Five year old won't each anything but Cerel, Pasta Cheese and Cucumbers

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mumandmore
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Five year old won't each anything but Cerel, Pasta Cheese and Cucumbers

Postby mumandmore » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:16 pm

HI there. I would really welcome some advice on a nutrition consultant/expert for my daughter, 5 who will not seem to eat anything apart from five year old won't each anything but Cereal, Pasta Cheese and Cucumbers. This has been going on for just over two years so I am getting worried. I don't want to make a big deal of it with her so I would like to consult an expert without her and find a number of tips to see what works. We have tried various things (not making a big deal, making a big deal, explaining to her the need to eat well, family dinners, charts...). I was already worried and now I am more worried because she is losing weight.
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Postby Mrsmac35 » Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:22 pm

http://mangetoutkids.com/
Meant to brilliant! I'm a teacher and I know some families who've used them and really thought they were great!
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Postby zaza107 » Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:40 pm

Cooking school is definitely a good idea, and then cook with her letting her choose what to make (from the healthy options you suggest). Bread is great fun and you can make it really healthy. Ditto pizza and quesadillas if you choose the toppings/fillings well (finely grated cooked carrot, cabbage and courgettes are oddly popular, albeit combined with a bit of ham and a bit of cheese). We do pizza, quesadilla and sandwich nights and my daughter loves it. We also bought a manual pasta maker which has been a hit and my daughter chooses ravioli fillings, etc. It's all more time-consuming than taking pasta sauce out of the freezer, but it's a fun weekend evening event and has definitely given her a taste for pretty much everything. (If she is losing weight, at five, I'd think you'd want to consult a doctor though?) Good luck! My mother ate only hamburgers until she was 13 and then became a caterer, cookbook writer and social anthropologist who concentrates on food...it works out in the end :)
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Postby greyingmum » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:54 pm

My son would only eat rice, bread, apples, yoghurt & sausages from age 3-6 having eaten everything up to the age of 3. The health visitor (we still had them back then) told me not to make a big deal out of it and just let him eat what he wanted but offer him or let him see us eating different things.
He gradually accepted other food but was a pretty fussy eater until 10/11. He only started eating pizza in year 6 because everyone else did.
He's now 15 and doesn't stop eating - anything & everything almost constantly from waking up to going to bed!!
I think going to school, having tea at other children's houses, going to kids parties etc all helped with the range of foods he began to try & then discovered that he liked.
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Postby sebastianbear » Sun Aug 07, 2016 1:10 am

Hi. Firstly, sympathies. Dealing with a determined non-eater can be a pain. Mine is still not easy, even as an adult.
Yes, you probably should get loss of weight checked out. And it's worth making sure that nothing has changed for her at school, friendships cooling off etc.
Other than that, how about small steps to widen her range? You could try a non-wheat pasta, for different nutrients. My husband, who can't eat wheat, recommends Biofare rice and quinoa spaghetti, available from Ocado (cooked less than suggested). There are also bean based pastas. I know these aren't ideal - they're processed foods and also not cheap - but hopefully they're similar enough to be acceptable.
When my daughter was small we did get occasional success from reverse psychology e.g. granny pretending that she didn't want to share her celery (of all things). But nothing worked reliably. If you can get your daughter started on cooking it might really help. Maybe start with something cheesy?
Best of luck.
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Postby amber100 » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:45 pm

Hi there,
We have recently had problems with my sons eating. I found our GP to be very good and as he had lost weight (that seems to motivate the medical professionals) we were referred to see a paediatrician to discuss this - so perhaps your GP may be worth seeing if not already?
Secondly, and more worthwhile in my opinion, was seeing a private feeding specialist who works in the Great Ormond Street feeding team. She was brilliant and wrote a comprehensive report and referred me on where necessary. She works with problem eaters everyday so really knew what she was talking about. Let me know if you would like her details and I will ask her if she minds if I pass them on.
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Postby dudette » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:58 am

Slightly off the wall suggestion but have you tried taking her to Good Earth on Bellevue Road? Kids love it. It's a posh restaurant so they have to dress up a bit and they love the food. My two (both quite fussy) absolutely love it and stuff their faces when we are there. We went with some friends once and the mother fed her son before hand because she said he wouldn't eat anything and he loved it too. You can explain to her that because it's Chinese there won't be cheese, pasta, cereal or cucumber (except in the duck pancakes) and that she'll have to eat with chopsticks (they do kids ones which are easier to use). The kids love the Lazy Susans and the wooden pot the rice comes in. It's a great combination of classy restaurant, good food that appeals to kids and a bit of fun. Also you order for the table so she can just put tiny samples of food in her bowl.
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Postby graceygirl » Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:57 am

I'm now 24, and eat a fairly normal diet now but from the age of 3-15 I had real struggles with eating different foods and lived on a diet of cereal, marmalade sandwiches , yogurt no bits, apples ( no skin), grapes , crisps, potato waffles...

GP was useless as was eating disorder clinics as they didn't really know what they were doing and send me under the anorexia kind of treatments even though I didn't have a problem with actually eating I could only eat certain things as I had a fear of being sick.

15-16 I started having revelations after seeing an amazing London based therapist who has a real understanding of selective eating disorder what this seemed to be,

Felix Economakis ( think the spelling is correct)

http://www.the-heath.co.uk/treatment/se ... er-sed.php

this man changed my life, I went from being scared of eating foods apart from on my ok list to loving trying new food.

Happy to chat if you want to know more as sounds very very similar to how I went as a child.
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Postby sarahsarah » Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:27 pm

Have you tried making a game out of meal times and offering rewards afterwards like a treat?
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Postby Amelia Louis » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:49 am

Hello All

I just thought to second what gracey girl has said. This chap is real good at what he does, a near 100% success rate, although treatment with young children can be variable. He is in the process of producing a video treatment which wil be launched soon, so for those who may struggle to afford a £300 session this is for you. He has an SED FB Group! :)
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