MrsC06

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Fussy eater

Posted: 06/01/2012 at 17:16

Thank you. It's certainly worth a try!

Hi ladies,
I've posted in toddler but I know it can be a bit quieter in there so I'm hoping that one of you guys can help.

My youngest son is now 16 months and has always been a great eater. I mean that kid would seriously eat anything you'd put in front of him and eat with gusto. Now though I can't get him to eat his meals. He'll always happily eat his breakfast but he won't touch his lunch or dinner. I think it started when he was feeling a bit rubbish with teething. He just looks at the spoon and shakes his head. I try feeding him myself, I try finger food, I try letting him feed himself but he just won't eat! The only things he'll eat are bananas, maybe some other types of fruit but not always, dried fruit, porridge or weetabix, yogurt, and sometimes toast. I cook every meal from scratch (well, more or less!) and as well as worrying about him turning into a 'freaky eater' and worrying about his nutrition and health, I'm getting stressed out at spending so much time preparing meals that just get ignored. Incidentally I've tried ready meals and he's no keener to try them.
Sorry about the essay. I just don't know how to handle this. Apart from the odd, very brief phrase, I never had such bother with his big brother.
Any tips/advice?

Fussy toddler

Posted: 06/01/2012 at 11:54

Hi ladies,
I really hope someone can give me some advice.
My youngest son is now 16 months and has always been a great eater. I mean that kid would seriously eat anything you'd put in front of him and eat with gusto. Now though I can't get him to eat his meals. He'll always happily eat his breakfast but he won't touch his lunch or dinner. I think it started when he was feeling a bit rubbish with teething. He just looks at the spoon and shakes his head. I try feeding him, I try finger food, I try letting him feed himself but he just won't eat! The only things he'll eat are bananas, maybe some other types of fruit but not always, dried fruit, porridge or weetabix, yogurt, and sometimes toast. I cook every meal from scratch (well, more or less!) and as well as worrying about him turning into a 'freaky eater' and worrying about his nutrition and health, I'm getting stressed out at spending so much time preparing meals that just get ignored. Incidentally I've tried ready meals and he's no keener to try them.
Sorry about the essay. I just don't know how to handle this. Apart from the odd, very brief phrase, I never had such bother with his big brother.
Any tips/advice?

Friends and stupid comments

Posted: 30/03/2011 at 06:26

I agree with your friend. Girls shouldn't wear trousers and boys should only have blue toys.
Women shouldn't be able to drive trucks or go in to politics and all men should go out to work while their wives cook and clean and look after the kids.
And don't even get me started on women being allowed to vote - as if we'd be able to handle such responsibility! How silly.

A labour question for anybody who's done it twice :)

Posted: 07/03/2011 at 12:04

My first was horrible, induced, took 12 hours, forceps, episiotomy, baby in distress, long, painful recovery, in hospital for a week.
Second was amazing, baby popped out after a 2 hour labour, managed with just gas and air, a few stitches, out of the hospital 6 hours later, nipped in to asda on the way home and then managed to make ds1's dinner that same night!
You'll be fine!

Different breakfast idea

Posted: 21/01/2011 at 05:21

Ds1 is having a fussy food phase and hasn't been eating his breakfasts or his dinner much recently.
This morning he had a breakfast tortilla and I think because it was a bit of a novelty he devoured the whole thing. I don't mind too much if he fusses over his lunch and dinner now since he has had a good brekkie.
It was a flour tortilla filled with scrambled egg, beans and cheese and baked in the oven for 5 minutes to let the cheese melt. He LOVED it! He also had a few grapes with it and a yogurt.

How much fruit is too much???

Posted: 21/01/2011 at 05:17

Any colour of pepper except green. Orange seem to be the sweetest, ds1 loves them! I always stick some of them on the side of his plate if he's having a 'lazy mummy' meal like cheese or peanut butter on toast - I feel better if he gets some veg too!

How much fruit is too much???

Posted: 20/01/2011 at 11:21

Carrot sticks met with resistance here as well. Sticks of raw pepper are popular though - much sweeter than carrot but a wee change from fruit...

Will medication help this?

Posted: 20/01/2011 at 08:19

I went to the dr on Monday and he gave me beta blockers to deal with the anxiety and panic attacks but because I'm bf he hasn't yet found an antidepressant I can take.
My biggest problem which I guess is related to the pnd is my feelings towards my eldest child. I thought that when you have a second baby you have enough love for both kids but that doesn't seem to have happened to me and I'm ashamed to say that I've transferred all the love I had for my first child to my second and I have no time at all for the first. I'm contemplating running away and just taking the baby. My poor little boy is only 3 but very clever and he is picking up how I feel about him and of course it's making him act up even more which is making me resent him more and so it continues. Is this a symptom of pnd and will medication fix it? I used to love ds1 more than life itself and those feelings seem to have vanished.

clingy baby help

Posted: 19/01/2011 at 10:31

I'm hoping someone can give some advice.
My 20 week old is soooo clingy, he just wants to be held all day and I can hardly put him down. I've tried all sorts, he sits in his bumbo in the bathroom while I have a shower which buys me 5 minutes of peace, he has a play mat, a vibrating rocking chair, a door bouncer - he likes them all but will only stay in any one for 5 minutes at a time - I just can't get anything done.
I've tried to get dressed and ready to go out 3 times today but he's screamed so loudly to be picked up that I've given up trying and me and ds1 are still in jammies. I can't bear the sound of him crying any more.
Please don't anyone patronise me by telling me to enjoy the cuddle time (yes, I know that soon enough he'll be too busy for cuddles) and that the housework can wait (believe me, the housework is waiting, the place is a bombsite) but I need to get dressed, get ds1 dressed, prepare meals, wash clothes, check emails and play with ds1 - these are not things that can wait until ds2 gets over the clingy phase. Also a sling isn't much of a solution because my laundry room is too small to fit in with a baby attached and I won't cook or use knives etc while wearing the bambino.
There must be something I can try??

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