Is your child a picky eater? *tips wanted*

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My almost 6 year old is a picky eater. I swear when she was 3 a flip switched overnight and suddenly she hated fruits, veggies, etc. it makes her gag. The most I can get is for her to take a few bites of apple.
When I make dinners, like tonight I’m making carbonara with peas and bacon and alfredo sauce, I will have to give her plain noodles (not even butter) with garlic bread.
When my husband and I make something like hamburgers she refuses to eat it, only chicken nuggets.
Will only eat one kind of frozen French fries. Won’t eat chicken tenders. Won’t drink anything but water.
She scrapes cheese off pizza. Only eats white rice. If I make Mexican rice or something I have to make her plain white rice or she refuses to eat it. If I make beef stew all she’ll eat is the roll and I’ll have to make her something else.
I’ve tried serving her what we eat only and she literally went 3 days just fine without hardly any food in her so I am afraid to try that.
I’m also afraid if I keep indulging her she will always be like this. It sucks only going to restaurants that have pizza or plain noodles for her. 
Any advice

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Can she help you pick out meals and cook with you. Kids are a lot more likely to eat what you make if they help. It's a pride thing. That being said my parents had a rule you eat what we make or you go to bed hungry. Sounds meal but you can't be making 4 dinners every night for you and your family.

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My daughter eats what i cook or she doesn’t eat. Sounds cruel but I don’t have money to waste on food and eventually they do eat things. 
I started work in her school kitchen in December and now I serve the kids. We can’t make them eat things but I’ve noticed most will copy their friends. If their friends have salad they have salad. If we get one having fruit the others have fruit. Its a slow process but keep trying. Don’t give in and just put pasta or nuggets on the plate. Try a different vegetable each time. Don’t load it up. Just a little spoonful. And when you eat together say how yummy things taste.

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My sil was worried about her daughter for this reason and her pediatrician told her the child would not starve to death. They will get hungry enough to eat.

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Make veggie sauce. Mix veggies in the sauce. Sneak them in! They’ll never know

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Also I agree with the comments. Stop giving her the option for something else. She eats why you cook or she doesn’t eat. You’re still feeding her. She’s just refusing to eat it. And eventually they’ll stop. You can’t give them the power to refuse. But as I also said. Mix the veggies in! They’ll never know

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Stop making her different meals. It will be hard for a while but she can’t be offered other choice. My daughter got way pickier when she hit 3-4 as well and I was in the bad habit of letting her snack too often through the day and meals were a nightmare. I starting timing my snacks better (and offering way less of them) and I never make her a separate meal. She js allowed to not like things but she has to eat an appropriate amount of food for each meal or she will get no treats later. Food needs to be carefully calculated with my child because she’ll easily hold out for snacks if she knows she can.

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My little girl went through a picky stage around 4 too.  Try making her food fun, it worked for us :)

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It sounds like you need to give her the option to eat what everyone’s eating or she doesn’t eat at all. She’s 6, she knows what she’s doing is wrong. 
My son is 2 tomorrow and hardly ever eats. I make special things for him because I’m desperate. After multiple doctors visits and an issue with random vomiting, we’ve come to the conclusion he has severe acid reflux and an aversion to food in fear he’ll puke. I think our situation is different considering he has an issue with reflux. Once that’s under control and he’s older, bet your ass I won’t be giving into making him special shit. 
Let her go hungry for a bit and she’ll eat.

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Sometimes I'll make a pasta sauce or something and blend extra veggies in it. Smoothies are a good option for my daughter also, she's getting out of the picky stage a bit though. I just put her dinner down and I jist tell her, she doesn't have to eat it but she's not getting anything else, sometimes she'll go back to it after a while, sometimes she goes hungry. If she only eats a little bit I hold onto it for a bit longer and if she wants a snack to soon after she can finish her supper.

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My parents indulged my little brother he only eats pizza chicken nuggets and hot dogs. They would stop and get him chik fil a even wen we were going to another restaurant. He is now 18 and eats the exact same way no veggies or fruits ever.

Is your child a picky eater? tips wanted

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