i need advice

ok my dd is 1 and she is a picky eater. she will only eat fruit and eggos maybe a pancake and snacks. any advice on how to get her to eat actual meals and actual food. Vegetables would be nice too. i feel like she isnt getting all her nutrients bc she wont eat veggies. please help.

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theres that cook book by Jerry Sienfields wife, where she hides veggies in foods like cookies and stuff, DH has a friend who did this and he tasted some of the treats and he said they were good

I just don't know if its a good idea to teach a 1 year old to eat junk food all the time just so you can get good food into them.

Maybe just keep trying a lot of new things and try them cooked, and raw.. maybe take her to the grocery store and let her pick healthy stuff that she wants to try

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i totally agree. she doesnt eat junk food she eats snacks the graduate snacks which are all basically all fruit. i actually tried green beans and she seemed to like them. so i guess it is just trial and error. thanks for the advice. i will def look for that book i have heard about it before.

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Will she eat Mac & Cheese? That's where I hide DD's veggies.

I X-posted this to Parenting for you, maybe you'll get some other moms of picky eaters to share some of their tricks.

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Ahh.. the glories of a picky eater!!

I found that with my sons, it wasn't so much that they didn't LIKE the veggie as they didn't like the LOOKS of it or the IDEA of trying something new.

I also have a deal with the kids. They have to try 3 bitty bites of something before they can decide that they don't like it.

When they were little I sometimes played the guess what it is game. They closed their eyes at supper and I gave them a little bite of everything I made to see if they could 'figure out' what I made. It is amazing how often you discover that it isn't the FOOD they don't like - but they way it looks! So I try to make it LOOK appealling to a kid. Like I will make a face on the plate. Chicken pieces for eyes, a little tomato crafted mouth, a piece of potato for a nose and broccoli hair. Then you say "OH NO! you are eating his hair!!"

I also hide veggies in things. Thin slices of eggplant under chicken cutlet parmesan, bite sized pieces of zucchini in a pasta toss, etc.

Making dips works too - hummus, guacamole and spinach dip are the things that my kids dip their pretzels in.

If all else fails.. I tell them that whatever food I want them to eat will probably make them fart a lot. It works like a charm.

Message edited 4/25/2008 8:35:12 AM.

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Posted by rojerono



If all else fails.. I tell them that whatever food I want them to eat will probably make them fart a lot. It works like a charm.

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that is great i will def try it. thanks for the advice.