Meal Ideas For A Picky Toddler? Loves Pasta & Red Sauce , Ramen Noodles ( I hate giving them to him 😔) & cheese pizza .

@babynessa, yeah his doctor isn’t concerned . He still 97th percentile . That makes total sense, I don’t think that’s mean. I will keep that in mind, thank you.

@augustsmuva If his doctor doesn't seem concern I wouldn't stress too much. Just offer him food and if he eats great if not then that's fine. My daughter's pedi always tells me "if she's hungry she will eat what you give her. If not then she won't eat. No child would allow themselves to starve when food is being offered." Why I cook what I eat if my child doesn't eat her plate it goes in the microwave if she asks for food I give her her plate. I really don't make special food for her. She either eats or she doesn't. If she gets hungry then she ends up eating what I made. My family thinks I'm a mean mom because of that but I don't have time to make two meals (one for me/husband and one for my child) and I guess I'm a mean mom.

@babynessa, ok! I’ll give it a try. I did a stir fry like a week ago with eggs , veggies , chicken & ramen noodles & he picked around everything but the noodles . He just spits stuff out . And it seems like when he first started eating like finger foods , he ate everything I put in front of him. The last month is when he became so picky.

You can add eggs and veggies such as corn and carrots in the ramen noodles. There's also chicken alfredo pasta or you can make noodles our of squash with red sauce. Have you tried zucchini bread it's sweet taste like candy. There's fried zucchini patties that are good and taste fine. Instead of pizza you can make pizza on english muffins and chop veggies very fine. If he likes spaghetti you can add mushrooms, bell peppers etc in the sauce I do it with my daughter.

@phoebesmommy, he’s still getting his 20oz minimum of whole milk daily . Kind of hard to give him protein in food form when he won’t eat anything. That’s the reason I posted .

@shayybear, he may like that too! I’ll try it ! Thank you!

Baby needs some protein

@augustsmuva

What about dumplings and noodles? Like chicken and dumplings but substitute with noodles.

@augustsmuva should work without meat too lol. 😁

@shayybear, my mom makes that exact thing ! Except no pepperoni. He doesn’t like meat 🙄 but I will make that ! Thank you!

Pizza bake.

Boil the noodles until softer or Al Dente, which ever you prefer.

Season the meat as you'd like and then brown the meat.

Mix pasta, beef and pasta sauce into casserole dish

top with cheese

place pepperoni on top

bake in the oven at 350 until the cheese is golden / crispy or to your liking.

@techie_grrl, I will give it a try ! Thank you!

@augustsmuva oh yeah! Can't have them starving lol maybe try some rice and keep up with the fruits he will eat. You can try sneaking in veggies, but that's really hit or miss.

@techie_grrl, he refuses vegetables . He likes strawberries the other fruits he goes back & forth with . I was told it’s a phase , which I understand . But it’s tough when he’s soooo picky & he HAS to eat. Ya know ?

Will he eat any fruits or veggies? My daughter loves fresh produce cut into bite size pieces.