I've got one of the pickiest eaters that I know. He is 27 months old and he won't eat any fruit of vegetable that isn't pureed baby food. He won't eat macaroni and cheese (except sometimes if he dips it in ketchup) grilled cheese, or any kind of noodles! Luckily he does eat breakfast foods good, but this pretty much leaves us with Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and chicken nuggets for lunch and dinner!
This is really something that my wife and I struggled with. We did all kinds of research to see what we were doing wrong and made some changes to see if we could get him to eat better. Nope. Nothing works, but we still feed him baby food so he does still get some nourishment.
This brings me to an article I found on the New York Times about picky eaters. Its a bit out-dated, but it still applies. You've got to read about how picky these kids are! my son eats GREAT compared to those kids. The best thing about this article?? it mentions a study that concluded that picky eating is...
78% genetic and 22% environmental!!
Isn't this great news? Not only does this mean that we're probably not doing anything wrong, it also means that its all my wife's fault! (sorry, honey) While she is a bit better now, she was very picky as a child, but don't worry I won't hold it against her too much... a better husband wouldn't do that, right?
Do you have picky eaters? How do you get them to eat?
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