I am fortunate enough to have possibly been chosen for the juicy juice influencer program to discuss my son's poor eating habits.  Here is our eating problems.....

When Christian was born, he had a lot of allergies to milk formulas, and after a long wait it out and see experiments with different formulas, we found that he was doing good with soy formula, so we kept him on that.  From day one in the hospital he always had weight issues, he lost almost 2 pounds in the hospital before we went home, and he continued having problems gaining weight.  He has always been underweight, and just this year, he only started to catch up to close to where the ideal weight a 6 yr old with his height should be.  He is 6 yrs old, and weighs 44 pounds, and only gained 1 pound since last year.  He is a very energetic boy, always on the go, but I do know that he isn't gaining a lot of weight because of his unhealthy eating habits. I have to admit that SOME of his problems go back to when he was a toddler, I would let him snack on not so healthy snack foods as often or whenever he wanted.  He has ALWAYS been picky with certain foods, even as a toddler.  This year he has added just a few new foods he enjoys to the list. 

Foods that he will eat are the following......

Fruits- Bananas, apples, oranges (sometimes), strawberries, green grapes, watermelon (sometimes)

Vegetables- (This list is minimal and he does not eat vegetables every day) Corn (only a small portion or kernels, or 1/4 of corn on cob), carrots (raw only), and very rarely will he eat cooked carrots.

Starches- Mashed potatoes, french fries, white rice, "moro"(spanish white rice with black beans), pasta (with tomato sauce), white bread or white soft rolls.

Meats- cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, pork sausage, bologna and ham deli slices, sometimes meatballs.

dairy-rarely drinks milk, American cheese slices, yogurt (mostly the kids themed kind with the sugary flavors like the "go-gurt", sometimes puddings, ice cream.

breakfast foods he eats-PANCAKES (usually about 4-5 days out of the week), toast with butter, rarely eats cereal (such as cocoa puffs, or trix), once a week he eats scrambled eggs with melted cheese.

snacks- he likes all different "advertised" unhealthy snacks, cookies, brownies, sometimes crackers, cheese crackers like "cheez-its", chips.

Beverages-he mostly drinks water all day, for snack in school I give him a juice box (usually the sugary kind), and on occasion I'll let him have a glass of caffeine free cola (not everyday). Once in a while he'll have a small glass of orange juice or apple juice, and very rarely he'll drink milk. 

Foods he WILL NOT eat are the following......

Pretty much everything else that is not on the above list.  A few things that stands out the most that concern me that he WILL NOT EAT are.....

Red meats like steak/beef. The only red meat he eats is ground beef with his cheeseburgers.  He WILL NOT eat green vegetables which concerns me.  He does not drink as much milk as I think he should.  The variety of foods that he eats is either loaded with salt sugar or fats and not much nutrition to it.  I am also concerned about the processed foods that he eats and how unhealthy they are, and possibly a danger to his health. 

It is a concern to me and am worried about his diet because he refuses to take a multivitamin and I am worried he is not getting the proper nourishment that he needs.  His diet also worries me because I want to teach him at a young age to eat properly because obesity runs in both mine and my husbands family, and as he gets older I would want him to take care of his health and weight.  I do know that the foods he eats isn't always the healthiest choice, but because he has always struggled with his weight I have always just had him eat what he likes, just so he will eat SOMETHING. 

Thank you for reading, and hope I was able to explain his diet without confusing you. lol.

 

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