Formely good eater turned picky?

grbnik

Is there an age when good eaters turn picky?  I had a great eater on my hands; both DH and I thought we were blessed with this food connoisseur of toddlers.  Then, just this week, he started refusing things he normally loved (won't eat carrots, peas, meats, etc).  He will eat sweets if offered.  I have refused to give him sweets at dinner (and need to check with daycare to see if he is eating well there, they haven't said otherwise) but he has refused almost all of his dinner!  He may take a bite, but then spits it out.  This kid was an awesome eater.  I could give him fish, veggies, spicy foods, and he gobbled it up!!  What gives?  

Note:  He was on Cefitinr, that ended on Wed.  Also, I started giving him his iron drops in a little juice in the mornings.  I stopped that as well, thinking it may be the issue. 

Mrs.Reem

At our last peds appt our Dr said that they start to get more selective around 18mos. Probably your guy is just ahead of the curve.

grbnik

That is good to know!!  Any tricks around this?  I am worried about his nutrition, and not getting rounded meals. 

Victoria6F

I know you said you didn't want to give him sweets; with saying that, (I learned this from somone else on here) I'll give Ella an applesauce packet, or some fruit, when she's not eating the majority of her dinner, she will eat the applesauce, fruit.. ect once that's gone, she'll want something else, and that's when she eats the rest of her dinner. Does that make sense?

ss+el

Victoria6F:

I know you said you didn't want to give him sweets; with saying that, (I learned this from somone else on here) I'll give Ella an applesauce packet, or some fruit, when she's not eating the majority of her dinner, she will eat the applesauce, fruit.. ect once that's gone, she'll want something else, and that's when she eats the rest of her dinner. Does that make sense?

We do this too. If Nicholas is having a picky day, I'll put a banana on his plate with lunch. He'll eat the banana first and then the entree. Half the time, he actually cleans his plate. 

I also just quit trying with a few foods and then reintroduce them later as "new" or a "treat" and sometimes he'll start eating them again.

nickschick!

Wes is just like this! He used to eat everything now it's fruit, fruit, or fruit. I just keep offering a variety and hope for the best!

skh_emj_2009

NicksChick!:

Wes is just like this! He used to eat everything now it's fruit, fruit, or fruit. I just keep offering a variety and hope for the best!

Yep - it's often this way at our house, too.  And unlike some of the others, I've found that starting with something she especially likes seems to make her less likely to eat something else... I start with the peas/carrots/beans and just hope she's hungry enough to stuff some of those in her mouth to begin the meal.  Then we move on to fruit for "dessert."  We are definitely in the midst of a change, though, I can see that.