For
all mums of fussy eaters, I have tried out some tips to provide
additional nutrition in the same food they normally eat in small
quantities.(applies mainly to 2-5 yr olds)
1. Never make palin
IDLI(rice cake) - mix grated carrot , broccoli, cheese, spinach, ltl
salt n chilli pwd, cashew nut pieces. this not only makes idlis
colorfull but also provides vegies they need and makes it interesting n
tastes great. I call them rainbow idli.same can be done with dosa.
2.try this with chapati, roti or Dosa- On the already fried side put egg
yolk and fry so it should look like omlett from one side and
chapati/dosa the other.if they eat 1 whole thing.it like 1 egg n 1
chapati..but.same effort to feed.
3. when feeding, one for you one for me trick works some times.may be one for daddy if it gets monatonous.
4. Noodles -- kids luv them for some reason, so addin frozen mixed vegies to instant noodles or pasta.(always have no
odle packs n frozen vegies handy for those tired days)
5. Milk-- have few flavour that have colors..i call them pink milk ,
yellow milk and brown milk..if you know they might refuse milk,ask
"which color would you like today>?". have colored straws at home and
match straws to their dress color just to make it interesting.
6.
chocolate- who doesnt love it??yummm.....have nut centred choc balls
handy. Costco has got soem really good stuff(almond/peanut/macademia
centered).they eat nuts along with chocs.
7. Bread- it good for
kids. multi vitamin soft bread.. have cheese, choc spread and peanut
butter handy. ask them what they want on bread that day. giving them a
choice of variety makes them to choose one. it work 9 out of 10 times.
8.making feed time play time. try play with them while feeding, with
toys infront of them.( mu daughter has a piggy toy which she lieks to
feed along)
9. a small bribe like handing over choc/lollie only to
let them eat after they finish whts on the plate. works soemtimes.when
buying jelly/lollies get multi vit variety.
10. As experts say
before you give up try atleast 10 to 15 times. if they dont like it
today they might like it tommorow. kids changes mind more than we do...
HAPPY FEEDING MUMS . LET ME KNOW IF ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE WORKS FOR YOU.
AND PLEASE COMMENT WITH YOUR IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING:)
