Will your picky eater grow right? This everyday question has an answer – follow these tips to make your picky eater eat and help them grow right.
Do you face a standoff over vegetables and fruits every day at the dinner table? You are not the only one. If you are worried about your kid’s fussy eating, complete and balanced nutrition, thinking whether he will grow right or have proper bone growth – this post is just for you.
Toddlers, preschoolers can be notoriously picky. My soon-to-be-four-year-old will eat toast with butter, parathas with egg, but will make faces if its rice. He absolutely loathes anything mushy like pasta, fish or khichdi! Food must never ever touch each other or his fingers! He says my hand is dirty! Food time is a struggle, but I have learnt how to make it bearable!
Is fussy eating forever? Will he ever Grow Right?
I keep asking his doctor, is he EVER going to eat properly? According to her, he’s healthy and fine. He’s super active and calls himself a Hulk! But picky eating can be detrimental for growth, development and health.
What are the necessities for proper physical growth and brain development?
If you are a mom of a fussy eater, I’m sure you read up a lot about child nutrition and hacks. But mommy, don’t get too much stressed. Fussy eating is a phase and it improves once they start school and learn to eat along with peers.
I had decided on working on all the pain areas to improve his overall health and eating habits and help him grow right.
How I deal with my picky-eater?
Your picky-eater probably is smarter than you, but you need to also keep in mind who’s the mom! When my son was 2, food time was stressful for me. I tried everything – offering three kinds of food every meal, reducing milk, keeping him hungry and hiding all the snacks! But the toddler was adamant – “I don’t want to eat”! But I wanted him to grow right.
But I decided – I have to outsmart this tiny human. I started engaging him in the kitchen with shelling peas, peeling boiled eggs (of course I made them cold) or even making milk shakes and smoothies. All of these were done to create an interest around food and meal time.
Introduce family food – no special food – EAT Right
I started giving our family food to my toddler which is complete and balanced nutrition in itself. When you are a role-model in front of your kid they tend to watch and learn. We also included several kinds of food in our daily menu. That’s how he started liking soups. It’s the perfect excuse to feed him vegetables. Believe me, I have fed him vegetables like sweet potato, gourd, pumpkin, broccoli, carrots – all through various soups. And he enjoys soups and also watching the hand blender in use! He has also started liking eggs because he participates in peeling them.
Outdoor Play and exercise – PLAY Right
He’s a kid with lot of energy and I need ways to channel that. I enrolled him in a toddler swimming class in our apartment. He has a serious fascination for water so he enjoyed his swimming. Outdoor sports are not only great for physical growth and wellbeing – they develop a good appetite in kids too. Outdoor sports like running, swimming, football are all good ways to improve bone growth.
Provide something that boosts immunity and growth – Grow Right
While he was fussing over his food and I was losing my sleep, the doctor had recommended giving a health drink like PediaSure to make up for the lost nutrition and consequent growth. I was a little sceptical because he wasn’t very fond of milk. I got the PediaSure Cookies and Cream flavour for him and he liked it. PediaSure is enriched with 37 nutrients which provides 100% RDA of macro and micro nutrients when given in appropriate quantities. So whatever your child might be missing out because of poor eating habits, there are more chances of getting it back. PediaSure also contains prebiotics and probiotics that boost immunity and keeps the gut healthy. I have given him PediaSure in milkshakes, smoothies, added it to cookies, and even pancakes.
Here’s why Pediasure is highly recommended.
My son’s picky eating habits are improving ever since he’s joined school and is eating along with friends. I get surprised when he says “I ate idli in school”! Fussy eating is a phase and often your behaviour and response to it helps to overcome it. If you follow any of these steps for complete and balanced nutrition, outdoor plays for bone growth and physical development, let me know in a comment below. If you have other tips and hacks for fussy eaters let me know too.
31 comments
Providing the right food and nutrition for kids is so important. a whole round development is essential. Maybe pediasure provides a whole round growth, in addition to right food.
yes it does. moreover, the son likes the taste too!
Health drink supplements like Pediasure definitely give help to meet the nutrietent requirements.
yes, even on the days when he’s not eating much I know something good is going in.
These are some great tips for moms dealing with fussy eaters. I agree it’s a phase and with little efforts and the right choices we can ensure our kids good health and growth.
yeah, and its quite a tough phase for moms!
You are right it is very important that our kids are given the right nutrition and food in order to get an all round development. Pediasure seems to have a good balance of nutrients to boost immunity.
i have seen some visible changes in my son – height specially – so I am pretty much satisfied with the product
It’s really so necessary to keep a close watch on what our kids eat!
I like the sound of Pediasure 🙂
My lil cousin is fussy too! My aunt also uses pediasure for him. And it’s quite effective!
Actually moms of a fussy eater are so stressed. In your post you have explained very well. Sharing this link for other Moms to take notes.
Some good tips you have shared. I too give my kids the goodness of Pediasure.
truly said, I try to give my kids right food and right time. No junk foods , your tips are very helpful
Totally agree with you Tina, hopefully the kiddos grow out of their fussy eating phase and like you I too recommend Pediasure as a vital health drink buddy.
Pediasure is a great way to ensure that picky eaters get their nutrition and their moms can breathe easy too.
I agree, fussy eating can be a phase and parents should take steps to deal with it rather than worry about the fussy eating habit of their child. Pediasure is a great choice to boost growth and immunity.
Thank you for sharing other facts which prove that food is not the only factor determining growth of child. Pediasure is a good option
Every kid is a picky eater these days.. Health drink is comes so handy in this case to provide the extra nutrition value.
You have addressed a very important aspect and worry of moms life. And I agree when we introduce foods in appropriate quantity and ensure they are given every day the child will definitely get all the necessary nutrients to grow right. And health drinks is one of the aspects that is much needed in this growth journey.
I can totally relate to it, I have one fussy eater too. Giving home food is always good and healthy option.
It is necessary to provide immunity booster to kids so that picky eater get right nutrition for body.
My son is not a picky eater but he has his own tantrum always. So I also give him pediasure daily.
Agree, for the right and balanced growth we also need right nutrition. Beautiful post with some great pictures of your little man. Love it.
Picky eating can cause upteen problems in growing age and later.This will be very helpful for me.
My little one is picky eater and I know the struggle moms of picky eater faces . pedia sure is really a great option to provide all essential nutrients to our kids. will surly try it. thanks for sharing about it.
My nephew is such a fussy eater. Guess now, we now know how to deal with him
Really great tips there to deal with a fussy eater. I give PediaSure to my son which makes me worry-free about him getting all the nutrients even on the fussy days.
Pediasure is necessary for kids who don’t eat right. It helps to provide them right and complete nutrition.
I spend more time in planning the alternative dishes that my son may eat than sending actual time in cooking them. When you have a picky eater it is important that you have options of meal ready
Its very diffucult if our kids are picky eaters but sadly most kids are and we often struggle to make them get their needed nutrients. Thanks to health drinks like pediasure things have changed.
Very good post. I’m going through some of these issues
as well..