My son doesn't eat healthy...?

Question

My 2 year old doesn't eat. He will only eat french fries, pancekes, yoghurt and grapes. He drinks milk, but I'm worried. Should I be?

Answer 1

Well, I know everybody is saying "Just feed him healthy things and he'll eat when he's hungry." but that doesn't always work.

I mean, you're already worried about him being malnourished; why would you starve him? Especially with the stubbornness of a toddler? It could be days before he eats anything!

My nephew is 3 and he went through that phase. We had to serve meals with SOMETHING he would eat and offer him lots of other things too. Once he finished a portion of the food he would eat, no seconds. So he got something in his stomach but couldn't eat enough to get really full. It took about a week but he started trying other things too.

If that seems too cruel (I thought it was at first) you can try offering similar foods to broaden his tastes and make him realize that new foods don't hurt. For example, french fries are a lot like mashed or baked potatoes, or maybe try baked "french fry cut" sweet potatoes. Yogurt is kind of like cottage cheese except less clumpy ... put some cottage cheese in a food processor with a little coloring and see if he'll try it. Tell him it's like yogurt. He might also eat frozen yogurt, which you can get sugar-free. Grapes are okay. Will he also drink grape juice? If he will, diluted cranberry juice tastes very similar and he would get some different nutrients from that.

If you can't win the battle, take him to a nutritionist. They can analyze his typical diet and tell you what vitamins he isn't getting enough of, and what's good about the foods he is already eating. I remember watching something about a little girl once on TV; she would only eat grilled cheese (but made with special types of cheese, like Muenster and Colby Jack) and fried chicken nuggets. They had a nutritionist analyze her diet and it turned out that she was getting most of what she needed. I think she only had to take an iron supplement (which most kids need anyway!).

Answer 2

He'll probably be fine, but if I were you I would make the foods that he does eat, super nutritious. For example, make the pancakes with whole wheat flour and add shredded apple or mashed baana to the batter, The french fries should be baked, not fried, and made with sweet potatoes. The grapes are terrific. very nutritious. While he's watching t.v. or sitting inhis stroller, offer him a snack of dried cranberries (Trader Joe sells them sweetened with orange juice-delicious) almonds, raisins, or whole wheat pretzels. If you put this in "special 'plastic container or little cup he will look forward to his treaats. All mother's worry about their kids' diets but most kids figure out what they need if offered healthy choices.

Answer 3

You control what food is in the house, you must make the fries and pancakes available.
Bring healthy food into the house, and when he is hungry, he will eat. Kids won't starve, the food tantrum will eventually be overridden by the hunger reaction.
Do not become a nervous nellie that has to have them eat something immediately. Bring out the food, if he doesn't eat it, put it back in the fridge and bring it out for the next meal. He will learn to eat what mom serves.

Answer 4

I'd agree with the other postings about you deciding the food to put in front of him but would like to add that he may be eating some things to compensate for nutritional deficiencies. Our bodies know what we need and will crave certain things to get what balance we can (even though we're shoveling in junk).

Also keep in mind that he's in critical years as far as development and with the diet your talking about his body is setting itself up for cancer, disease, etc. I'm not trying to scare you but indicate to you that you're allowing things to be introduced to his body that are going to have long term results. Plus his immune system is depleted which might lead to ongoing sicknesses and other issues. Get him a good food allergy test and make sure you cut out those items he's highly allergic to.

Answer 5

Try to cut the fries (too much starch), others like grapes and youghurt are good. As long as he drinks milk, it is ok. Also it wont hurt to keep on giving him to try new healthy foods

Answer 6

Who is the parent? So who should decide what the child eats? Feed him healthy food and he will eat it if he is hungry enough.

Your child cannot make a responsible choice regarding what to eat. That is why there are parents.

Answer 7

Your son is as a rule chubby as a result of the mammoth volume of junk meals he's consuming! Those meals are top in fats, sugar, and salt! He is consuming meals that doesn't advantage his frame, and is making his metabolism particularly inefficient. He will preserve to obtain weight till his vitamin alterations. He's going to be at threat for diabetes if this maintains! Here are a few suggestions: - Cut out the sugary cereals, chocolate, soda, and junk! Replace them with entire grains, veggies, fruit, and fats-unfastened dairy merchandise. His vitamin demands an instant and drastic difference if he desires to look outcome. - Make definite the endeavor is for no less than an hour lengthy, and will get his center beating speedily. He has to paintings tough to be able to burn energy to drop some weight. If he creates a deficit of 3500 energy, he's going to lose one million lb. - Do no longer devour after 7:00pm. Here is a examplar meal plan of approximately 1600 energy, for the usual man or woman's consumption: Breakfast: 395 energy - two eggs, boiled/scrambled/poached. Do no longer use oil, or milk. one hundred forty energy - one million cup Skim milk. ninety energy. - one million/two cup oatmeal with one million teaspoons brown sugar. a hundred sixty five energy. Snack: two hundred energy - one million apple. one hundred energy. - one million yogurt. one hundred-ish energy. Lunch: four hundred energy. - one million entire wheat tortilla. a hundred and ten energy - one million/two cup chick peas. a hundred and five energy. - one million/two tomato. thirteen energy. - two leaves lettuce. zero energy. - one million/four cup black beans. fifty five energy. - one million banana. a hundred and five energy. - one million piece/rectangular of chocolate. 22 energy. Snack: 195 energy. - one million cup skim milk. ninety energy. - one million banana. a hundred and five energy. Smoothie! :) Dinner: 397 energy. - one million bird breast. 162-ish energy. - three cups salad combine. 20 energy. - one million/two tomato. 15 energy. - one million peach. 35 energy - one million/four cup black beans. fifty five energy. - one million slice entire-wheat bread. a hundred and ten energy.

Answer 8

It is probably just a phase that he is going through. Keep offering him other things and you will be surprised at how he will try new things eventually.
Good Luck to you!

Answer 9

At 2, you buy the food and you put it in front of him.

don't blame it on the little boy.

You take him to fast food and you are his "hero"....