How do I get my son to eat vegies

I do keep trynig and trying and he eats a few mouth fulls okay then screams again....

Alex does the same! As soon a she sees it he turns his head away. Wont even try it. I have had huge battles the last couple of weeks trying to get him to eat dinner. I have given up for now - as it was getting really stressfull for everyone. He would end up screaming the house down! I am now leaving a plate with a few different foods (apple, banana, raisins, cucumber, crakers etc) out for him, and he grazes as he pleases. I am going to slowely add vegies to it, and see how that goes.

Is he eating fruit? If he is then he's probably getting the nutrients he needs from them.

Studies have shown that given the chance to choose their own diets (from a choice of healthy foods) over the course of a month toddlers diets even out, one day or week they may eat more meat and less veges but the next it'll change. It's amazing that at this age children are more intune with what they're bodies need than we are because they haven't been 'programmed' yet.

As Natalie said I'd just keep on offering them each day. If he likes fruit I'd up his fruit intake. I'd also try a few variations of veges (maybe he'd prefer raw carrot sticks to cooked carrots etc). Also as suggested earlier try hiding the veges in his food, like beans or carrots in the meat (I still do this for my DH) or if he's onto you with that method save the water that you used to cook the veges the night before and use this to make a stock with for the next nights dinner (boiled veges lose lots of their nutrients in the water).

Does he feed himself? If they are served in a way that he can self-feed he may be more keen. I don't see the harm in giving him a couple of days break and then try again - to break the negative connotation if possible. A friend of mine purees veges and freezes them in small amounts, then she thaws and mixes them into her DD's yoghurt for breakfast - just another idea.

busymum wrote: Does he feed himself? If they are served in a way that he can self-feed he may be more keen. I don't see the harm in giving him a couple of days break and then try again - to break the negative connotation if possible. A friend of mine purees veges and freezes them in small amounts, then she thaws and mixes them into her DD's yoghurt for breakfast - just another idea.

EEEEK veges mixed in with youghurt..I dont even think I could eat that tho!!! LOL

Thanks everyone.. for all your great ideas.

 

That Deceptively Delicious book is an awesome resource - I was stunned to try some banana cake with cauliflower in it the other day that a friend had baked and it was just as yum as the 'normal' stuff!