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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 548710" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Forcing the issue makes it worse. At least... that's happened in every case I know about.</p><p></p><p>But I totally agree that you don't need to be cooking two completely separate menus.</p><p></p><p>Breakfast shouldn't be a problem by the sounds of it, so load that meal with all the high-nutrition elements, including eggs. Other than vitamin C, eggs are about the most complete "dietary supplement" known to man. In the developing world, an egg a day will actually be "prescribed" for a sickly child.</p><p></p><p>After that? Some combo of what's available (on the table - your menu) and what the kid can provide for himself, works.</p><p></p><p>And then... you ARE allowed to get creative.</p><p>Kids who won't eat veggies will sometimes eat frozen ones... <em>still frozen</em>. Same food value, but frozen veggies don't taste like veggies and don't have the texture of veggies. They taste... frozen. Works particularly well with peas, corn, and diced carrots. It would at least be "something".</p><p>You are allowed to "hide" one food within another - this is not the same as forcing him to eat it. Example: if the kid will "only" eat mac'n'cheese, you can add pureed veggies to the mix without the child knowing. White veggies (cooked cauliflower) and/or cheese-colored veggies (sweet potatoes, carrots) are necessary so they can't be "seen" - sorry, no way to hide broccoli!</p><p>You are even allowed to play games with food. I know a mom who would rave over a detested veggie, then leave one small piece on the edge of her plate (toward the picky eater who was beside her)... leave the table to "get something" while loudly proclaiming that "that piece had BETTER be there when I get back"... and lo and behold, the kid snitches it just to get a reaction. Manipulation? sort of, but in a healthy way... the kid still "chose" to eat it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 548710, member: 11791"] Forcing the issue makes it worse. At least... that's happened in every case I know about. But I totally agree that you don't need to be cooking two completely separate menus. Breakfast shouldn't be a problem by the sounds of it, so load that meal with all the high-nutrition elements, including eggs. Other than vitamin C, eggs are about the most complete "dietary supplement" known to man. In the developing world, an egg a day will actually be "prescribed" for a sickly child. After that? Some combo of what's available (on the table - your menu) and what the kid can provide for himself, works. And then... you ARE allowed to get creative. Kids who won't eat veggies will sometimes eat frozen ones... [I]still frozen[/I]. Same food value, but frozen veggies don't taste like veggies and don't have the texture of veggies. They taste... frozen. Works particularly well with peas, corn, and diced carrots. It would at least be "something". You are allowed to "hide" one food within another - this is not the same as forcing him to eat it. Example: if the kid will "only" eat mac'n'cheese, you can add pureed veggies to the mix without the child knowing. White veggies (cooked cauliflower) and/or cheese-colored veggies (sweet potatoes, carrots) are necessary so they can't be "seen" - sorry, no way to hide broccoli! You are even allowed to play games with food. I know a mom who would rave over a detested veggie, then leave one small piece on the edge of her plate (toward the picky eater who was beside her)... leave the table to "get something" while loudly proclaiming that "that piece had BETTER be there when I get back"... and lo and behold, the kid snitches it just to get a reaction. Manipulation? sort of, but in a healthy way... the kid still "chose" to eat it. [/QUOTE]
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