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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article from the Post today is really interesting: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/04/the-stark-difference-between-what-poor-babies-and-rich-babies-eat/

Be careful what you feed your babies when they are young because it may dictate their preferences later in life.

IMO some kids are picky because of texture or other physiological issues, but those are rare.  ALmost all issues of picky eaters are cultural.  I have two kids and one is somewhat picky.  I take responsibility for that.  For a while when he was younger we didn't handle it well and indulged him.  That said, he does eat plenty of food that is not on the typical "kid friendly" list - because it's been given to him repeatedly since he was tiny- that's why he loves tofu, broccoli and spicy food.

People whose kids will only eat mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and the like have only themselves to blame.[/quote]

So what happens when kids don't like typical 'kid food' but I would still consider them a picky eater?  Who is to blame then?  DD won't eat chicken nuggets, burgers or fries.  She also hates ketchup.   It isn't as simple as liking kid food vs. regular food.  Or if it is, DD didn't get the memo.[/quote]

See, this scares me because my 11 month old is picky already. He was a champion eater of breastmilk but hated solids from the moment we introduced them. Purees, BLW, cut up in one of those mesh things -- he hated them all. We have tried oatmeal, rice, and just about every fruit and vegetable under the sun (except the one or two I am allergic to). We've tried pureeing the food we eat -- I am a good cook and cook mostly from scratch. We've tried the store-bought purees and pouches. At 11 months, he loves cheerios (they fed them at day care to work on his fine motor skills, which are not good); bread; pureed sweet potatoes; and plain whole milk yogurt. That's it. He will eat some other pureed fruits and vegetables under protest but not meat. And as for finger foods, the only ones he reliably picks up are Cheerios and bread. So we spread the bread with goat cheese, to get a little protein in, and he's ok with that. But he won't even pick up most finger foods, nor let me get it anywhere near his mouth. We've tried chicken, eggs, beef, stewed lamb, sweet potato pieces, avocado, banana (what kid doesn't eat banana?!), melon, pear, etc. Nada.

DH and I eat anything. We were never picky as kids. I am afraid DS is going to be horribly picky, and I read these articles about how infants will accept anything and want to tear my hair out. Because he never has.[/quote]

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