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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 388497" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the subject of hiding healthy food in the various meals - I did order the book written by Jessica Seinfeld, "Deceptively Delicious" but by the time it arrived I had re-thought the situation. The problems for us are textures. Her book is probably really good for 'normal' kids, but if the problem is sensory, it's not going to help as much. Also, the amount you can sneak in is really not enough to make much nutritional difference, unless your child is really extreme in vegetable avoidance. Hiding pureed zucchini in brownies is a good idea, it adds moisture; it also can be a useful tool afterwards to say, "You know tat delicious brownie you enjoyed? It had zucchini in it! So maybe zucchini isn't that bad after all."</p><p></p><p>We found other ways to get our kids to eat more vegetables. Firs, work out why they don't like it. If they hate zucchini because it's mushy, then use it either mushed in to something that is OK to be mushy, or cook it so it doesn't go mushy. husband & I were cooking for a lot of teens at camp for a week some years ago and had some leftover dips, plus ten kilos of zucchini to use up. The kids were not eating steamed sliced zucchini because it tastes bland. So I cooked it lightly (so it didn't go mushy) and then folded through the leftover dip to make a creamy sauce. They scoffed it down and wanted more. Now, I know that would never work for difficult child 3 because he hates anything creamy. But easy child 2/difficult child 2, who refuses zucchini in any other form, will happily eat it this way.</p><p></p><p>You find what works. I do recommend you have a look at "Deceptively Delicious" in case there is something you can use; but don't expect it to give you balanced, healthy recipes. It takes the usual junk kids love to eat and makes them a little bit healthier than otherwise, and very tasty too. But I realised - I was already doing that.</p><p></p><p>Different cultures too - I know I keep mentioning it, but there are cultural differences between us and the US and this also involves our food. We use Vegemite, for example - and a favourite after school snack that gets Aussie kids eating their vegetables, is vegetable sticks (celery or carrot) smeared with Vegemite. It mostly adds salt, plus a little soy-like flavour. The easiest way to describe Vegemite is, it tastes like soy sauce would, if it had the consistency of axle grease. But it doesn't taste greasy in any way. It IS salty, but we use it sparingly. Never spread it thick like jam or peanut butter. VERY sparing - so the salt content is not an issue, if you eat it the right way. But it is a reason why most Aussie kids are happy to eat raw vegetables. And for invalids, a Vegemite sandwich is brilliant, in recovery. I always knew I was getting better when I was given a Vegemite sandwich to eat... it always tasted wonderful, the first food permitted after a day's gastric attack. It is loaded with B vitamins too, a great stress-beater.</p><p></p><p>With the low birth weight - if he was light to begin with, don't worry too much. If his position on the percentiles is stable then it doesn't matter if it is outside the normal range, as long as it is outside normal range the same amount all the time. The worry is when this changes - if he goes from 5th percentile to 25th, for example. Or if it goes the other way.</p><p></p><p>Some kids are naturally lighter. We found this with our kids too. difficult child 3 had an outsized head but it did not increase in proportion to the rest of him, so we were told to not worry. His height and weight were always in the same ratio; the doctor only worried when difficult child 3 lost a few kilos in weight while at the same time growing taller.</p><p></p><p>When you can get your kid to suck in their tummies so you can see their spine FROM THE FRONT and the doctor still is not concerned, then you know it's not too much of a problem.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 388497, member: 1991"] On the subject of hiding healthy food in the various meals - I did order the book written by Jessica Seinfeld, "Deceptively Delicious" but by the time it arrived I had re-thought the situation. The problems for us are textures. Her book is probably really good for 'normal' kids, but if the problem is sensory, it's not going to help as much. Also, the amount you can sneak in is really not enough to make much nutritional difference, unless your child is really extreme in vegetable avoidance. Hiding pureed zucchini in brownies is a good idea, it adds moisture; it also can be a useful tool afterwards to say, "You know tat delicious brownie you enjoyed? It had zucchini in it! So maybe zucchini isn't that bad after all." We found other ways to get our kids to eat more vegetables. Firs, work out why they don't like it. If they hate zucchini because it's mushy, then use it either mushed in to something that is OK to be mushy, or cook it so it doesn't go mushy. husband & I were cooking for a lot of teens at camp for a week some years ago and had some leftover dips, plus ten kilos of zucchini to use up. The kids were not eating steamed sliced zucchini because it tastes bland. So I cooked it lightly (so it didn't go mushy) and then folded through the leftover dip to make a creamy sauce. They scoffed it down and wanted more. Now, I know that would never work for difficult child 3 because he hates anything creamy. But easy child 2/difficult child 2, who refuses zucchini in any other form, will happily eat it this way. You find what works. I do recommend you have a look at "Deceptively Delicious" in case there is something you can use; but don't expect it to give you balanced, healthy recipes. It takes the usual junk kids love to eat and makes them a little bit healthier than otherwise, and very tasty too. But I realised - I was already doing that. Different cultures too - I know I keep mentioning it, but there are cultural differences between us and the US and this also involves our food. We use Vegemite, for example - and a favourite after school snack that gets Aussie kids eating their vegetables, is vegetable sticks (celery or carrot) smeared with Vegemite. It mostly adds salt, plus a little soy-like flavour. The easiest way to describe Vegemite is, it tastes like soy sauce would, if it had the consistency of axle grease. But it doesn't taste greasy in any way. It IS salty, but we use it sparingly. Never spread it thick like jam or peanut butter. VERY sparing - so the salt content is not an issue, if you eat it the right way. But it is a reason why most Aussie kids are happy to eat raw vegetables. And for invalids, a Vegemite sandwich is brilliant, in recovery. I always knew I was getting better when I was given a Vegemite sandwich to eat... it always tasted wonderful, the first food permitted after a day's gastric attack. It is loaded with B vitamins too, a great stress-beater. With the low birth weight - if he was light to begin with, don't worry too much. If his position on the percentiles is stable then it doesn't matter if it is outside the normal range, as long as it is outside normal range the same amount all the time. The worry is when this changes - if he goes from 5th percentile to 25th, for example. Or if it goes the other way. Some kids are naturally lighter. We found this with our kids too. difficult child 3 had an outsized head but it did not increase in proportion to the rest of him, so we were told to not worry. His height and weight were always in the same ratio; the doctor only worried when difficult child 3 lost a few kilos in weight while at the same time growing taller. When you can get your kid to suck in their tummies so you can see their spine FROM THE FRONT and the doctor still is not concerned, then you know it's not too much of a problem. Marg [/QUOTE]
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