Moms I need help!! Picky eater Toddler!!

I have 3 years old daughter and she was always picky eater, last one year she is going nursery and her key worker complain about her eating as much as I do. We tried everything literally everything!!! Kept her hungry all day that everyone says if she get hungry she will eat but literally she slept hungry but didn’t eat anything. She only eats dry/ plain foods like pasta nothing on, chicken nuggets, chips, meatballs.. but recently she got worse doesn’t even eat the things she used to eat. Please help! But comment if you didn’t suffer from same problem🥲🥲

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Girl I’m suffering so so bad with the same issue my daughter is also 3 she only gets chicken nuggets, chips, bread sticks, cookies and that’s it she won’t try anything else she’ll just cry sometimes she will go to bed on a empty stomach too she’ll rather just drink milk and it stresses me out so much!! So I know how you feel she won’t eat out or at Nursey and the past 4 days she hasn’t even eaten a proper meal, yesterday I took her to the doctors and they’re going to refer me to a dietitian and speech therapy maybe you should try to ask for that too? I hope she will be okay try not to be so hard on yourself she might have s texture problem like my little girl If you need to speak I’m here x

We have same issue. I am so tired to fight anymore. Just cook pasta for him every day!

that’s what I do I just make chicken nuggets everyday but now she’s fed up of it and won’t eat anything else

Yes!!!! It is easy for me to cook pasta but this is not healthy for her at all🥲 she was breastfeed baby until 15 months, refused to start solid even from then I knew this was coming but didn’t stop it. I really fed up to hear every day nursery complains how she doesn’t even eat plain bread 🥲🥲🥲

oh that is too bad. So now she does not eat anything?

my baby was also breastfed till 18 months. But we started solid from 6 months with not much success. He eats plain bread sometimes but that is not good and healthy

I’m sorry your little one is struggling. If it’s helpful I’m a feeding specialist and have some advice on my instagram: https://instagram.com/eat.chat.play?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng==

My son is the same and age 4 gonna be 5. I pick and choose battles with eating at this point. At least they are eating. My older son who is 12 was the same, and he now eats everything.

Long as you offer new things once in a while dont stress over it. When kids are ready they will. I sneak in broccoli in alfredo lol and mash up cauliflower and roll them in bread crumbs then air fry they think its home made fries. Lol

nope not at the moment and I feel so horrible about it as it’s not healthy too

Hve you tried smoothies and freezing them like pops?

my daughter is very smart if she doesn’t like the look of something she won’t eat it because she knows it’s something she doesn’t like lol

They also make veggie nuggets I know my son dont like them but some kids do. I'm sorry girl ik it stinks

Ladies please speak with a feeding specialist and speech therapist.
We sometimes label kids picky eater but it can be due to sensory matters or other things.

My daughter used to gag or spit a lot of food out, only wanted specific foods until we found out she had a sensory matter going on and also enlarged adenoids glands.

It is never their fault and it will get better with time and the right support.

I used to cook 2,3 options for dinner, I was frustrated and upset.

Speak to a specialist.
My daughter is 6 now and sometimes eats more than I do!
She eats most veggies from mushrooms, raw peppers, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, carrots etc.
She loves fruits, curries, love burgers and sausages. She is such a good eater now.

It will get better mums. Stay strong 💪🏽

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