[Mrs Manager]

My 2.5yr old DD is going through a phase of refusing to eat pretty much anything, even things she usually likes, I even resorted to giving her chips yesterday because she asked for them, but she only ate 2!

What is your toddlers favourite food? I'm looking for more things to try and tempt her!

[bubzillaiscoming]

DS is 16mo - atm he likes baked beans, raisin toast, oranges and heinz fruit bars. He does pick and choose though, they can be so difficult!

[Linza555]

My youngest DS whos 3 in a few weeks, likes anything that is bite size, so I basically cut him up fruit and vegetables small and he eats them all my boys eat very well, its the drinking water part were struggling with at the moment.

This post has been edited by Linza555: 13/06/2012, 02:37 PM

[ssorrrento]

Mine loved avocado at that age. With chicken, tuna, whatever.

[Swahili]

Honestly? My almost 3 year old could live on hot chips, spaghetti bolognese, yoghurt and fruit.

He goes through phases of liking: boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes and olives, sultanas, green beans, toast with vegemite or peanut butter, weetbix or porridge, banana and berry smoothies, ham, popcorn, muesli slice, rice cakes.

[Ehill]

Pasta
Pasta
Pasta
Pasta

And oh did i mention pasta.

Usually with cream, bacon, peas and cheese.

The occasional sausage.

Tacos, soft ones with the salad. No meat.

Pasta
Pasta
Pasta
Pasta

And oh did i mention pasta.

Usually with cream, bacon, peas and cheese.

The occasional sausage.

Tacos, soft ones with the salad. No meat.

[Swahili]

Oh, rice wheels, and rice crackers with dip are other favourites.

[~~HappyMummy~~]

Macaroni cheese
Homemade chicken nuggets
Pretty much any other pasta
Sultanas
Bananas
Stewed apples
Yoghurt - esp those expensive ones in the tubes!
Avocado on muffins
Spreadable tuna sandwiches
Spreadable cheese sandwiches

[Studybug]

DS (2.5) also changes his mind daily about what he likes and what is "icky". Over the last 6 months he has really narrowed down what he will eat. I'm sure he would absolutely love it if every day he could just eat porridge or cereal with a few crackers and cheese to boot. Oh, and a little cake for dessert. Bless him!

However, he will pretty consistently eat
baked beans(SPC are the brand I've found with the least amt of salt)
vegemite toast
porridge (when it's cooled down I will add a little flaxseed oil, and banana and hope he doesn't notice)
quinoa pasta (a tomato based sauce only - I'll blend lentils and veges into it if I have to... )
"special chippies" (roasted sweet potato cut into chips)
& most days, broccoli.

I tend to make things like lentil and vege 'sausage" rolls, lentil patties, omelettes or scrambled eggs, mini vege pies with pumpkin or sweet potato on top, fried rice, mild indian style curry all which he will sometimes just inhale down, and other times it's all apparently so awful he'll cry...
We went through a phase where DS only wanted to eat sandwiches for dinner. So I got a jaffle iron, and would put some of his original refused dinner as the filling, and lo and behold he'd eat it.
Now, we've just started the rule that he has to at least try dinner, and if it's something I know he does eat at other times, he has to eat 5 little mouthfuls then if he still wants something else I will give him what he asks for. Most times, he ends up finishing his dinner. Oh, and I try to make sure I don't put too much on his plate to begin with. We also use these little bamboo tray plates which have a few separate sections for each different vege/part of the meal.

Whew - excuse the essay!
HTH.

Cheers.