I have to go ahead and vent about this here, since I'm sure my Facebook friends are tired of hearing about it. I am beyond stressed about Mason's picky eating. He will eat baby oatmeal, yogurt, sweet potatoes and squash (sometimes!), applesauce (on occasion) and snacks like Teddy Grahams and Goldfish. And that's about it...He likes pizza, but obviously, I'm NOT going to give him pizza every night. I can't get him to eat a single green vegetable, and anything in the meat area is just out of the question. And maybe it wouldn't be so stressful if he didn't repeatedly knock the spoon out of my hand, spit out the food that does make it into his mouth, or scream like someone's hurting him when I make him try something new. I just can't believe what a picky eater he is, and I don't know what to do about it. We offer other foods often, and over time, end up with a ridiculous amount of wasted food. I'm worried about his nutritional needs being met. I'm not quite willing to resort to toddler formula yet, because there's got to be a way through this, but I do yearn for the days when I knew he was getting everything he needed from his formula.
Any advice or thoughts on this would be appreciated...every other baby I know will eat everything in sight, so this is frustrating and a very unexpected obstacle. I'm pretty sure none of the fourth graders I teach still eat only oatmeal and yogurt, so I'm sure he'll grow out of it. I just want him to be the healthiest that he can be, and it makes me sad that I feel like I'm failing him in that area.
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