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Quick Recipes
Asked by R.S. from New York
on August 12, 2006
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I've mentioned in another request that I have a picky 26 month old eater, Maya. I'm looking for easy quick vegeterian recipes for her. She loves her pasta and chicke...
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- Hi, Try Allrecipes.com, it is an awesome site. You are sure to find some "new favorites". Look up "Black bean lasagna"...very good vegetarian dish. Good luck!
- My family can not eat wheat (no bread/pasta/crackers etc) so whatever we make for dinner I make extra for lunches the next day ... but w/o meat... hmmm... I eat (as do...
- My daughter and I are vegetarians too. She hasn't shown too much of a picky side yet, but I have had to be a bit creative. I used a mothering magazine website that's l...
Lunch Ideas
Asked by J.S. from Chicago
on September 26, 2008
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I'm having a difficult time trying to come up with new stuff to eat at home for lunch for my almost 3 year old daughter. She is very picky like me and I remember gett...
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- I never knew what to make for lunch either. It was like having to prepare another whole meal each day, and I was overwhelmed. What I did was create seven different l...
- Don't overlook frozen dinners--the healthy grown up kind. My daughters both loved meatball stroganoff...personally it totally grosses me out but they loved it. Also, ...
- I like to put several small things on their plates - a couple of grapes, a couple of carrot sticks, etc. They don't eat that much (in quantity) at that age. Sometimes ...
Need Advice for Son with Milk Allergy!
Asked by L. from Chicago
on January 12, 2008
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Hi Moms!
After months of on and off vomiting and diarrhea we believe our son has a milk allergy. We will be doing all the allergy testing soon! The doctor wants us ...
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- Good luck witht he allergy testing. Hopefully he will only be allergic to milk. My little guy is allergic to wheat, soy, p-nuts, and egg white. He had a blood test don...
- Hi L., My son has milk AND sugar allergies. Both of those things are in EVERYTHING! We just got really creative. We do a lot of soy. Be wary of people who think s...
- Hi. My husband has a severe dairy allergy (very rare for it to last into adulthood) so we make almost everything without dairy. We buy Tyson chicken tenderloin and n...
6 Year Old Picky Eater
Asked by L.W. from Wausau
on February 29, 2008
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I need help! I don't know what to do. I have a 6 year old who is sooo picky. It's almost like she is scared to try new food. She won't take hot lunch and is scared to ...
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- My son has sensory processing disorder. He also had a rough time after birth sice he was premie and needed oxygen. He is very picky with what he eats and if he tries...
- Seems more like a control issue than anything. My son LIKES to take cold lunch, so regardless of the lunches at school, he'll ask for cold. I allow him one cold lunch ...
- My son is now 6, and is still fairly picky, but as a preschooler, he was down to crackers, peanut butter & carrots for every meal! My husband & I agreed that after h...
Picky Eater
Asked by D.W. from Provo
on June 18, 2008
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My 20 month old son used to be a great eater. But the last two months have been awful. He hardly eats anything. He snacks and will only eat hot dogs. I hate giving...
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- I have 4 kids. My worst is my oldest. If she is yuck, the rest won't eat. We have taught her to not say anything, so that the others will eat. We also found that s...
- My little boy did the same thing when he was about that age and the only thing he would eat was hot dogs and drink milk. I know hot dogs aren't the most nutritious, bu...
- When my son was that age I gave him hotdogs, chicken nuggets, corn dogs, mac-n-cheese just whatever he would eat. They go through phases where they don't eat much eit...
Needing a Little Reassurance About My 1 Year Old.........
Asked by A.J. from Omaha
on November 21, 2008
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Hello, I was hoping to get some reassurance and advice from some other mom's. My daughter is almost 14 months old, over the last few months her eating habits are getti...
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- The way I understand it, the more a parent pushes, the more the kids refuse. I also worried a lot about my son (he's 24 months). His weight went way down (to my eye...
- I don't think you need to worry much about getting her "back on track" because she sounds like she IS on track! 35% in weight and 97% in height sounds exactly like my...
- A., The first thing to do is relax. Children are SO perceptive; they know just how to push our buttons. And they don't starve themselves to death - just worry the...
Picky Eater
Asked by S.R. from Charlotte
on October 6, 2006
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My daughter is almost 4 years old. She refuses to eat anything except chicken nuggets, chips, candy,and all the other junk food inbetween. Her doctor said to let her g...
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- Maybe it would help to not have the chicken nuggets and the chips and candy as choices. having carrots and fruit will help and only having them as choices she will enj...
- My daughter who is 4 does the same thing. If she doesn't say what she wants or she doesn't say yes when you ask her if you like to eat this or that. She will not eat ...
- My daughter is 5 and was a very picky eater for a while, or at least it seemed like it to me. It seemed all the foods she use to love she hated. We did the let her go ...
At Wits End with Picky Eaters
Asked by L.H. from Salt Lake City
on September 2, 2008
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I have twin nine month old boys that are incredibly picky. In the past week they have become the pickiest kids I know. They refuse to eat anything unless it's bread,...
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- Well, first of all, let me say I totally feel for you. I know how frustrating it can be to have a picky eater - the worry, the stress, the endless hours of trying to ...
- curiosity gets the best of most. when you fix their food, give yourself some of what they're having. show how yummy it is, but don't try to encourage them. let them de...
- It sounds like your children may have food sensitivities. It may be a reason they are smaller and refuse food. I have two suggestions which have helped me a lot. I ...
Help for Picky Eaters
Asked by C.D. from Miami
on September 6, 2007
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my 14 month old will still not eat table food,he will only eat his baby food & it has to be beech-nut brand. He will not try any new flavors or brands. Any help or adv...
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- Hi C., I totally understand what you're going through. What I use to do with my son, was to stick with the foods he like and combine it with a new table food something...
- will he eat cheerios or puffs? if he'll eat cheerios, I would crush some up inot fine crumbs and slowly add them to his beechnut to get his used to different textures...
- Hello C.. I can certainly agree with the other moms. I have 3 kids. They were all picky eaters also. Now my oldest and my middle child eat a little better, but I co...
Won't Eat Vegetables
Asked by M.G. from San Francisco
on February 24, 2008
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Hi All, m 5 year-old daughter will not, WILL NOT eat vegetables. We have to darn near pry her mouth open just to get in a few kernels of corn or a couple green beans....
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- There are a couple of books that have good recipes for "hiding" veggies in your children's food - Deceptively Delicious and Sneaky Veggies. I would try it. My friend...
- We sell nutritional supplements that are completely balanced nutrition. Some flavors are designed for kids, and many times we have clients that have very remarkable h...
- Hi, I have the same problem... have you seen that cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld where she purees the veggies and adds them to things? That seems to work really well. ...
