My 14 month old will only eat sweet potatos!!?

my 14 month old has become a picky eater. we are feeding him an almost vegetarian diet. he occasionally has chicken or turkey.


i just want to make sure he is eating enough, since we're weaning him off his bottle, so most of his nutrients are coming from his food.





this is his usual daily intake....sound ok?





Breakfast:





either a bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon or yogurt. sometimes he eats a jar of apple sauce or peaches with his oatmeal.





Lunch: variation of jarred sweet potatos, sweet peas, squash or carrots. usually eats one or two jars. we do cheese quesadillas occasionally. also, he'll eat crackers, and maybe some "Lil' Crunchies". 1 cup of pudding.





8 ounces of milk





Dinner: the same as dinner, but i try to get him to eat more. he occasionally has some turkey or chicken.








8 more ounces of milk before sleepy time.








he also snacks a lot. he loves animal crackers, banana cookies, club crackers and gerber puffs. he won't drink juice, so i give him water throughout the day.

My 14 month old will only eat sweet potatos!!?
I wouldn't worry. sounds like he's doing just fine. Most children between 18moths and 3 years go through phases where they will only eat certain foods... favourite with my children is jam sandwiches.


he's getting a Good breakfast, potato is good, veg is better than no veg, and seems like theres plenty of protein too.


water is better than juice anyway as children can rely on juice for their nutrients causing them to not eat properly.


The only thing I would suggest is making your own mash potato, with a bit of cheese and loads of butter in it. Or if he wants ot stick to his jars, trying adding and disguising foods in that.


All will come right in the end, and then you'll be stressing you cant buy enough food to satisfy his appetite! good luck!
Reply:Cups of pudding, jars of processed baby food, crackers, cookies, "puffs," and what are essentially Cheetos ("Lil' Crunchies") are not ideal things to offer, to put it mildly.





Throw out the Gerber garbage and just offer real food. If he doesn't eat it, he doesn't eat it; make with the milk (I assume formula milk, not expressed breast milk?). But stop offering garbage.
Reply:Have you tried giving him raviolis and things like that. He may like them (especially if you give him some with sauce, since it'd be messy). Plus they're a good source of protein. Buy him a variety of the little entrees and see what he likes. It may be a matter of finding a favorite and sticking with it.
Reply:sounds great to me! good job mom. if you want to introduce more foods just put 1 piece of it on his plate, don't mention it to him just let him discover it himself. i find after about 10-20 times of tasting it they will start liking it. it takes time and some things they just don't like.
Reply:FYI It usually takes anywhere up to 7-15 times to get a child to try a new food - Don't get too frustrated yet and it sounds like you are doing a great job as it is.





Mashed bananas in the sweet potatoes are yummy!
Reply:sounds ok to me ,sweat potatos are very nutritious .all kids go through fussy stages but yours sounds like he has a balanced diet , as long as he is still gaining weight he will be fine .if you still worried go get him checked out but he sounds good to me.
Reply:It seems like a big enough variety to me. But I would start more regular foods. Just cut them really small.
Reply:just make sure he gets enough protein, other than that it looks like you are doing great
Reply:try putting cheese on other veggies my lil girls loves it


make sloppy joes


cook smoked sausage with Bar-Q sauce or pork chops


breaded pork chops


fich sticks things like that


mac and cheese
Reply:my sister feed her daughter too many sweet potatoes and carrots and her nose got a little orange!
Reply:sounds enough to me, you say he snacks a lot... i'd make sure he doesn't snack constantly throuhgout the day... you should try to limit the snack time to once a day... at around 4-5 pm... about 4 hours after lunch.
Reply:Sounds like enough to me, I would try to get him on more real food and less baby food though. But he is definitly eating enough!
Reply:It looks to me like you are doing just fine. Don't listen to that uber snob as you call her, that's actually a nice way of putting it. Milk is fine. After they reach a year old, whole milk is best. My doc actually told me that whole milk is best until their 10. Pudding is not going to do any harm to your son. They have plenty of sugar free puddings too. What's a yummy snack going to do to him? Nothing. You are perfectly capable of deciding what's good and bad for your child, I can tell because of how concerned you are about his eating habits. Honestly I don't see anything wrong with how you are approaching him. I have one son who would eat anything you give him and another who is so picky it's frustrating! Just keep offering him food he normally doesn't eat and let him decide to eat it. Good luck and you are doing fine. Some people are so judgmental. Just because we don't make our OWN milk doesn't mean we aren't good parents! Geez.

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