Auzubillahi minash shaitan ir rajeem,
Bismillah ir rahman ir rahim,
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah
Dear Jenni, I have been in your shoes for a very long time Almost six years ..... alhamdulillah, my seven year old is a lot better than when she was four or five or six.
Personally, i think, if you have the patience to force them, you can go ahead, but if you are losing it, its time to give up. There are alternatives to banana milk shake. for example go for cheese, yogurt, and puddings. ... i fact there are alternatives to almost everything.
I have also noticed that our little house mates develop interest in eating when we involve them in cooking. Let him/her into your kitchen, and start your chores with, "okay, let us make this or that ....."
You may try some adventures with food, to develop the sleeping taste buds. Try cutting out interesting shapes out of carrots and cucumbers. even allow your kid to do some of that, and it will serve as a titillating exercise. If lentils are not popular, try sprout beans, even show them how you sprout to create interest.
Baking is very interesting for kids. When u bake cookies, or cakes, or even bread, just ask for help.
Taking kids to the grocery stores, asking them to help with the list of grocery etc, is also good to develop interest in food. You may want them to pick their fruit of choice, and that will be easier for u to feed, rather than something which you may find "nutritious", but they think is boring and bland.
Another thing is, if kids are seated alone to eat, ( as most of the times we mothers take the eating process as a job, and want to finish it), they do not eat as readily as when we are sitting with them, eating, talking, reading, or just watching them eat.
I hope this helps.
Maa salaama,
Nausheen
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