Take yesterday for example. A hearty breakfast of home-made bircher muesli, marmite on toast and apple juice. A decent lunch of croissant, Philadelphia, watermelon, yoghurt and some crackers. A satisfying tea of eggy bread with cheese, more watermelon, a fruit and veg smoothie and some rice pudding. For DD, a day of feasting.
But the day before? Famine. Two spoons of muesli, no toast. No lunch AT ALL. Watermelon and bread for tea. That's it.
Is she in training for some kind of strange eating biathlon? Two disciplines - eating and not eating? At least I can satisfy myself that over the course of a week she's likely to be getting a decent amount of nutritious grub. Enough to keep her zooming around the house at least.
We WILL tackle eating adult meals eventually. But for now I'll take the 'every other day' diet and a toddler full of energy.
How well does your toddler eat? Do they have bizarre eating patterns or do they tuck-in to whatever you offer them?
Posted at the Fussy Eaters Support Club.
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ReplyDeleteI know I'm just the same, some days I'm cool about it, other days I'm pulling my hair out! Most people seem to agree that it's a phase. I think with DD she's just not that interested in food. She'd rather play to be honest. Thanks for visiting today x
ReplyDeleteI share your pain! ;o) x Sorry it's late!
ReplyDeletewe still share the same problem as you, and it's also one day brilliant, one day awful. and from one day to the next I may not care about it and then the next day I do so much. I can only try and keep in mind that children grow out of these phases, much the same as they stop wearing nappies evenutally, and stop using dummies etc etc. nice to catch up with your blog. x
ReplyDeleteWow thank you for this detailed comment. Your therapy sounds really interesting. Have you written about it at all? Or would you consider writing a guest post for Bod for tea? Let me know if you're interested.
ReplyDeleteI am a Brit living in USA and wanted to share a little; my 2nd child was a fussy eater but always gained weight. We moved around a lot and pediatricians were never too concerned but I was. He only liked a handful of foods and would never try new things (although he had in the baby food stages). It made mealtimes stressful (to say the least) and also limited where we could eat out with our other kids.
ReplyDeleteOn the advice of a Dr who listened we started food therapy - very expensive, very American but also very insightful. Meat is a common problem - a lot of the textures of food are issues for toddlers - where they place the food in their mouths, if they can use the right muscles for chewing etc. Also a bigger issues for premies later in life.
Anyhow - we had about a year of therapy - working on range of foods and chewing patterns etc - it is most complex. Here's the thing - most pediatricians in USA at least only have a half day tuition on child nutrition - most are clueless on these issues with kids.
Email me if you want further information or I can share anything I learnt. It was horrible to need this 'therapy' but we, as a family learnt A TONNE.
Seriously easy to make! Handful of quick-cook porridge oats mixed with raisins in a bowl. Soaked overnight in enough milk to just cover. In the morning stir in yoghurt and grated apple. Done!
ReplyDeleteHome made bircher muesli? I salute you. I tried that stuff the other day for the first time and it was amazing...
ReplyDeleteBB is like that, one day she eats the fridge the next day all about boob!
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I know this story only too well. Yesterday she ate toast, cereal, pumpkin soup, chicken and vegetables, yoghurt. So far today she's cried at the thought of eating anything except having her milk. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteWeird eh? DD's well past boob stage but still one day on, one day off. Not sure she's eating the fridge though... small steps and all that! Thanks for dropping by. How's novel coming on?
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one. Perhaps their little tummy's can only cope with so much? Who knows!
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