LO is almost 11 months and her pickiness is emerging! I spend so much time thinking about what to feed her...it stresses me out!
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Wagon Jr. ate everything (and a lot of it!) until about 18 months or so?
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She's become very pucky at 17 months. She has learned tio graze on snacks (and not the ones I pack) at the baby-sitters.
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Mine's always been picky
Today was the absolute worst. She ate half a yogurt in the morning, three bites of her dinner, and basically nothing but crackers the rest of the day. So stressful! I feel ya -
@mrs. wagon: then what happened?!?! Was it short phase or is it still ongoing? What did you do...feed him the few foods he did like or just keep offering different kinds of food and let him eat as much/little as he wants to? My pediatrician says just keep offering healthy foods and when they are hungry they will eat...makes me nervous!
LO is almost 16 months and so far she still eats pretty good, but there are some foods she is not crazy about and will not eat (mostly beef and beans).
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@MungBean: Omg, i would be going nuts if LO only took 3 bites of dinner!
@sandy: I will always offer 1-2 things i know she'll eat, but that sometimes backfires because she'll go for it first, and then refuse to eat anything else afterwards. If there are certain foods she will refuse i'll try and revisit it a few days later and will sometimes get a better reception.
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@Freckles: girl, it was SUCH a tough day with her today. I was literally chasing her around with food all day. The last straw was when she threw my lovingly made bento on the floor- OMG. It was a good thing my husband was home because I was ready to lock myself in the bathroom for the rest of the night.
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Both girls would literally pick certain foods off their plates at around 10 - 11 months. I had to start hiding foods and mixing them in real good at the that time. By 18 months, it got really apparent, but lucky for me, my 2nd DD (now 20 months) is not as picky was my 1st was. My first DD is still picky at 5 yo, but world's better than when she was 2-3 yo (her peak picky years).
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@Freckles: that's my strategy too...she loves carbs and cheese so I have those two food groups always present...and b/c it's backfired I hold them back until the end of the meal. So I put her veggies and protein on the plate first and when she's eaten a good amount of those I will put her favorites on her tray (fruit is saved for last or that's all she will eat)
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@sandy: mmm... I wish I could say it passed but unfortunately it did not. He used to eat anything, but eventually he dwindled down to exactly 5 foods (eggs, pasta, cheese, yogurt, ham) and it drove me BANANAS. For like 6 months. Slowly we started reintroducing foods but it drove me crazy whenever he rejected them. Now that he's older (over 3) he'll try new things and he does find that he likes certain things. But vegetables and fruits are a real struggle. He actually vomits when forced to put something he doesn't like in his mouth, so that is horrible. But our pediatrician says the same thing-- our job is to serve them a healthy variety of foods. It's their job to try it and eat it. We can't do anything other than serve it to them and give them the opportunity to try it. And it can take up to 20-30 times before they'll try it!
He also mentioned that if a child adds ONE new vegetable to their repertoire each year, just imagine how many different kinds of veggies they'll be eating by high school! So even if your child rejects a veggie for a whole year, you're still doing ok.
Ugh.
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@mrs. wagon: oh man, that is stressful!!
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My son was exactly the same as Wagon Jr! He was an awesome eater until around 18 months. And then suddenly he started rejecting all of the foods he used to love!! Stress city! We still offered veggies at every meal, even if he didn't touch it. Every few days, he would take a small bite and then spit it out if he didn't like it. But at least he tried it and he only tried it because we put it on his plate. Now he'll eat a few veggies here and there but he's still picky.
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DD got picky around 15 months, I think. There was a two week period where she refused to eat anything other than cold, plain pasta.
eventually it got better, maybe around 2 years old? She's almost three now, and while she's still picky sometimes, she'll usually at least taste the food before rejecting it. During her peak picky times we let her eat a lot of fruit/veggie puree pouches. Those have always been "special treats" in our house, and I felt better giving them to her, since I knew she'd at least eat something other than pasta that day.
Today was the absolute worst. She ate half a yogurt in the morning, three bites of her dinner, and basically nothing but crackers the rest of the day. So stressful! I feel ya 
eventually it got better, maybe around 2 years old? She's almost three now, and while she's still picky sometimes, she'll usually at least taste the food before rejecting it. During her peak picky times we let her eat a lot of fruit/veggie puree pouches. Those have always been "special treats" in our house, and I felt better giving them to her, since I knew she'd at least eat something other than pasta that day.
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