PB&J Only Diet

Picky toddlers are tuff. Try getting the cook book "Deceptively Delicious" by J. Seinfeld. It is fantastic for getting great nutrition into those picky eaters. The recepies are wonderful. Even has several peanut butter recipies (PB&J muffins). Yummy stuff!
Hope this helps.
Mom of Two picky eaters.
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This is the saga that every momma faces! PB & J can be good if you doctor it!

First off no regular jelly. Get the simply fruit that ONLY has fruit in it

Secondly start off with something aside from peanut butter. Say oranges, apples etc. They give her the sandwich. This will encourage her to try new things AND reward her for doing so.

I finally got my 3 year old out of wanting butter (what he calls peanut butter) and jelly sandwiches by serving other things with it and eventually he found the next thing that he's going to fixate on for a bit.

All kids have their one favorite as do adults. I would eat potstickers every day of my life if I could. Kid's just need to learn a little self control when it comes down to it! (heck so do I!)

And it could be worse. She could be asking for cake every meal!

I'm cracking up over your request. My brother, who is 42 years old, STILL lives off of PB&J. Its the ongoing joke in my family. The funny thing is, he is the only one out of four children that doesnt have a weight problem!!!
So the moral of the story: A person CAN live off of PB&J!!!
Margaret:)

I don't have any suggestions for you, but I totally empathize. My daughter, 2 y.o., is by far the pickiest eater I have ever seen or heard of. I would be happy if she were to eat PB&J; her only protein source is dairy as she has stopped eating even fried up chicken nuggets. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen.

Good Luck. I am so going to try the Carnation breakfast mix to add to her milk -- I think that she be good on top of the multivitamin, which by some miracle she actually takes!

Don't buy PB&J for a while. He can't eat it if it isn't there. Just tell him he ate it all gone...

Oh my gosh. Sounds like my son (3 1/2)! He's been living off of PB&J's, ranch dressing and chips for many months now. I've heard that when it comes to this point it has become a real problem that can turn into other areas of life. They can become a real control freak. Sometimes I find myself really concerned but I also know that in a few years when he is around 9 or 10ish he'll be eating us out of house and home! I would suggest that you try and require him to eat a few bites of something else as well as for the stuff he likes. I also found that my son will eat something alot and then get burned out on it and do the same thing with other foods. I'm doing my 2nd son (15 months) alot different. I'm not catering to him like the first one. He'll fuss but he'll still eat what he had in front of him! :)They seem to go through this stage around when they turn 1. They decide that they don't like certain foods. I would also suggest if you don't already, get him on a great multivitamin and put some Carnation breakfast mix in his milk for some extra nutrition. My son loves it.
C.

All kids go through stages and food pickiness. I think my son did the same thing with PB&J, he also refused to eat anything but hot dogs at one point. ONe thing I realized is if you don't make a big deal out of it, they will eventually move on to other foods. I would continue to offer him other choices maybe even to go with the PB&J, but I wouldn't stress about it too much. If your worried about his health ask your pediatrician for a doctors point of view!

You need to invoke some discipline into your child and not let this go one any longer. adn yes it is a big deal. Our daughter likes to eat PB an J for every meal as well - all kids do. it's sweet and salty, a wonderful combo. But we say no. Come here and let me see you eat your dinner. I need you to take two bites of corn. 3 bitse of chicken nugget and a handful of carrots.

You say, we don't have PB and J as an option tonight. It simply is not an option, but here are the options. If he pouts, give him a task to do, like unloading the dishwasher or a time out. If it gets really bad, give him a spanking. It works at our home and our daughter is a dream to be with and she minds us. but we are old school. so go figure.

Peanut butter is very good for us so there is nothing wrong with having that as a meal by itself. However, I have always been told to limit their intake of it til age 3 --not cut it out completely---just limit it bc it's not very easy on the digestive system and they can build up an intolerance to it. But even beside that point--it's not a balanced meal so the veggies and dairy are absent. Maybe if he will eat some cheese and a type of veggie along with it, then ok--but the pb&j alone isn't good all the time. But--I understand you gotta feed them what they'll eat. So hang in there and just try to add the good stuff!

Make the PBJ with sugar free 100% whole wheat bread, sugar free, all natural peanut butter and varios low sugar jellies and it's really not all that unhealthy!

Keep offering new food choices in conjunction and hope for the best!!