Help with 4 yr old son

[Guest guest]

Hello I'm Yolnada in Va.You ladies are always giving good advice from

personal experience. My problem is with our 4 yr old son. Over the

last 2 months he hardly wants to eat anything for dinner. He says no

to all vegetables, pasta, spaghetti sauce, benas, rice and even fish.

On the other hand it would eat oatmeal for every meal if I let him.

This is a child that loved vegetables! My 2.5 yr old son eats

everything I cook even tofu. Any suggestions? Please

[Guest guest]

Hi Yolnada.......It is very common for children to go through a stage of picky

eating. My 6 yr old is doing it now. She will only eat a few foods and that is

it. My son did the same thing when he was 4 and it ended when he turned 6. Now

he will eat and try everything. If you are worried about your son getting

nutrition then you can always make smoothies with fresh or frozen fruit (I dont

know a child that doesnt like smoothies). You can also grind up vegtables real

fine and sneak them into some of his favorite dishes. Good luck!

 

Denise

mom of two

Calif.

 

 

najjafamily03 <najjafamily03

 

Friday, April 13, 2007 7:53:02 AM

Help with 4 yr old son

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello I'm Yolnada in Va.You ladies are always giving good advice

from

 

personal experience. My problem is with our 4 yr old son. Over the

 

last 2 months he hardly wants to eat anything for dinner. He says no

 

to all vegetables, pasta, spaghetti sauce, benas, rice and even fish.

 

On the other hand it would eat oatmeal for every meal if I let him.

 

This is a child that loved vegetables! My 2.5 yr old son eats

 

everything I cook even tofu. Any suggestions? Please

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, Denise Pomerantz <dmpomerantz

wrote:

(I dont know a child that doesnt like smoothies).

 

 

 

Oh, if only... I have never been able to get my daughter to accept a

smoothie of any cconcoction. She loves tofu, soy yogurt, bananas and a

variety of other fruit and many juices and almond butter. She also

likes cold food. What to do? I really planned to use smoothies to hide

food. Any suggestions to make them more acceptable to her?

Carrol

[Guest guest]

yeah. same here. He's 4. It's " trying out my power " time... We've been going

through the sme thing. Try to take the power struggle out of it...

everyone tastes every new thing, and if you don't want to eat the meal you get a

standard replacement meal... a bowl of cereal or peanut butter sandwich.

Eventually they will relax back into eating more healthily, and in the meantime,

give them a vitamin.

 

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najjafamily03<najjafamily03

< >

Friday, April 13, 2007 10:53 AM

Help with 4 yr old son

 

 

Hello I'm Yolnada in Va.You ladies are always giving good advice from

personal experience. My problem is with our 4 yr old son. Over the

last 2 months he hardly wants to eat anything for dinner. He says no

to all vegetables, pasta, spaghetti sauce, benas, rice and even fish.

On the other hand it would eat oatmeal for every meal if I let him.

This is a child that loved vegetables! My 2.5 yr old son eats

everything I cook even tofu. Any suggestions? Please

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

have you tried letting her make the smoothie? i use yogurt, frozen blueberries,

a small piece of frozen banana, a bit of frozen peach and soymilk.

 

rtillmansmail <rtillmansmail wrote: --- In

, Denise Pomerantz <dmpomerantz

wrote:

(I dont know a child that doesnt like smoothies).

 

Oh, if only... I have never been able to get my daughter to accept a

smoothie of any cconcoction. She loves tofu, soy yogurt, bananas and a

variety of other fruit and many juices and almond butter. She also

likes cold food. What to do? I really planned to use smoothies to hide

food. Any suggestions to make them more acceptable to her?

Carrol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell?

Check outnew cars at Autos.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

one technique I learned from another mom is to say something like..

 

" oh, your taste buds must not like it today, or maybe they don't

like it cooked (or blended or baked) this way. We'll try again

another time (or this way/prepared differently) and we'll see if

your taste buds like it then. "

 

It gets rid of the power struggle because it isn't talked about like

it's a battle from a stubborn child. It is the taste buds that

don't like it and there is a good chance they will like it on

another day or prepared differently. This likely will get the child

to at least try it again on other days.

 

I haven't had to use it much but when that time comes I plan to!

 

good luck,

Hilary

>

>

> Hello I'm Yolnada in Va.You ladies are always giving good advice

from

> personal experience. My problem is with our 4 yr old son. Over

the

> last 2 months he hardly wants to eat anything for dinner. He

says no

> to all vegetables, pasta, spaghetti sauce, benas, rice and even

fish.

> On the other hand it would eat oatmeal for every meal if I let

him.

> This is a child that loved vegetables! My 2.5 yr old son eats

> everything I cook even tofu. Any suggestions? Please

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yolanda,

 

If you are trying for a healthy smoothie that he will actually drink

you might try adding 2 scoops of " Smoothie Infusion " by Sequel

(makers of Vega products). It is less expensive than the other Vega

stuff, it has Omega 3's, green foods, fibre and protein, and my 4 and

8 yr old boys will actually drink it. There is a simple smoothie

recipe on the back of the package, using 1 c water, 1/2 c OJ,

1/4 c blueberries, and one banana, and some ice. They would not

drink it like that, but when I upped the OJ to 1 c, and cut back the

water to 1/2 c, suddenly it was ok, and they will actually drink it.

Since I have not been successful in getting either one to eat

adequate greens, I have decided this will do for now, the older one

is just starting to eat lettuce. (Their Dad is very veggie

adverse, I think they have super sensitive taste buds and hence are

very picky, me I will eat anything. I find all the statements by

experts that after 10-15 tries your child will like any food you

present very frustrating. I am beyond 50 taste tests on many foods

and no such luck, but I keep trying.)

 

I recently started reading " Just Two More Bites " , a book on the picky

child, and she says it is quite normal for periodic pickiness ever in

a formerly good eater. Of course, my 8 yr old has always been picky

so it's a rather long phase!

 

Regards,

Christine

[Guest guest]

Yes, I let her help in the kitchen in lots of ways. She even has her

own Pampered Chef's child's knife. But the blender noise is an

unhappy noise for her. I bought her a toy blender that makes noise to

help with that. If she does help me, she will take one sip. If I make

one for me and don't offer it to her and make good sounds, she will

ask for some but only take the one drink. If I bring her a glass of

her own, she want touch it. When she was little, I had to supplement

my breastmilk and she would only take that cold from the fridge. She

likes soy ice cream and fruit slices from the freezer and she loves

all the ingredients you mention. I guess she will grow into them - I

hope

 

Carrol

 

, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote:

>

> have you tried letting her make the smoothie? i use yogurt, frozen

blueberries, a small piece of frozen banana, a bit of frozen peach

and soymilk.

>

> rtillmansmail <rtillmansmail wrote: --- In

, Denise Pomerantz <dmpomerantz@>

> wrote:

> (I dont know a child that doesnt like smoothies).

>

> Oh, if only... I have never been able to get my daughter to accept

a

> smoothie of any cconcoction. She loves tofu, soy yogurt, bananas

and a

> variety of other fruit and many juices and almond butter. She also

> likes cold food. What to do? I really planned to use smoothies to

hide

> food. Any suggestions to make them more acceptable to her?

> Carrol

 

> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell?

> Check outnew cars at Autos.

>

>

[Guest guest]

For the girl who doesn't like smoothies, but does like ice cream:

 

Get an ice cream maker - I got the freezer kind from Goodwill for 50

cents, but any kind will work. Turn smoothie into delicious frozen

treat!

 

Pops work too - usually in the summer you can find the popscicle molds

with no-drip bottoms in grocery and dollar stores. Smoothie mix into

pop mold, and the kid gets " ice cream " that's really a meal. (Easier,

but takes longer than the ice cream maker.)

 

Pretending the frozen smoothie is a forbidden treat doesn't hurt, either.