Tell me they outgrow the picky eating!

[bluejaunte]

Julian used to be a really healthy eater -- he loved broccoli, beans, soup, sunflower seed butter, fruit (tons of fruit!) etc etc.

Those days are gone. Lately -- for months now -- he pretty much just wants to eat snacky stuff. We do give him iron-enriched toddler crackers/cereal bars and things like that (we still have to watch his iron as he seems to have some sort of malabsorption issue which is being looked into) but apart from that we don't really offer much snacky stuff. Which leaves him willing to feed himself pretty much nothing but toast and dry cereal and occasionally soy cheese (which we don't let him have much of) or hard boiled egg whites or little bits of fruit. He's lost interest in veggies comprehensively, and I have to chase him around and pop things in his mouth while he plays, mostly. He will not eat what we eat. Added to that, he'll eat certain things away from home (he'll eat a ton of semolina noodles at my mom's house, but never here). All very complicated, and we end up spending a ton of money on healthy things for him to try, which 99% of the time get shunned.

They do outgrow this, right?

[jenfl]

My DD seems to go through phases. She's never gotten quite as picky as your DS sounds, but she'll cycle. For weeks or months she'll eat only things she's had before, and even shun some things she used to like. And then, out of nowhere, she'll start eating all sorts of foods and trying new things at each meal.

I just try to keep our meals generally consistent (a loose family menu, so most meals she's seen before), eat together as much as possible, always put all the foods on her plate, and offer new items even if I'm SURE she won't try them.

Good luck!