Feed the kid

[Bobby J]

Brody just turned 3 and he does not like to eat. He is skinny as can be but prefers to just get by. We have brought him to the docs and they came back with all these possible ideas but really were no help. I say he is just skinny and does not like to eat. Any tips? Help?!

 

[chrisv]

Sounds just like our 5 year old- it's amazing how little he gets by on. The 2 year old eats more than me

 

[InletBchDweller]

Little IBD used to be the same way. My mama told me that when she is hungry she will eat. Will he eat vitamins or drink a vitamin shake??

 

[NoHall]

I've always heard that a child will not starve himself (provided he has access to food.)

My youngest nephew, age 4, challenges the basic definition of "picky"--he will only eat things that are orange (Cheetos, Cheez Its, candy corn, etc.) and Texas Toast. (Bleh!!!) He's the size of a standard 7 year old (the same size as Hop's Cowboy, but 3 months younger.)

Hang in there. Give him Flintstones vitamins, and he won't starve. He'll hit a growth spurt eventually and eat you out of house and home.

Good luck!

 

[scooterbug44]

If you don't want to make him eat, I suggest still having regular meals and snack times, where he has to "taste" some of his food, but isn't forced to eat it all. And he has to sit there w/ the food in front of him until everyone else is done - might eat some more.

Maybe fun cooking activities too - we used to "help" and graze at the same time.

 

[InletBchDweller]

I've always heard that a child will not starve himself (provided he has access to food.)

My youngest nephew, age 4, challenges the basic definition of "picky"--he will only eat things that are orange (Cheetos, Cheez Its, candy corn, etc.) and Texas Toast. (Bleh!!!) He's the size of a standard 7 year old (the same size as Hop's Cowboy, but 3 months younger.)

Hang in there. Give him Flintstones vitamins, and he won't starve. He'll hit a growth spurt eventually and eat you out of house and home.

Good luck!

Flinstone vitamins :sick::sick: Have you had one of those lately. They are disgusting. Actually I have a whole bottle I can mail you...You know they make vitamins in gummy form now.

 

[NoHall]

Flinstone vitamins :sick::sick: Have you had one of those lately. They are disgusting. Actually I have a whole bottle I can mail you...You know they make vitamins in gummy form now.

I haven't had one in a long time--I used to LOVE them. I think my nephew actually takes the gummy vitamins.

They also have gummy bear type things that have a full serving of fruits and/or veggies. One of my BFFs gets them from one of those health food companies. The brown veggie ones are pretty nasty, but some of the rest are okay.

 

[seagrovegirl]

BobbyJ, he sounds like my neice, MiniChick....although she is very healthy and loves fruit and carrots. I would suggest not forcing him, he already knows what his little body needs. Vitamins are a good idea...forget the Flintstones stuff...go to the "Health of It" and get their suggestions for vitamins that don't have dye, etc......

If he wants chicken fingers, give him chicken fingers and try to make other foods look like chicken fingers. Good luck! I obviously didn't have this problem with my baby boy!

 

[aggieb]

i don't have any children, so i can't really suggest, i do have nephews though, one never eats and the other would eat you out of house and home.

i have seen this before and it seems interesting enough.
http://www.deceptivelydelicious.com/site/

 

[TooFarTampa]

My 5 year old is very picky -- he's gotten better in recent years but it's still sometimes a struggle to get him to eat.

From age 1 to about 3.5 he subsisted on fruit and waffles with peanut butter. The doctor told me that if he ate that every day for the rest of his life, he would be just fine. I stopped worrying after that.

He still doesn't eat much meat other than hot dogs and some chicken, but he loves fruit, cheese, broccoli, carrots, milk, cereals, yogurt etc, and eats a PB&J sandwich every day for lunch. :roll: Spaghettios are the default dinner. Tonight he ate his quesadilla and he has recently discovered fish sticks. It's been small incremental victories ... your little guy will get there!