Comments on: A Little Man Redefines Picky Eating

By: 25jill

25jill — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:45:45 +0000

Thanks so much for your encouraging posts! I have been feeling like the most inadequate mom in the world because I am not the world’s greatest cook, and I thought my kids weren’t eating because of me. Whewwww! There’s hope for the future!

By: The Mom Crowd » Feeding a Toddler is Stressful

The Mom Crowd » Feeding a Toddler is Stressful — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:33:25 +0000

[...] when one day they love strawberries only to push them away the next day. My friend Myra wrote a phenomenal guest blog post here about her son’s picky eating habits. I think about that post often. Annabelle isn’t that picky, but I now understand better where [...]

By: Blogs I Like, Just That Simple | EvolvingMom.com

Blogs I Like, Just That Simple | EvolvingMom.com — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:58:45 +0000

[...] and their topics. I found this blog very easy to relate to and especially enjoyed the posts about Amanda’s Picky Eater, the competitive parenting that exist between moms, and a simple straw sippy cup [...]

By: Jenell

Jenell — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:09:33 +0000

Surprise! Yes, it’s your cousin in ohio. My oldest daughter was a mess. Wouldn’t nurse as a newborn. Took me 3 months to convince her that breast milk was good or at least the nipple! I pumped much – she took a bottle fine. I got a little nipple cap I used and got her started on that and eventually she took to nursing and used a bottle. Was very convenient. When baby food came along we were back at square one. She wouldn’t open her mouth to eat. At 3 I finally had it and did the same thing you did – no snacks till the food I cooked was eaten. Milk between meals but not at meals. Vitamins – she ate those. She ate her normal pbj sandwich at noon on a Friday and I cooked a supper Friday night. She didn’t eat again until Tues. morning. I got in her face and told her I loved her and she WILL eat to grow. She threw a tizzy fit, I paddled her bottom and she said “ok momma!” She ate it all without another comment and ate two bowls of her favorite cereal after that. She never went that long again although she did skip a meal or two here and there after that. I think in her case it was a battle of the wills. She’ll be 17 next week and about 2 years ago she thanked me for making her learn to eat. (no, she doesn’t recall the incident) She still is somewhat picky but never gags and will try food on her plate – at least in public or her friends home. She did great in Nicaragua last summer! There’s hope!

By: McKenna

McKenna — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:12:10 +0000

Is he sensitive to anything else? Like loud noises, or tags on his clothes or swinging or sliding or any visual sensitivities? I ask because a lot of kids with food aversions also have other sensitivities. Occupational therapists usually are the ones to really address sensory and texture issues and have a whole bag full of tricks! I’ve picked up a few along the way. One is to explore a variety of non-food textures in his mouth…like vibrating toothbrushes and washcloths and slippery items (you have to think outside the box) and then trying to get to a place where he’s not so sensitive to the texture. I know he’s older than Darah, but that may make it more fun! Speech and feeding are very related! I would get so frustrated when people would tell me to just let Darah get hungry enough and she’d eat because that just isn’t true for all kids. I haven’t really held out on Connor though, so maybe that would work with him…but I’m a little over the feeding battle, so I am just caving in and giving him his goldfish and yogurt…and probably making it all worse. LOL!