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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what's the problem? Is the child losing weight? Not growing?[/quote]

OP here. No she is tall and a healthy weight. I’m just a worrier and think it would be problematic to eat like this as an adult. Imagine going on a date in college or young adulthood. She rarely eats what is served at family events (not an issue during Covid) and once her friends stop serving pizza for parties, she’ll need to be able to eat something else. Also her diet is full of carbs and dairy and not enough vegetables and whole grain.

And yes I know this is not as picky as some kids are.

But let’s say we came to your house and you served grilled chicken, rice and asparagus. A perfectly nice normal dinner. She would have none of that.[/quote]

Sounds like my 7 year old, down to the foods themselves. No answers here. He is gradually expanding what he'll eat. He now eats white rice. He'll eat more if I offer furikake with it (basically flavored salt)! I had to bribe him to taste it the first time. He recently started eating lox. He managed to get down a small bite of halibut without gagging. I paid him 25 cents for that and he conceded that maybe next time he'd eat two bites. I figure by the time he goes off to college he'll eat. My cousin's kid literally ate hot dogs and eggs for years. At 13 he suddenly started eating salad. At 20 he eats anything.

And to the snarky poster with the spices,  yeah, no. Everything i cook is highly spiced -- if not actually spicy. (Though plenty is also spicy; I love spicy food and when I was pregnant with DS, I ate massive amounts of Indian food and put red pepper flakes on everything I cooked.) DS specifies that he wants it plain. The plainer the better. It's crazy to me; I hate plain food. His 3 year old sister eats what I cook, but DS never has, even as a baby.[/quote]

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