Re: sweet tooth :-/

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Posted by Kate on May 21, 2002 at 20:56:13:

In Reply to: Re: sweet tooth :-/ posted by John-Paul on May 21, 2002 at 13:00:34:

When I mixed it up so well that it couldn't be picked through he just didn't eat any of the food. I got worried about him, so I offered him his favorites by hand (snow peas and collards). He would eat some of the peas, but none of the collards. I managed to get a few bites of them into him by sticking them into his mouth while he was still chomping on the peas. Strawberries were the only other thing he willingly ate.

He is somewhat of a picky eater. I've heard that being offered limited foods as a young iglet can cause this, and for his first six months he was fed nothing but carrots. :-( (I didn't have him then, so you know.) I've introduced him to lots of new foods, but he doesn't like all of them. He's better about his veggies than he is about his greens. And he's stubborn. If he doesn't like some of the things in his salad and he can't pick through it, he simply refuses to eat. I went through this when I first tried to give him a nice, healthy salad. I had to try each type of food individually to figure out which ones he was willing to eat. We went through collards, mustard greens, escarole, endive, carrot greens, bok choy and a few others. There weren't many he liked, so it's been hard to give him a variety. One of the ones he did like was bok choy, but we know not to give him much of that. He was pretty enthusiastic about the collards and endive, fortunately. He seemed to really like them a lot for quite some time, but now he won't eat them... I don't understand it. :-(

Kate

: Start mixing it up so well that it cannot be picked through, and eventually you better start giving him/her a bigger variety of foods so he/she isn't so dependent on any particular food item. Expand his horizons at bit, he'll likely find many things he likes.

: John-Paul

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How old is he? The only time I've had problems with my Ig eating is during JNelson 05/21/02 (6)
- About 3 years... not 100% sure n/p Kate 05/21/02 (5)
  - Then my vote is he's in season. Have you found any plugs lately? np JNelson 05/22/02 (4)
    - Re: Then my vote is he's in season. Have you found any plugs lately? np Kate 05/22/02 (3)
      - I remember worrying about this last year. Baby didn't eat but a few bites JNelson 05/23/02 (2)
        
        He's finally eaten again. Kate 05/23/02 (1)
        
        Great! Glad to hear it. np JNelson 05/23/02 (0)

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: When I mixed it up so well that it couldn't be picked through he just didn't eat any of the food. I got worried about him, so I offered him his favorites by hand (snow peas and collards). He would eat some of the peas, but none of the collards. I managed to get a few bites of them into him by sticking them into his mouth while he was still chomping on the peas. Strawberries were the only other thing he willingly ate. : He is somewhat of a picky eater. I've heard that being offered limited foods as a young iglet can cause this, and for his first six months he was fed nothing but carrots. :-( (I didn't have him then, so you know.) I've introduced him to lots of new foods, but he doesn't like all of them. He's better about his veggies than he is about his greens. And he's stubborn. If he doesn't like some of the things in his salad and he can't pick through it, he simply refuses to eat. I went through this when I first tried to give him a nice, healthy salad. I had to try each type of food individually to figure out which ones he was willing to eat. We went through collards, mustard greens, escarole, endive, carrot greens, bok choy and a few others. There weren't many he liked, so it's been hard to give him a variety. One of the ones he did like was bok choy, but we know not to give him much of that. He was pretty enthusiastic about the collards and endive, fortunately. He seemed to really like them a lot for quite some time, but now he won't eat them... I don't understand it. :-( : Kate : : Start mixing it up so well that it cannot be picked through, and eventually you better start giving him/her a bigger variety of foods so he/she isn't so dependent on any particular food item. Expand his horizons at bit, he'll likely find many things he likes. : : John-Paul

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