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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Picky Eater
T is 3.5 yrs old and will eat almost nothing. The pedi told us at his 2 (yes2) year check up he will grow out of it. Some times after dinner(that he wont eat) he will ask for an apple. Its hard to tell him no because its not like he is asking for a cookie or icecream. The only time I will make him a different dinner is if we are having steak. But I dont know what else to do.
Re: Picky Eater
Can't help much with the eating, but Jackson just weighed in at 31 lbs at his 3 year check up.
Jackson has never been a good eater...we cater to what he will eat probably more than we should. Slowly, but surely he is expanding his taste pallet, but there is still a lot of Mac and Cheese, pastas, hotdogs, and hamburger.
My Natalie is super picky, too. At this point, we just give her what she likes. You can't reason with a 2-3 year old. We tried getting her to try new things, but I ended up in tears more than she did. I offer her bites of new things every day, and don't force it if she says no. She pretty much refuses to eat meat of any kind, and won't touch pasta or bread that doesn't have peanut butter on it. When she gets older and can be reasoned with, then she will have to try what we are eating.
Last week she ate fish sticks at daycare (and she loved them and kept asking for more...definitely a victory!), so I made a really big deal about telling her how proud I was of her and then took her to have some pink ice cream (her choice). Then the next day, I told her if she tried another new food, she could have more ice cream. So, we went and picked out something new together. She ate chicken O's (she won't touch a nugget, though) and loved them, so I made a big deal about it again and gave her more ice cream. For the amount of ice cream she actually ate (less than half a scoop), it is worth it for me to basically bribe her to try something new. Who knows how long this will work, but I will take it!
I have heard good things about Carnation and different drinks that help them get their calories in. Have you tried those? My nephew was super picky too, and it just took them a year (yes, year) to get him to grow out of that stage. It must be frustrating and scary though. Have you talked to a nutritionist about it?