Sherilyn who is 2 years 3 months is a very picky eater and poor feeder. When it comes to rice and dishes, I still have to blend them for her. Can you beat that?
I have tried many times trying to wean her off blended food and gave her unblended rice and dishes to eat but guess what she did to the meat? She would take forever to chew the meat and then just when I thought she's about to swallow them, she would spit them all out and give me a 'I almost want to puke' look. It's really frustrating seeing your toddler rejecting food in this manner, gross and heartbreaking altogether.
Sherilyn does not even like food from restaurants and hotels, apart from cakes, bread and of course salad . Whilst most toddlers her age would squeal with delight when brought to these places to eat such a wide variety of mouth-watering grub, my Sherilyn is contented with her cereal. Yeah, can you beat that? Sherilyn is still eating cereal and she loves them.... till she eats her cereal everyday and she never seems to get tired of it.
Sherilyn is a great fan of greens and even eats raw celery sticks, carrot sticks, raw bell-pepper, bittergourd (which would instantly nauceate most kids) but detests meat of all sorts except fish paste and fish balls. I had initially assumed that meat is too hard for her to chew and too rough for her to swallow but what about toasts, crackers, pan-fried tempeh (her favourite), raw carrot sticks and brocolli? ALl these are hard stuff but she devours them and never feels that they are too hard for her tiny teeth to work on or too geli for her throat.
Are there any parents out there who are facing the same situation as me? Please share your experience.
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6 comments:
Hi, first time to your blog. Can imagine your struggle! My toddler eats most of the things I give her but she has many allergies which means she can't eat many other things, too. It seems Sherilyn is after certain texture and taste in the food that she likes. If you can find what what it is and try to introduce into the food you make for her, maybe it will help? For example, if she likes sweet taste, cook porridge with stock and carrots, etc such that it tastes sweet. If it is texture that she is after, try to introduce food with the same texture? Hope this helps!
Alternative mom... tks 4 dropping by my blog. I shall try out your suggestion. Tks 4 the good tip.
I on the other hand would be happy if my kids does not like meat that much, we just get too many ailments from eating meat, especially red meat. I salute your kids when it comes to veggies, bitter gourd is no joke ^_^
Cool mom... U r right about too much red meat causing too many ailments. Maybe Sherilyn's feeding prob is indeed a blessing in disguise!
Aiyoh..! just like chloe law..!! for the longest time.. she ate blended food..!! and must be those in the bottles.. from Heinz..!! can die or not..!! any meat blended with porridge.. she would choked and puked.. big time..!!
She still doesn't like meat.. but rice and noodles.. carrots and peas.. tofu.. mushrooms are her favourite.. ;) she only eat properly .. after she turned 3 yrs old.. ;) so no worries.. your gal will get there too.. in her own time.. ;)
Mamabok... Chloe also like dis b4? Tks tks tks so much for the reassurance. Every day as i put the dishes & rice into the blender for my maid to blend, i'll tell my maid when will sherilyn ever learn to chew & eat normally. Chloe's eating habits & favourites sound so much like Sherilyn's.
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