DCB Is A Very Picky Eater...

[VTMom]

Friend,

His serving size for breakfast is just a 1/2 slice of toast or 1/3 cup of cereal. If he is eating four waffles... even if they are small... it's probably about six times his actual serving size.

I would DRASTICALLY lower his carb intake in the morning. Give him a half of a muffin or a half of a waffle (like half of an Eggo), one half cup of milk, and a quarter of a cup of fruit. THAT'S IT.

Keep his breakfast to the reccomended allowances and do an early lunch.

Check out this: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care/pro...l_patterns.htm

One very very strong pattern of "picky eaters" is the big starch/sugar breakfast that gives them enough calories to make it for a ten hour day care day. Keep to the amounts he's supposed to have so his natural hunger drive kicks in.

Don't buy the parents saying they don't have time in the morning. They have the same 24 hour day that everyone else has. If she is worried about him being hungry then she needs to GET UP early in the morning and prepare him a high calorie meal so he's covered till she gets him back home at night.

Holy cow! All of my kids eat way more than the standards. I'll definitely be making some adjustments. I never considered this before. Thanks for the eye opener.

[nannyde]

Holy cow! All of my kids eat way more than the standards. I'll definitely be making some adjustments. I never considered this before. Thanks for the eye opener.

Not to worry. Most people don't realize it. It starts with ginormous bowls of rice gerber cereal for infants and the next thing ya know you are giving a two year old a cereal bowl of cheerios.

The amounts of the carbs is LOW.

You can also try giving him lunch for breakfast. First meal of the day.. roast beef, potatoes, and carrots.

I've cured MANY MANY "picky eaters" with meat and veggie breakfast, meat and veggie lunch... then "I don't care what they eat" for supper.