, since 18 months. I used to have to hide things like puree cauliflower or butternut squash into her mac and cheese to get the veggies in. She also had constipation issues. It's gotten so much better (age 5 now). We can reason with her and ask her to eat her vegetables. We also have the rule that she has to try at least one bite and swallow, and after that if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to eat it. It's hard when they are still little and the logic doesn't work on them, but it does get better. My DS is an eating machine, so I am thankful for that. Anything he doesn't like as much (like kale) can be remedied with bacon or ketchup, haha. ETA: Also, for my kids, I'm satisfied with one solid meal a day. If lunch comes back picked at, I make sure they eat their dinner really well.. it's all about the entire profile of what they are eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065279 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:49:08 +0000 Lindsay05 1065279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was thinking about this on my ride home from town this morning. Preparing meals for LO is just dreadful. Our options are seriously dwindling. We have a hard time giving her protein. She used to like eggs and now refuses them. She doesn't like cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, and most fruit. She loves carbs bread, pasta, pancakes but I HATE only feeding her that stuff. She is only 14.5 months so i'm scared it's only going to get worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065246 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:32:22 +0000 regberadaisy 1065246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At this point I am more worried about not being able to maintain her iron levels through food than pickiness. And it's not like she despises all vegetables. It's just the leafy ones she won't eat. She loves pretty much all other vegetables and fruits at this point at least. ;) We'll see. One battle at a time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065222 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:26:08 +0000 looch 1065222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, my son eats for my mom and dad, but not for me. In fact, instead of going home early, I am going to run errands, because he will be eating dinner and I don't want to interrupt it!</p> <p>I am looking for a gummi vitamin, I bought the flinstones ones but those are hard to chew! Any suggestions on one?</p> <p>I think you have to do what works, honestly. If that means you have to hide, then you should do it, but it could backfire on you later, that's all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065212 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:23:33 +0000 regberadaisy 1065212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I see your point about "hiding". But I *need* to get the iron in her so I have to hide the leafy greens in quiche. Even when I mix it with pasta she will pick the green back out. Or I "hide" it in smoothies. And I will "hide" nutrition in waffles and pancakes and muffins. Carby stuff she loves. hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065206 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:21:33 +0000 mrs. wagon 1065206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Oh-- I forgot, applesauce is the 5th food he would eat (not the ham, since that wasn't constant). Haha. </p> <p>We served the food bento style and he would admire it but just ignore the non-5-golden-food foods. :( The most "successful" (aka not successful at all) approach was to mix everything together in what we called cheesy pasta. (obviously not the applesauce!) That sometimes got some ham or mixed veggies into him. Sometimes.</p> <p>I don't like the approach of hiding foods either. </p> <p>Sometimes it is just psychological warfare. One day my mom made him some very very steamed and buttered broccoli and he tried it when we weren't home. And loved it. And now he eats broccoli on a semi-regular basis. Drives me crazy that he would refuse it from me but took it from my mom.... but hey, whatever it takes.</p> <p>If you're really concerned about his nutrition you can introduce a multivitamin until this phase passes...! I know nothing replaces actual nutrients but that always gave me a tiny bit of peace of mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065190 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:15:45 +0000 looch 1065190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: That's where we are now, chicken nuggets with ketchup, applesauce or smoothie pouches, laughing cow cheese wedges with pastina and cereal bars. Sometimes cheerios with milk, sometimes a muffin.</p> <p>I just want to make him a cute bento box, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065184 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:13:51 +0000 looch 1065184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: That article is interesting, if it is genetic, then my son shouldn't be picky at all, because neither one of us was!</p> <p>I don't support Ellyn Satter's approach (withhold food until they eat it) and I can't see how Jessica Seinfeld's promotes a healthy relationship to food, if the good stuff has to be hidden. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065161 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:04:55 +0000 BoogieBea 1065161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 and we're still battling pickiness with food. He basically hates all things green, only eats bananas, apples, strawberries and cranberries when it comes to fruit and would happily just eat carbs for every meal if we let him. He'll eat beef, pork or fish made only 1 or 2 specific ways. He's gotten a little better recently but it's still pretty bad. Luckily, he's willing to drink green juice so I'm getting some veggies in him through those. He just started school again today and I'm already stressed thinking about having to pack his lunches. My daughter is a much better eater but she gets influenced by her brother sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065105 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:46:50 +0000 mrs. wagon 1065105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: oh my goshhhhhhhhhh welcome to my world. Wagon Jr. is definitely exiting the picky phase now at just over 3.5 years old, but that definitely lasted at least a year. TORTURE. He dwindled down to exactly five foods-- eggs, plain pasta, cheese, yogurt, and sometimes he'd tolerate ham cubes. He doesn't even like ketchup or any kind of sauces so I couldn't hide anything in anywhere. But, like yours, his growth percentiles were still ok (stalled but still over 50th in weight) and pooping just fine every single day. And of course his energy levels were fine. </p> <p>The only thing I have to say is that it SUCKS but it does get better. Nowadays he will still refuse certain foods but he'll try things if he's excited about them. Letting him help didn't work back then but it does help a bit now... at least he'll have A bite. Sometimes he just plain DOES NOT want to eat now and we do bribe him with dessert (baaaad mommy) and we have our victories, but also our bad days where he literally eats one bite of dinner.</p> <p>Just the other day though sometihing happened for the first time. When he was going to bed he said "I'm hungry." This was after a dinner where he literally ate one bite and whined about it the whole time. So we said, well then you should have eaten your dinner. </p> <p>The next day he ate his whole dinner! (he still whined a little about it though. but he ate it!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065101 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:45:09 +0000 Freckles 1065101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I've read this before. DH and i aren't picky, and we thought that we were on the right track when DD ate anything and everything!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065096 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:44:24 +0000 Freckles 1065096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: Yes, it's like green = evil! </p> <p>LO is almost 17 months old and has been sooo picky as of late. Her fruit options are only limited to apples, strawberries, blueberries, and sometimes she will eat grapes and bananas. Don't even think about bringing anything mango-related near her mouth.</p> <p>She loves carbs, so i have no problem there. But everything is hit or miss. Some days she will devour oatmeal, and other days she will resist eggs. It's maddening. I know people refuse to be a short-order cook, but i go out of my way to make a lot of food because i want her to eat.</p> <p>I have to admit, i've even resorted to making food a little sweeter in hopes that she will like it. </p> <p>Her two uppers have been coming in, and she is getting over roseola, so i'm hoping that's the explanation for her pickiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065091 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:43:37 +0000 regberadaisy 1065091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/dining/10pick.html?pagewanted=all&#038;_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/dining/10pick.html?pagewanted=all&#038;_r=0</a></p> <p>It totally love Mrs Senfield's approach. I so do this with M hahaha. She LOVES carbs so for breakfast I make waffles and pancakes with only wheat flour, rolled oats and/or buckwheat. muahahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065081 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:41:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1065081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Really close in age! N was born January 2011. I definitely think it's a control thing. It's also about them pushing the limits and seeing how much they can get away with. I can tell because she gets this glint in her eye showing me that she knows exactly what I'm asking. I've been negotiating a lot with my daughter. I'll tell her she can't go play until she takes at least 2 more big bites of [insert food here]. Then she'll make direct eye contact with me as she takes exactly two bites. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065078 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:40:55 +0000 regberadaisy 1065078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I *think* I read somewhere that it can be a control issue. Them eating is one of the few things they can exert control over right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065067 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:37:31 +0000 looch 1065067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: He's 33 months this month (born Dec. 2010).</p> <p>I feel like somehow he is rebelling against something, because it's common for kids to use food in order to control something in their lives. I feel like if I didn't make such a big deal about him not eating, he'd realize that there's all this good stuff out there to try and not behave like I am feeding him rat poison. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065056 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:32:04 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1065056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: my daughter is 32 months... how old is your son? Why do you say you "got us to this point"? How so? </p> <p>I never understood how one day they just suddenly know that green = healthy and to avoid at all costs. She won't even eat delicious green smoothies, and I've tried hiding veggies by blending it into her pasta sauce, but the girl just KNOWS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065045 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:28:02 +0000 BananaPancakes 1065045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: We have to plan accordingly, as well. Next weekend I'm leaving him for 2 days with my MIL and I am so stressed about what to do about his meals. He's so picky, I never know what he'll actually eat. And I feel bad he likely won't eat what they're eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065043 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:26:43 +0000 looch 1065043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: your daughter must be around the same age as my son! I wish he showed interest in what I was eating, he never really did, sometimes I feel like I got us to this point and now I need to get us out!</p> <p>@loveisstrange: it's weird, something happens at that age and all of a sudden, they're not interested. </p> <p>@locavore_mama: My son has low iron levels as well, because of his eating. It's a constant stress for me. I hope you avoid it as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065037 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:23:54 +0000 regberadaisy 1065037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is just one week past 16 months right now and about a month ago we went through a picky phase and I was so afraid it was this starting. Thankfully, it was her canines coming in and she's gotten back on track again.</p> <p>I really really really hope we skip this. Because of her low iron levels I really need her to be a good eater or she'll be on supplements forever! As it is now I sneak leafy greens into her veggies and mask meats in panko. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065029 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:21:56 +0000 loveisstrange 1065029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C is starting the picky phase, I think. :( She's begun refusing to eat a lot. It started about a month ago, at 16 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065025 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:20:23 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1065025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my daughter was an excellent eater. we started with BLW so she tried a variety of foods, and would eat anything and everything we put in front of her. then something changed when she hit 18 months and she became soo soo picky. she suddenly stopped eating everything green, refuses any kind of protein, and only lives off carbs and plain stuff with no spices whatsoever! </p> <p>she loves rice, oatmeal, pancakes, pasta, pizza... and thank god for scrambled eggs with ketchup so she gets at least some protein in! </p> <p>i don't know why i don't stress about it more, but i think it's because i know sooo many picky toddlers that i figure it's a phase and it will get better as she grows.</p> <p>at 2 1/2 years old, she's starting to come around a little bit and is very curious about what i'm eating. these days if she sees me eating something she'll usually want to try it too... but more often than not, she still ends up spitting it back out. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/parents-of-picky-eaters-come-in#post-1065018 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:19:23 +0000 looch 1065018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it's aged me at least 5 years, lol.</p> <p>The thing is that he's growing well and has enough poopy diapers for 3 children! My ped isn't concerned about his weight or growing, but it's annoying to go anywhere because I have to plan ahead and bring him stuff to eat. I can't just cut up whatever we're having because it will lead to an epic meltdown.</p> <p>I am really struggling with what to do next. I know I have to start with at least one meal, but dinner time is already rushed and I am not the most patient at the end of the day. That's our most challenging meal, honestly. </p>