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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / June 2006How to teach a picky eater to eat?
My daughter 19 months will not eat anything that is mushy. In general she prefers finger food. Like she will not eat yogurt, mac&cheese or for that matter even toasted bread - if we spread butter on it - she will not eat but she will eat bread without any butter or jam. As a result - she has a very limited choice of food and then she gets bored eating them so often. Is there any suggestion how I can teach her to eat nutritous stuff even if it is mushy? Also can anybody recommend me a book of recipes for toddler food which is fast and easy to make? and if you have in mind any nutritous pick-up food which your toddler/kid likes and maybe I can try that? She likes scrambled eggs, hash browns, bread. but no cheese. She likes plain rice but if you add soup or anything she doesnot. Thanks in advance. > My daughter 19 months will not eat anything that is mushy. In general > she prefers finger food. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Is there any suggestion how I can teach her to eat nutritous stuff even > if it is mushy? I'm a little confused. Why does she need to eat mushy food in order for her to get nutritious food? > Also can anybody recommend me a book of recipes for toddler food which > is fast and easy to make? and if you have in mind any nutritous pick-up > food which your toddler/kid likes and maybe I can try that? She likes > scrambled eggs, hash browns, bread. but no cheese. She likes plain rice > but if you add soup or anything she doesnot. > Thanks in advance. I think a lot of 19 month olds like relatively simple flavors. By that age, I was just feeding them whatever we were eating, with some allowance for avoiding allergens or foods that were too salty or otherwise inappropriate. Sometimes I would fish out the simple ingredients before combining them or adding sauces, if I thought that would go over better. Best wishes, Ericka Do you have any other concerns with her development? I'm asking because you might be interested in getting an evaluation through your state's early intervention system. This eval should be free to you (it is here in Illinois) and they may recommend she see an occupational or speech therapist to create some strategies to increase her tolerance of various textures. Just a thought! =) > > My daughter 19 months will not eat anything that is mushy. In general > > she prefers finger food. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Best wishes, > Ericka She won't eat mushy food but she likes scrambled eggs? > My daughter 19 months will not eat anything that is mushy. In general > she prefers finger food. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > but if you add soup or anything she doesnot. > Thanks in advance. Will she not even TRY anything that looks mushy? If she will at least taste it, I may have a good and EASY suggestion. My son was (and is still) the same way. An older relative suggested trying baked beans on a potato chip. (the chip for texture) Man did THAT work. After 2 or 3 bites on a plain potato chip, I tried them on a spoon and voila! He is a bean freak! Low fat, tasty and tons of protein. He is 26 months and goes in and out of picky and VERY picky phases but he will ALWAYS eat baked beans. We buy those little cans of Bush's baked beans for at home and even keep one of those microwavable 'bowls' with the plastic lid in the diaper bag for an 'emergency' in a restaurant. (just ask and they'll happily heat it up for ya) He is choosy about brands though and prefers Bush's. (we don't eat them that often but they do taste better IMO) Hope this helps while you're building your 'kiddie recipe repertoire' (as I am) |
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