Wednesday, January 23, 2008
HELP PLEASE!
I think I have a picky eater on my hands. I am going to talk to Olivia's pediatrician next month, but thought you guys would have some good suggestions. She likes feeding herself, but the only thing she really likes is yogurt and her formula. I take that back, she will eat squash and sweet potatoes too. She usually will take just a few bites and then she's done. If I try giving her actual food,food she will taste it, but if she gets an actual bite she gags and pulls it out of her mouth. I don't want her to choke, so I am almost hesitant to try her on a whole lot of things. I've tried giving her mac and cheese by laying it on her tray and all she does is give it to Huck. I've given her graham crackers and she will sog them up some and then is done. She'll do her whole gag and pull it out trick. I don't know what to do...I am at a loss! I bought some new things for her to try today (all baby food) and of course when I tryed feeding it to her she didn't want it. It was fruit medley, I thought since its something sweet she would be more willing to try it. NO such luck. I let her try almost anything I eat, but we always come back to the gag and pull out thing. I am worried since she'll be going off her formula in a few weeks that she won't be getting a balanced and adequate diet. Of course when I talk about this with some of my friends they all tell me their babies LOVED anything that was put in front of them...so that has me worried too! HELP!
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Cam never had any issues with food at all. He loved everything. Daws never ate baby food. He HATED it!!! We tried and tried and tried and he would do the gag thing too but he would actually throw up. It was awful. His doc finally told us just to feed him any regular foods that he would eat and we also did the Gerber graduate foods and he liked those alot. I think it was just the texture of the baby food because to this day he does not like apple sauce or mashed potatoes or anything with that kind of consistancy.
Other than that, he's never been too picky until recently. He's 8 years old and likes something one week and says he hates it the next week! DRIVES US BANANAS!!!! Maybe you can try buying Gerber graduates for her....she may like those. Sorry, I can't help more. Let me know what your doc says, I am interested in what he/she says about it.
I can almost predict exactly what your doc will say only because SO many people I know have had similar problems and most docs say the same thing.
Babies have to try something 15 times to get a true taste for it so it all takes time. Usually babies don't become picky this early but the same rules probably apply. He/she will tell you to keep trying, never stop and go to sweeter or junkier foods. You can try really small quanities so not to waste so much but everday try the same 3 or 4 foods explaining how yummy they are to her. Eventually, she will eat most of them.
If it is a consistency thing and she hates just baby food then i would give her small chunks of food. Renee is a month older and she eats chunks of everything. Have you tried spaghetti finely cut up?? Frest fruit, like a banana? Cut up a banana (diced) and put it on her tray and see if she will eat that. I would steer clear of pricey toddler meals like gerber graduates because then you are stuck there.
I have to say that where you decide to take this is SO IMPORTANT. I know more people who allow their children to consume junk over good food than I do parents who insist on good eating.
It is so incredibly sad to me. I mean most of the parents that come here and my friends give up and let them eat whatever they will eat giving excuse over excuse.
I know it is hard and becomes harder. I know that there is not a single parent who decides that it is okay that their child ends up eating chips (that was beside a healthy un touched sandwich), gummis (that was the treat IF they ate) and 3 pop tarts at the end of a given day BUT it is so common to see that.
Our kids will fight us on eating because they can control it. we can't make them eat and we can't and shouldn't make them feel bad about not eating a particular food HOWEVER if only healthy foods are around them, they only have healthy choices.
Good luck. You are at the very beginning where it is usually easier. You might find that if you dice up a can of green beans and try it for 5 days, she ends up loving them.
I totally agree with Sonya. Just keep giving it to her. Avery was the same way at a slightly younger age and with her it ended up being a consistency thing - she just hated baby food. She was completely on table food by 8 months. Olivia is old enough to eat chopped up table food. One thing that Avery LOVED at that age was pasta (the spiral kind - you can get veggie pasta or something like that), mixed with a tiny bit of spaghetti sauce and then diced green beans or peas mixed in. Just keep offering it to her. Gavin ate anything and everything at that age as long as it was baby food but then when he went to table food he refused it - he did the gagging thing too. I hate to say it but you know Gavin - he is still VERY picky. However, I don't give in and let him eat junk in place of good food - he just doesn't get anything if he refuses to eat, but he STILL refuses to eat! Every kid is different, but you just have to keep trying and eventually she will eat. She won't let herself starve!
The longer I am a mom the more I agree with most of the things my doc tells me to do.
for some reason this just works (to keep feeding them)
Heck, I change my mind, I say just hand her some gummy worms, pixie sticks, cookies, cake and doughnuts and let her pig out!!!!
as I always say chocolate fixes everything. Chocolate cake!!!
Haha, I like Cheryl's answer!
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