does anyone know how to get a 13 month old baby to eat anything but chocolate and crisps?

Answer 1

Wow, looking at some of these answers, some people can be really mean. They don't realise that maybe it isn't your fault your kid likes these foods. I seem to remember my little sister going to something called buggy club at that age and she and a friend used to raid the biscuit tin. Completely gorged themselves on custard creams every week. And no one could understand why the biscuit supply kept going down.

We are a judgemental lot.

But seriously, keep an eye on your kid, remove the treat supply and be strict. You might want to be the kind of parent that your kids look upto and say, 'that's the perfect parent', but at that age, a few years later, they're unlikely to remember you said no to them having a bag of deep fried chunks of potato.

And it's possible for kids to like fruit, in particular strawberries and bits of satsuma without the pith stuck to them at that age. Full of natural sugars instead, and people praise you for shoving it down their throats. I seem to remember my sister liked grapes and mangoes the most. She still does and she's in secondary school.

Just tell your kid he/she's not having any more chocolate and crisps until he/she tries other things. Be forceful. Also, when he/she has it, you have it too, it stops them from worrying about trying something new. Kids can be so picky about what they eat.

And good luck getting him/her off the chocolate/crisp diet. Took my mum ages with my sister. She'd scream and cry, shout and snap until her throat got sore. She wanted biscuits so badly we almost gave in several times, but remember, they're just kids, at that age, you can manipulate their diet and they can't do anything about it because you're bigger, stronger and tougher than them. And you can scream and shout louder than them too.

As I said, good luck.

Answer 2

NO you at the instantaneous are not being over-careful, you're doing what's sweet on your baby! ingesting conduct are wide-spread early and the better your baby is presented to healthful nutrition aspects the better effective. save up the solid artwork and dont enable others effect you into giving 'junk'. The occasional sweet biscuit as a cope with is great, (you may continuously verify he would not get a rusk a similar day.) The white chocolate isn't too undesirable nutritionally because it really is truly milk and sugar, regardless of the indisputable fact that it does introduce them to chocolates that are undesirable for the coming up teeth! How everybody ought to feed a toddler crisps or similar snacks is previous my comprehension! What are they attempting to do? Salt in that volume is extremely risky as well the potential of choking!!! i imagine giving a baby a caffiene containing fizzy drink or a chocolate bar is not purely undesirable, it really is asking to have a hyperactive toddler! they're many times lively adequate by using the indisputable fact that is. that is a lengthy time period on account that my little ones were small yet i have a huge relatives and far of serious-nieces and nephews. A 0.5 hour spent with a number of them is sufficient to positioned my daughter off having little ones of her personal!

Answer 3

Yeah don't give them Chocolate and Crisps! a 13th month old doesn't exactly know how to go to the shop buy chocolate and crisps open it and feed it to themselves

Buy healthier food and feed the baby that

Answer 4

Firstly I have to ask what a 13 month old child is doing eating such foods?!

OK, remove all such items away from the child.
You can make your own crisps that are much healthier by thinly slicing potatoes, part boiling them, then light brushing with oil and grilling - and salt lightly. Wean the child off by just giving this and slowly replacing with a plain boiled potato, again lightly salted.

Chocolate can be replaced by fruit strips (you can get these from health food shops or supermarkets) - like a sweet bar, but made from fruit. Also, you can trick the child by giving yogurt covered raisins, and saying it's white chocolate drops, with a soft candy in the middle.

Use jam on toast, and other naturally sweet foods to satisfy the child's sweet tooth. Generally wean the child off the artificial foods, and hopefully you'll be able to introduce a fruit and veg filled healthy diet.

Good luck!

Answer 5

well said miss mogsy! it's eay to judge and condemn when we don't know all the background! maybe a relative has been 'tempting' or 'spoiling' the child, or sometimes as a young stressed mum it can be easy to give in to demands especially if the child has older siblings or frinds who eat junk!!
whatever the reason, well done to you for asking the question as you obviously want to help your baby!
my 2 year old has what we call "hissyfits" coz she sees her sisters buying stuff she's not ready for yet. i do let her have crisps and choc, but only as a treat and not every day, and i try to ensure she keeps liking dried fruit, fruit bars, etc!! the older ones would like to eat junk food every day (aged 12 and 9) but i don't allow it, and they have all had their first 12 months on zero junk/dairy/nut products, so however healthy you are they will get some in the end! plus DONT ban it or they can get obsessed - a friend of mine tried that and her daughter got quite weird about it all!
your child WILL have hissyfits for a while, but kids that age do anyway. remain calm, tell them no, remove the temptation from child or vice versa. distract them, sit with them on sofa with toy/book/favourite video, or if you being there makes them more cross, leave them in safe place and go read book/wash up/punch a cushion! if out shopping, practice a big smile for both baby and the disapproving looks from other shoppers!!!, keep calm, say "not now", offer a fruity alternative as uggested by others, and stick to your guns...once you give in they have you round their little finger and then they'll start getting away with bad behaviour as well as eating habits!! bless them eh?!
good luck, all us mums need support and encouragement.

Answer 6

Well, taking away all chocolate & crisps would be a start. S/he will eventually get hungry & eat what you give them. It may sound harsh but if you keep providing the chocolate & crisps, s/he is going to keep eating it.

Answer 7

only thing you can do is to stop giving them chocolate an crisps. They will probably scream an cry an throw anything you give them away...but they will soon get hungry enough and eat the food that you give them! You just have to be strong enough to not give in! be the parent!

Answer 8

you are surely joking! I can't believe this is a real question!!! Take away the babes money, then they won't be able to buy that crap!!
Also, miss mogsy, what 13 month old baby can reach, acquire and open the packaging, all unaided? Of course parents have ultimate control over what their children eat. Babies and toddlers should not be left for long enough to enable them to get to a biscuit tin or anything else.

Answer 9

I Never allowed that in her diet. She is now allowed them, because I know at some point she will wonder why she has never had them and might eat them out of rebllion, but her preference is dried fruit as a sweet and cuxcumber as a savoury...if I put all of those things in front of her, she'd eat dried fruit first. I suggest you take away the junk immediately and introduce her to things like raisins and cranberries, she's still very young and will be easily plied. It may take a few days and she may not be interested at first. Food needs introducing at least twice for a child to try it.

Answer 10

stop feeding your kid rubbish.
introduce fruit and veg.
we froze alot of veg, sweet potato, chicken, apple, pears etc into ice cube trays. we could then make up a nutritious meal and zap it the microwave. also works forhomemade soups etc.
It's not that dificult. when you cook your meals, just cook extra portions, mash them(of finely slice) let it cool and then freeze.
we have never bought a jar of baby food and we know what our child is eating.
Chocolate is a treat. never give too much.
we use apples and pears on weetabix to sweeten it. our 18 month old eats two weetabix for breakfast every day.

It will be tough for a few days but don't give in to your child - you are the boss. when your child is hungry, it will eat what you give it.
be prepared for some tears - it will get better.