when you say a child "will only eat" something, what happens whan they are offered something other than the favourite? My daughter went through a fussy stage aged about 4, and when she refused her tea, I said fine, but nothing else until this is eaten, so when she wanted a snack before bed, I offered to get the cold fish fingers out of the fridge. She refused, so I said fine, but nothing else until this is eaten, so when she got up for breakfast I offered the cold fish fingers out of the fridge. She ate them because she was hungry and I didn't make a song and dance but just said it might have been nicer if she'd eaten them while they were still hot. The next time she refused her tea, I only had to mention the prospect of cold macaroni cheese for breakfast and there was no stopping her eating it. This rule still applies to all 3 of our children:
Nothing else until you eat the standard portion of all the healthy stuff; plus if you ask for more or ask for something else afterwards, you have to eat it all.
We don't do food waste - that sends a really poor message to our children.
We don't do different foods for different people (even our 2 year old has been eating family food with the family for well over a year).
We don't do treats and sweet stuff instead of healthy meals - we tell our kids about the need for a balanced diet and practice what we preach as an example to them, although a little something else if you're still hungry is fine.
If they are hungry, they will eat normal healthy food, honestly - a little strict self control and example setting now will hopefully save all kinds of food issues later..
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I have the same problems with my 3 kids. My best answer for you would be, go to Oprah.com, and look up under the food section for a book called "Deceptively delicious", by J.Seinfeld. (forgot her name). I checked it out a few days ago, and its got great tips that sound really easy to do. There are even recipes that are listed with how to videos. Good luck!
I have a book written in part by Lorraine Kelly called "junk ffree childrens eating plan". ISBN number 978-0-7535-1296-8. I have an 11year old and a 15year old. My 11 year old will still only eat bananas, and carrots as fruit and veg. And she eats only fishfingers and chicken dippers. The only thing she has on sandwiches is soft cheese spread. We all watched the BBC3 programme "freaky eaters" a week or so ago about someone who was 'afraid''of food (which I think is my daughters problem also). It made her think quite a lot and I am slowly trying peas, sweetcorn, chicken (not in batter or breadcrumbs) and some grated cheese mixed with the softcheese on sandwiches. It is hard work, but we are getting slowly there. Good luck and don;t let it carry on until she is 11 ! I will be looking for answers on here also xx
I bought this book "First Meals" Annabel Karmel. She has the best recipes that kids will eat. I guess it's more mashed up for younger children, but you could just follow the recipe and not puree the food. I have even thought about serving some of the meals for my husband and I, yum! I would just go and buy cookbooks.
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If healthy food is all there is, they'll eat it. Just STOP BUYING all the crap like chocolate spread.
Make sure the whole family sit down at the table to eat together as often as possible. Turn the TV off. Make it an occasion. Make sure you all have the same thing. If someone doesn't want theirs fair enough, but there's nothing else and definitely no pudding unless they've made a reasonable fist of eating what's on their plate.
If your daughter won't eat meat it's probably because it needs chewing. Go with mince (spag boll, chilli con carne, that sort of thing). Sausages are fine - buy the good ones. Make a toad-in-the-hole or a sausage casserole. Grilled chicken fillets are good - if you do small strips, you just tell her it's dippers with no jumpers on.
My son wouldn't eat cheese, but loved pizza (yes, I know) so we called it Pizza Marguerita and didn't mention the word cheese. it was 2 yrs before my ex-BIL went and let the cat out of the bag.
You can hide lentils and bulgar wheat in stews etc to give them some extra iron. Tinned tomatoes chopped fine disappear into the bolognaise and the chilli. However, I wouldn't actively "hide" all the veg. Have you tried letting her have her veg raw? bits of cheese and slices of apple make a good snack. Bananas make fantastic sandwiches, and a layer of sliced banana under the cheese on cheese on toast is brilliant.
If the boys will try anything that looks good, then pay attention to what your cooking looks like! .
slowly replace the "bad" foods from your pantry, a few days of skipping the junk food to help her realize that there are new options won't hurt your daughter, and if the boys will eat new things in front of her that will help too. Maybe have her help prepare the new foods, and she might want to try them more, make sure she's got her vitamins!
You are not alone on this issue with kids.
This isn't going to answer your question completely but I thought I'd lend my opinion, and hope it helps. If you are worried about their health because of their diet, like I do with my kids, I make sure they take a daily multi-vitamin. If you look around you can buy juices that have vitamin's or calcium added to it too.
So if they drink a lot of not too good stuff switch it to healthy drinks. I don't know how often you can do it but if you get them to eat together with friends that makes a little difference sometimes in their willingness to eat fruits and veggies, offered in snack style with dips. You can even make the fruit dip a heated dark chocolate sauce, that works good. But you can't always have friends over every day and be feeding them too. But it maybe worth a try sometimes.
It's amazing what the kids will eat together at a sleepover yet turn their nose up to it if it was just offered on a normal basis. Like big breakfasts for instance where they would normally have nothing but a glass of milk.
I have similar problems with my kids and their food habits but I have found those things work. What I have found works well is that I have never offered pop to my kids ever. They get either healthly juice, or milk (I add chocolate powder to it sometimes), or they drink water. It's kind of odd because when my 12 year goes to a birthday party she is about the only one who drinks either water of juice instead of pop, she's gotten used to it now and likes the healthy drinks. My 3 year old will also not be given much if any pop ever, but he is the second one I may give in..... But I have to be careful too with him he has severe allergies to peanuts and nuts making meals that much more challenging.
I am glad you asked this question, some good ideas have been posted here by others, thanks.
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I like to offer small personalized snacks. If i let my daughter help with the preparation, she is always more likely to eat it. Have you try'd celery and peanut butter? Or that fruit/veggie juice?
good luck!
Make the meal that you are planning and tell her that that is what is for dinner. If she dosn't eat it then she can be excused from the table. Don't give her any options if she is hungry then she will eat what is put in front of her. or she will at least try it.
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