Frustrated mommy
anaturalme
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Every morning my son wakes up all he asks for is junk. Chips icee pbj sandwiches. Sometimes he asks for fruit but for the most part its junk. He never wants to eat food no matter if I try and bribe him with rewards. I want him to eat nutritious like me and I am getting really frustrated.I cook food he never eats it. What do I do?!? I can't starve him. The doctor said he wont starve but I am putting my foot down on peanut butter sandwiches everyday.
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if you eat healthful foods, why do you keep so much junk in your house in the first place? (i'm not finger-wagging; just genuinely curious.)
maybe you could give him an option of 3 healthy things for breakfast, that way he'll feel in control of his choice and may be more likely to eat at least part of it.
or like others have said ... he won't starve. when his stomach is touching his spine, he'll realize defeat and eat what you offer him. :iconbiggrin:
both of our kids, fortunately, have always been healthy eaters. but i still made it fun sometimes by giving them tooth picks, for example, to eat chopped up fruit or meat. maybe making the delivery "different" will distract him into eating something that he would otherwise reject.
chop up apples and give him a honey-peanut butter dipping sauce for breakfast. i agree that peanut butter isn't necessarily bad (although not a complete nutritionally packed food to eat day in and day out). if he likes cheese, give him apples and cheese (they go great together) or cheese toast on whole grain bread.
good luck.
If you don't keep junk food in the house, he can't eat junk.
Kids will eat good food if good food is available to them and they are hungry. If they are full of junk, then they won't be hungry to eat the good food.
I would give 2 choices for breakfast/lunch..let him pick. If he wants neither than say okay you won't eat until Lunchtime. I've done this...usually my kids pick one and eat it. Not a big deal.
Dinner time...I choose what's for dinner. When mine were 2 and under and they were trying something new...I would alternate bites with something they loved...like a banana. I could get my son to eat anything if I gave a small bite of banana inbetween. This helped broaden his palate...and sometimes...after the first bite or two he would just eat it because he discovered he liked it. Then I would give him the banana at the end.
Good Luck. I know it's hard especially when he gets all junk at daddy's. But at least at your house...he will know that sugary food is a treat...not an norm.
Peanut butter is good. You can put fruit like apples in a peanut butter sandwich or just offer apple slices to dip in peanut butter as a snack.
The polly-o string cheese is another good healthy snack that most kids like.
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He wont starve not even close. When he is truly hungry, he will eat. I doubt he would skip more than 1 or 2 meals.
In the meantime, make eating fun.
Cut food into fun shapes, allow healthy dipping sauces, use special plates. Make healthy smoothies using yogurt and frozen fruit with protein powder added. These are like milk shakes.
You can make "ice cream" with frozen bananas or
Freeze yogurt and add fresh fruit.
Lots of ways to make eating fun yet healthy. Control what you can and lay the best foundation that you can.