9 Month Old Becoming a Very Picky Eater!

Don't worry most kids go through the I don't want meat or veggies stage. My kids went through this. They go through it for a while and then they get over it and they start eating the meat and veggies again. Try giving her some scrambled eggs as a replacement for meat. Buy some of the gerber veggies and see if she will eat them. I don't know how many teeth she has but if she has enough you could buy the gerber graduates which are small chunks of veggies. That is what I did for a while and it worked for me but all kids are different and it may not work for you. It is just a stage that she will outgrow so don't worry she will be fine.
D.

I am 31 and have been married for almost 12 yrs. My husband and I have 3 boys ages 10,7, and 4.

Just keep spinning the wheel - putting all kinds of different stuff in front of her. We have a 19 month old who is VERY picky too...there are "stand-by's" that we know she loves (pears and blueberry's), but there are times we put stuff in front of her she usually will eat and then all the sudden won't touch it for no reason that we can see.

With our 4 year old (when she was at that point), we started getting the little portions of chef-boy-ardee (can't you tell I'm a spelling major! LOL) things and she would chow on those, now that she's 4, she'll hardly touch them.

My sister would make the campbell's chunky chicken soup and drain it - my nieces would eat that, but our girls won't touch it.

Takes a lot of patience, but just keep spinning the wheel until you strike gold!

Good luck!

My daughter is 17 months and she regularly goes through hunger strikes. It's so incredibly difficult to deal with. We're going through one right now. She is refusing to anything except Spaghetti O's. (Which I did NOT introduce her to BTW...I thank her father for that one.) I did notice that she cut the other half of her molars a day or so ago. I think that contributes to her not wanting to eat. Is your little one getting teeth? The only thing I've found that works is small meals throughout the day. If she has a grilled cheese for lunch and she doesn't eat it, she gets the leftovers for snack. Same with dinner. I want her to understand that she needs to eat all of her regular food before she can have a 'snack.' Other than that, I don't really have any advice. Just keep offering her the good foods and she'll eat them eventually. If she loves carbs, you may try a casserole with some kind of noodles. Sometimes I can 'trick' my daughter into eating vegetables that way. Good Luck and hopefully this phase won't last too long.

I have an almost 2 yr. old girl. She used to eat peaches and mandarin oranges and now wont'. She never did eat grapes but a couple weeks ago, my husband tried them with her and she LIKED them. She is now eating a few foods that before she wouldn't!!!!!
Just keep trying once in a while with the foods she doesnt' like and see if she will start taking them. With vegetables, try putting a cheese sauce on them. Most kids like cheese and the flavor makes all the difference in the world, sometimes. There is a powder cheese sauce that works really nice with vegetables.

I have a little boy who just turned a year and it sounds like he's going through the exact same thing! I can get him to eat fruit (loves sweet things) like crazy and he also likes carbs (crackers, bread, etc) but not so much on the meat or veggies. He either spits them out (if I manage to get them in his mouth) or he'll just immediately throw them to the floor. So I'm glad you wrote this question... I'm looking forward to seeing people's suggestions. And just so you know, you're not alone out there!!! I feel your struggle.

This is normal behavior. Kids like one thing one day; hate it the next. Also, they can eat a ton one day, nothing the next. Keep serving her a variety of healthy foods, but it's good to give her one or two things you know she'll eat along with a couple of things you're not sure of. Include new foods; it takes multiple tries to get a taste for a new food. She'll come around.

On a side note, when I've gone through the dinner thing with my older kids (preschoolers), I've wrapped up their food if they didn't touch it at dinner and served it as their snack later when they got hungry. That has taught them to eat real food and saved me from being a short order cook. Plus, it has saved us from dinnertime battles. I don't believe in forcing kids to eat.

J., I wouldn't worry too much. We are actually at the tail end (hopefully) of this phase with my #4, 20 mo, right now. All of my kids have gone thru this phase and all I can say is 'keep trying!' I know it seems like they may never eat well again, but be strong and only offer the healthiest of foods because NOW is when she is going to learn WHO is in charge of her diet, please teach her that it is you and not her. My husband learned in nutrition class(while #2 was in this phase) that as long as your youngster eats at least one well balanced meal during a 3 day period, their nutritional needs are being met. I know it's hard to believe, but none of my three older ones have ever had any problems and they have all gone thru this.

Good luck :)

We are dealing with the exact same thing... but my baby is 17 months old... so I have found that if I let him have the plate and a spoon he'll eat anything. He loves the feeling of independence... it is extremely messy, but more food is going in this way than when I try to feed him!

I have been going through that with my 20 mo old. I just keep giving her the things that I want her to eat and slowely she is coming around. It seems like every couple of weeks she opens up to something new. Recently, it was strawberrys and last month it was banana and a few weeks ago it was broccoli. Just keep trying and don't get frustrated.

Mine is addicted to cookies. I don't know where she gets it, because neither my hubby or I are big sugar people. We started buying rice cakes because they are slightly better for her. It took a few times of giving them to her and us saying "MMMMMM these are sooooo good" for her to give in. Now she likes them.

Good luck in your "feeding a little person" adventure!

FEED ME I'M YOURS by Lansky

I recommend a cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld called Deceptively Delicious. It has recipes to hide fruits and veggies in all sorts of foods. If your little one likes cakes or sweet types of foods, this would be perfect.