My daughter and I have only been vegan for a bit over 2 months. My daughter is 28 months old.
Well since going vegan my daugher has gone to a picky eater to a super super picky eater.
In the beginning she did great, she has always loved her fruits and veggies anyway..especially raw veggies. she would literally eat an entire bushel of broccoli in one sitting..day after day.
Not anymore. I can't get her to eat anything. In the past 3 weeks all she has eating is cheerios, fries (vegan), chik n boca burger (I slice into fry shapes), and ramon (vegan) noodles. Oh and spagetti and rice also. These same meals over and over and over again. If even that much..sometimes she just wont eat.
I offer her way more than that...she just won't eat anything. She gets plenty of variety and choices but she wont even try it, she says "yuck" and doesn't even know what it taste like. If it looks different, smells different..is different in any way she turns her nose up.
I've tried an alternative version of her faves with no luck.
I've tried a healthy version of fries, making sweet potato fries, she wouldn't even eat one. She did kinda try it but then refused to eat it after.
I've made my own healthy pasta from scratch, added veggies and hidden purees to at least add some nutrition to what she's eating and she turned the pasta down completely. Her favorite food she wouldn't touch because I altered it to make it healthier seems it about all she eats.
I tried added some veggies to her rice and bought the plain kind that's not high in sodium..she wouldn't even touch it. I've tried a few rices that are vegan the only one she likes is the one high in sodium but if I alter it she wont even eat that much.
I'm really worried about her and I am at a loss. She's not getting her calories, she's not getting her nutrients, the only things she will eat are not the healthiest. Plus like I said, I give her options and healthy food..she just wont eat it. If I don't give her options she will starve herself because hungry or not she wont eat it. Lose/Lose situation. She has even lost some weight.
I was temped to take her off this vegan diet, it sure would make her dad happy *sigh* but I REALLY don't want to. I don't know what to do. Any advice?
P.S. Please excuse typos, grammar...my spell check don't work.
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