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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1489466" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>Hi [USER=46268]@retsil99[/USER] <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Toddlers are experts at fussy eating! I don't have any magic answers but these things are what I do:</p><p></p><p></p><p>1) Exhibit total coolness at all times. Even if you're stressed by the lack of eating, never show it. Act casually and don't react.</p><p></p><p>2) Accept that sometimes they're going to eat a less healthy option. Just try to make up for it at other meals. It's the overall diet that counts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>3) Try new things eg cous cous, rice noodles, dry cereal if they won't eat it with milk, sweet potato chips, wraps, crunchy tacos, croutons on salad/veg, pulses, fish cakes made with potato/rice/oats, porridge fingers, polenta, etc etc</p><p></p><p>4) Try old things in new ways eg use biscuit cutters to cut toast or bread into shapes, try different shaped pasta or a pasta bake or a lasagne, add rice to a casserole or thicken a sauce with millet or potato. Or add a healthy sauce eg to dip chips/pasta/toast fingers in. My toddler is fascinated with dipping sauces at the moment.</p><p></p><p>5) Keep trying - they say babies/toddlers need up to 30 tastes before they accept a new food.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Another thing I did with one of my children, is to give them Weetabix or Ready Brek as dessert or supper if I felt theyd hadn't eaten their main meal well. I didn't make a big thing of this - I just substituted it for the dessert I had in mind without them realising.</p><p></p><p>None of my children have diabetes but I can imagine how much more stressful it would be if they did. I'd try a glass of milk or cereal or a more healthy biscuit if they had Type 1 and I needed to add carbs.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to tag the very helpful [USER=346904]@Skye's_mummy[/USER] said she has a Type 1 toddler/young child <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 1489466, member: 39639"] Hi [USER=46268]@retsil99[/USER] :) Toddlers are experts at fussy eating! I don't have any magic answers but these things are what I do: 1) Exhibit total coolness at all times. Even if you're stressed by the lack of eating, never show it. Act casually and don't react. 2) Accept that sometimes they're going to eat a less healthy option. Just try to make up for it at other meals. It's the overall diet that counts :) 3) Try new things eg cous cous, rice noodles, dry cereal if they won't eat it with milk, sweet potato chips, wraps, crunchy tacos, croutons on salad/veg, pulses, fish cakes made with potato/rice/oats, porridge fingers, polenta, etc etc 4) Try old things in new ways eg use biscuit cutters to cut toast or bread into shapes, try different shaped pasta or a pasta bake or a lasagne, add rice to a casserole or thicken a sauce with millet or potato. Or add a healthy sauce eg to dip chips/pasta/toast fingers in. My toddler is fascinated with dipping sauces at the moment. 5) Keep trying - they say babies/toddlers need up to 30 tastes before they accept a new food. Another thing I did with one of my children, is to give them Weetabix or Ready Brek as dessert or supper if I felt theyd hadn't eaten their main meal well. I didn't make a big thing of this - I just substituted it for the dessert I had in mind without them realising. None of my children have diabetes but I can imagine how much more stressful it would be if they did. I'd try a glass of milk or cereal or a more healthy biscuit if they had Type 1 and I needed to add carbs. I'm going to tag the very helpful [USER=346904]@Skye's_mummy[/USER] said she has a Type 1 toddler/young child :) [/QUOTE]
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