My baby girl is one year and refuses to eat. The only thing she wil eat are grapes. how can i get her to eat?

Question

My baby girl is one year and refuses to eat. The only thing she wil eat are grapes. how can i get her to eat?

Answer 1

Offer her other foods and don't even let her see the grapes in the fridge. Cutting her sandwich into fun shapes with cookie cutters or carving veggies into interesting fun shapes is always a hit with this age. At least my son would eat it that way. She will cave in sooner or later when she's hungry and what you give her is all she gets. She is still a bit young for using the grapes as a reward for clearing her plate.

Maybe consider using grape jelly as a condiment on a few things. Kids absolutely love dipping any food into some kind of sauce (as  disgusting as it sounds) If you can convince her that grape jelly is good you might be able to get her to dip veggies into it.

Answer 2

My pediatrician always told me that babies/toddlers/preschoolers will eat when they are hungry and if they don't eat one day, or pick at their food, as long as they are getting fluids, there is no need to worry.  Just keep offering her some food and she'll eat when she wants. :-)

Answer 3

In addition to taking her to the store and having her help you pick out things that she would like to eat you may want to look into the cookbook called "Deceptively Delicious". It's a great way to get nutrients into her food without making her eat foods she may not care for.  

Answer 4

Kids go through weird stages like this where they will only eat one or two things.  Have you tried yogurt, real fruit besides grapes-not baby food fruit, real meat-not baby food meat?  I would try that and see if she likes the food you are eating better than jar baby food.  I would also consult with my baby doctor and see if he has any input.  

Answer 5

Try taking her to the store and let her pick something out to eat. My daughter used to love lunchables, but she wanted to pick it out.

Answer 6

well im not entirely sure how to get her to eat but one thing for sure is, don't force her to eat. just put things infront of her and encourage her. it scares kids if you get mad or frustrated so try not to do that.

Answer 7

If you are concerned about nutrition try giving her liquid vitamins.  Otherwise she'll eat when she's hungry.

Answer 8

Cheese, pasta, tomatoes, peas, corn, raisins, melon, sweet potato - These are all finger foods you can try to get her to eat. Cut out the grapes for a while.