all my son ever wants to eat is yogurt, i think this is bad?

Question

he's 4. Mom's not in the picture... anyway it's really hard to get him to vary his diet, all he ever wants to eat is yoplait yogurt.

yea see im a stressed 22 year old raising a 4 year old on my own... take note of this all sexually active teens

Answer 1

Yogurt is good, but it is not enough. Try fruit/yogurt smoothies (add in soy milk, strawberries, bananas).

Give him the choice of two foods so he thinks he is in control:

Do you want chicken noodle soup or chicken nuggets?

Answer 2

Be strong, give hime two choices at meals and stick with whatever he choses. Model the behavior, because he will eat what you eat. A friend of mine, her dad ate California Blend for 20 years, just because his kids loved it and he absolutely hates brocoli. He will be unhappy at first, but when he realizes you won't back down then he will give in and start to eat. Make meals a special time in the day for you and then he will look forward to meal times. Try also to eat around the same time everyday. Maybe, do not buy yogurt for a few weeks until he starts eating other foods. Or as one person said, make it a dessert. You can also just by 4 or 5 containers a week and let him know when it runs out that is it. He is old enough to understand and will start making better choices as well as learn about saving the best for last. I do not know where you live, but your county should have a WIC office. They have nutritionists which can help teach you what is good and bad and the right amounts of the different food groups. Grandually introduce new foods, start with 1 chicken nugget and then if he likes it give him the option for more. Do not put alot on his plate or he can feel overwhelmed. Also, maybe have him pick out a special dinner wear set he uses only at meals.

Answer 3

Good for you. I love to see a man that will stand up for his responsibilities as a father. It is hard to be a single parent. For breakfast yogurt is fine. All day it is not, and in the long run could lead to health issue from the lack of other nutrients in his diet. I recommend allowing it for breakfast and then making it absolutely off limits the rest of the day. At first there will be a battle, but your son will not starve. He will try to go hungry at first and this is where your will power will need to be strong, do not give in. Once he realizes that he is not going to win (which will be before he starts losing weight I promise.) He will start eating other foods during the day. Have other good for you and good tasting food options around. Allow him to eat them when he is hungry(not just at meal times). It will only be a battle for a couple of days and then if you stick to it he will quit fighting, because he knows he won't get his way. Every time you allow the rule to be broken though, it will only increase the fits, and he will have learned if he pushes hard enough he gets his way. Not what you want to teach him.

Answer 4

You need to start introducing him to other things, yoplait nyogurt does not have all the nutrients he needs. Take him to the grocery store, and help him to pick out some fun foods, and maybe he can be ur little helper and u can make brownies, and cookes, and more healthy foods, like ants on a log, sand whiches etc. His current diet is not very healthy for a growing boy. Think back to the food pyramid (yoplait yogurt doesn't look so good now, does it?)

Answer 5

My daughter went through this with cereal. Her doctor said it was completely normal for children of the 3-6 age group to latch onto one food. She said that there is nothing wrong with it and that when my daughter started daycare and/or school that she would be more willing to try new foods. The doc was right, once my daughter saw what other kids were eating, she wanted to try it, too. No child ever died from yogurt overload, so let him outgrow it.

Answer 6

Yoplait yogurt is good once a week but, not every day. Try letting him eat healthy food.

Answer 7

you have to get tough with him and make yogurt his dessert that if he eats alteast half or more of his meal he can have yogurt, every kid ive known has done this with some type of food or sweets, my son used to say he was full after a few bites of food just so he could save room for junk food i caught on and took away his sweets until he got the point that if he doesnt eat he doesnt get treats, my cousin used to only eat corndogs for a while and his mom had to take them away completely he went a few days of not really eating but he gave in and started eating right, you just have to get serious and stern with them and not give in to their stubborness

and about the sexually active teens listen to him it is VERY hard raising a kid and very exspensive and very hard to work and or go to school with a child because not alot of employers care about you situation and dont mind firing you if you cant come in cuz your kid is sick i had my son when i was 17 and sadly alot of my family was against me continuing high school to get my diploma only my uncle supported me on this and im grateful either way i was gonna get that diploma but it was dissapointing that since i got pregnant everyone urged me to just get my ged later on and i had to quit a few jobs b/c they demand i come in even though my son was very ill, and dont count on your parents raising the kid for you it doesnt always work out that way so people use condoms and use birthcontrol BE SAFE a child deserves alot and not many people have the strength to give it to them

Answer 8

while I imagine being a single father must be difficult, it's really no excuse for not controlling your son. He knows you will give in to his requests. Take away all yogurt and after a few months introduce it as a desert or one time a day snack.

Answer 9

well yogurt is very healthy, but maybe try to limit it to once a day or twice at the most. maybe you could give it to him as "dessert" if he eats all (or most) of his lunch or dinner. this may take some time, he may refuse to eat much for a few days, but trust me, no child has ever starved themsleves to death!

Answer 10

When your son is hungry, he will eat. Offer him a variety of healthy foods. When he is hungry, he will eat some of it. You can also try mixing fruit or oatmeal into his yogurt.