Picky eater

My 4 yr old will skip meals if she doesn’t want what I cook and I know how to cook good not to brag but most recently she skipped dinner because she did not want cheesy spaghetti 🍝 for dinner and it was not spicy at all…her go tos are chicken nuggets, pizza and mac and cheese and PB&J…she loves chocolate/strawberry milk, juice and sometimes water…she also like bananas 🍌 avocado 🥑, strawberries 🍓 and blackberries but I cook a variety of foods including collard greens, cabbage…she needs more foods to soften her 💩…because it’s affecting her potty training since she won’t poop in the potty but will pee…please any advice mamas on how to get her out of her picky eating habits?

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I deal with it too, I have stopped stressing about my daughters eating habits bc she will grow out of it, I’m sorry I know the feeling but it use to stress me out a lot so I just gave her the foods she likes, I also water down her juice a lot to help with poop, side note my daughter didn’t poop in the potty until she was ready at almost 5, meet her where she is at. Good luck 🙂

One thing to try is to ask her to feed it to her dolly or stuffed animal. Ask her to feed it to you. Something about that makes her curious about what it feels/tastes like. Sometimes they are scared about getting something in their mouth that tastes bad. Seeing someone else do it makes it seem safe. Kids like sweet flavors. Let her put ketchup or BBQ sauce on her food and she might be more into it.

I always just try to leave a safe food on the plate. I’m not one to jump straight to “your kid needs a diagnosis!”, but the fact that shes willing to skip a meal tips me off just a little bit. I have struggled with ARFRID my entire life and this behavior is SOO me. Sometimes it’s purely aversions so I can only eat my safe food, even if I like the food I’m trying to eat. Sometimes I still can’t? But my saving grace for myself, is leaving just a food option available on the plate that I know I can eat. That way I can still pick around at the other things. Sometimes I do want them once I see them a few times. I also do grab ensure drinks just to make sure if I’m in a weird eating day, I’m still getting what I need. Or is there any way to kind of “recreate” her favorite dishes by “hiding” other good ingredients? I’m so sorry if I just rambled. I know this is such a tough one to deal with mama.

Give her pear juice for her poop (its a WONDERFUL safe laxative) and if she wants to skip a meal dont worry about it. Try to look at her intake over a 7 day span, not a 24 hour span. We think they need to eat more than they actually need to eat.

Just keep trying honestly and when they tell you they are hungry later offer the same meal they skipped. Get them to help prepare meals it can really make a difference. Put a smaller portion on the place so it's less intimidating

@Tori what is Arfrid

@Kenni ohh ok I didn’t know I thought only prune juice…I will try that thank you mama

@Myrrhia ok thanks mama will try that

@Yasmina yes its very effective so dont go overboard just a few oz, and dont water it down

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