I have a 2 year old son that had motor and speech delays. He receives services for these, but the most perplexing thing now is that he will ONLY eat starches. My son will not eat vegetables, fruits or meat. His diet consists of potatoes, bread, waffles and oatmeal. We are to see the GI specialist soon, as the ped thinks that he has acid reflux. We have tried withholding the foods he will eat thinking that when he was hungry he would eat. He did not eat for almost 3 days.
Has this happened to anyone else?
2006-06-28 07:47:56 · 4 answers · asked by rdw187 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
It is a phase and if you make a big deal about it so will he.Just mix some baby food in with his oatmeal or mash pot. try giving him PB&J or grilled cheese or try the walfles with blueberries.Just be pacient and keep giving him a plate with his carbs other options besides carbs and eventually he will try them and decide what he likes.At this age it could also be a texture thing, he will be fine and so will you.Good luck
2006-06-28 08:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by ashlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every child prefers junk. Don't let the starches bother you, if you check with a diatician, we all do need starches in our diet. It is our quantities that are out of control. Try a juice machine and make some really tasty fruit and veggie drinks, then he will get them that way. My daughter ate only two foods for about three years and now she is really expanding her eating variety by a lot and she is fine. She is always the head of her class and is not overweight and she is very active. Don't think something is wrong jsut because he isn't eating what you want and don't let other people tell you that something is wrong with him. Taking away his food for days to try to get him to eat what you want could cause an eating disorder later on.
2006-06-28 08:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by buttercup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should slowly introduce vegetables and fruits. You can buy cans of mixed potatoes and green beans so maybe he'd try that. Then you can add in some other things as well.
2006-06-28 07:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you tried vegetale meat or soy burgers? in my opinion they taste like starch to me so he might be fooled.
2006-06-28 08:03:42 · answer #4 · answered by paula k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋