TrixieLox

Anyone watching this? I do feel for the parents and obviously these are extreme cases. Though you can't help but wonder - how have the little blighters got away with it?

There's a young girl who only eats choccie on frosties. A little boy who STILL drinks milk despite being 3 and half AND he has his nappy changed still.

I can hardly comment, I know nothing about this kinda stuff but part of me thinks that maybe the parents weren't strict right from the moment they had to go on solids.

Less extreme cases - I know a few people who are soooooooooooooo fussy about food, only eating chips and chicken nuggets and SAUSAGES of all things to eat (ew! Full of crap, sausages are - still yummy tho). I kinda can't help but blame the parents. My mum said I started showing signs of fussy eating when I was 3 but basically, if I didn't eat what she cooked for me, I went without. That cured me in about 2 days, according to my mum!!!!

I am SO grateful I'm not a fussy eater now otherwise I would've missed out on some of the wonderful foods I've tasted!

What does everyone else think? x

babezone

see like this lil one who eats chocolate she really wants to but its mental block for her and shes petrified so its like how long should the parents keep trying. i think parents play a part but its not their fault x x x

polo_princess

Oooo is that on now?

See i was a fussy eater when i was a child but ive grown out of it. Some things make me laugh though, my exes little sister would only eat chicken if it was chicken nuggets, not a chicken burger, chicken breast nothing!!

~KACI~

I'm recording it at the mo looking forward to watchin it could come in handy at the mo, caz i can't get my lil boy to eat at the moment!! We try everything, but unfortuantly alot of toddlers will go through this stage of just wanting crap x

Freya

I tend to agree tha a lot of it is to do with parents. Don't get me wrong, I think sometimes some parents don't realise the impact of their behaviour on their child. Things like how they deal with the child, tone of voice, routine and things they say in response .

Also, some children are sensitive to how foods feel and taste in their mouth - which many grow out of. I guess it's important to let your child try different things and for parents to respond in a neutral way whatever their reaction so as not to make an 'issue' of it.

rafwife

I'm going to go against the tide here, and say that it IS mostly the parents fault, even though it wasn't intentional. Phobias do not develop on their own, they develop due to a person having an unnatural fear reaction to something perfectly normal. For instance, I am afraid of balloons after a particular experience as a child. In my opinion, the parents who are trying to force feed their child are perpetuating the phobia and making it worse. By making a huge deal about eating one piece of food, they are making the child believe that it IS a big deal. If you ignore the child and create very little fuss then they will be calm and not distressed over eating.

However, I think this is different that a toddler going through a stage of being fussy, something which will change with age and patientce.

~KACI~

We ignore kieran and don't shout at him if he doesn't eat, sometimes we say will you eat your dinner plz, if he doesn't eat it simply he gets nothing else(do sometimes feel guilty though)If he does well though we go mad praising and clapping our hands (going mad basically!!) He then gets pudding x x

Mamafy

Were you as interested in this as I was, just caught on you're recording it...its a great watch!

~KACI~

Yea i'm goin to watch later on or 2moz, was watchin warship instead!! Could be interesting!! xx

Mamafy

Have to disagree with you there TL. I am a mum to 5 and with my first 4 they were all fussy/faddy eaters and I feel no blame or guilt for it. The 3 cases that were shown tonight were the extremist cases and not really faddy eating as such but diagnosed problems.

I dont feel I could have done anything different other than let them grow out of it without stressing.

I really felt for these parents tonight as the anxiety that this causes is soul-destroying. If the parents werent giving a toss how they ate then I would blame them but they were all seeking help.

I thought the show was great and I was particularly interested in their theory that a child in their 2nd year actually develops this as a mechanism to stop them eating anything dangerous. That did make sense to me and helped me understand it better.