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[Snow24]

Hi


Anyone can share the type of crunchy texture food you have tried with your child.

[sharonkhoo]

Snow24:

Hi


Anyone can share the type of crunchy texture food you have tried with your child.

My daughter doesn't eat sticky food (eg peanut butter, glutinous rice etc) but has no problems with other foods.

Which foods won't your son eat? Are there many that cause difficulties? Try introducing a little and often, but don't force. If the foods are not common and there aren't too many of them, I wouldn't worry about them too much.

[Snow24]

Hi


He doesn’t like soft food etc fish ball etc.
His food variety also limited to eating biscuits only.Not so receptive to try new food.

[sharonkhoo]

I found that a little at a time, and repeated attempts works most of the time. I always ate the same things as my kids, and would offer a very small piece of a new food. My usual request is that they take one taste/piece then decide if they want more. If rejected, I let it go and try again another time. But I would eat whatever it was in front of them. Do it often enough and they eat most things eventually.


And limit the biscuits if that’s what he eats mainly. Or tell him that he will only get a biscuit after he has tried the new food. Try getting him to eat biscuit-like foods - toast, pie crust etc then gradually introduce things that are less similar? Spread things on biscuits? Dip biscuits in things?

[ammonite]

Snow24:

Hi


He doesn't like soft food etc fish ball etc.
His food variety also limited to eating biscuits only.Not so receptive to try new food.

He can't have been only eating biscuits, right? :scared:

One of my boys is also fussy with texture and likes crunchy type texture though probably not as hardcore as yours. He does hate anything with obvious fats. Crunchy-type food to consider:

grilled toast with cheese(use hard cheese, not mozzarella
Baked rice or pasta, top with cheese and crumbs for crunchy top
Tonkatsu cutlet, use the Japanese bread crumb for the coating
Airfried tofu
Fried tempeh
Toasted ikan bills
Deep fried silver fish commonly served at Chinese restaurants
Whole fried small fishes that are served at Japanese restaurants
Japanese croquette ? It is soft in the center, but different restaurants do it slightly differently and if you are making it at home, you can make it firmer.

Mine also like very lean roast chicken with crispy skin. I usually give him the breast meat with nicely roasted skin, no fats.

For veg, fresh salad and coleslaws
Leafy greens that are still crunchy after a quick stir fry such as Kai lan and celery. Spinach and kangkong are unacceptable.

Roasted nuts and seeds
Crunchy apples
Chinese pears
Popcorn
Mini Japanese crab snacks

[Snow24]

Hi


Thanks for the suggestions slmkhoo and ammonite.

He is mainly eating biscuits. I switched from baby biscuits to normal biscuits.I know cannot just let him continue eat biscuits mainly.

Initially he did not take rice in childcare only 1-2 spoon for lunch.Now after few months introduced he receptive to rice.If I put soft fish ball on his bee hoon he no eat. He will only eat if only the bee hoon only.

[sharonkhoo]

Snow24:

Hi


Thanks for the suggestions slmkhoo and ammonite.

He is mainly eating biscuits. I switched from baby biscuits to normal biscuits.I know cannot just let him continue eat biscuits mainly.

Initially he did not take rice in childcare only 1-2 spoon for lunch.Now after few months introduced he receptive to rice.If I put soft fish ball on his bee hoon he no eat. He will only eat if only the bee hoon only.

Some kids don't like their food to be mixed up, or like the different types of food to be separate. Or they like the food cut to a certain size. You have to see what works. Also, you can gradually acclimatise him - if he doesn't like the fish ball on the noodles, put them beside, or on a separate dish for him to take a little. Or try other more \"biscuit-like\" items with his noodles first (like some of ammonite's suggestions), even if they aren't normally what you would serve with noodles.

[ammonite]

slmkhoo:

Snow24:

Hi


Thanks for the suggestions slmkhoo and ammonite.

He is mainly eating biscuits. I switched from baby biscuits to normal biscuits.I know cannot just let him continue eat biscuits mainly.

Initially he did not take rice in childcare only 1-2 spoon for lunch.Now after few months introduced he receptive to rice.If I put soft fish ball on his bee hoon he no eat. He will only eat if only the bee hoon only.

Some kids don't like their food to be mixed up, or like the different types of food to be separate. Or they like the food cut to a certain size. You have to see what works. Also, you can gradually acclimatise him - if he doesn't like the fish ball on the noodles, put them beside, or on a separate dish for him to take a little. Or try other more \"biscuit-like\" items with his noodles first (like some of ammonite's suggestions), even if they aren't normally what you would serve with noodles.

Agree on not mixing up food. I like my food separate as well, though fishball on noodles are okay lah. My suggestion is you get children food plate where things can be separated, or give him food on a tray so that you can use little plates for each - like the Koreans. I sometimes do that at home as well to preserve the crunchy texture of food and it just looks nicer.

Based on your sharing, I suggest you give him noodles in a bowl. If adding soup, make a rich stock to improve nutrient content, then strain the soup before pouring over. I do that and the soup is very clear.
At the side, use three little plates or bowls. One for fish balls, one for celery and carrot that have been quickly cooked in the soup, and one for airfried ikan bills.

For vegetables, you can also try kailan stem, or fine French beans. Be careful not to overcook.

If this is okay for him, you can try different things in the little bowls next time. Like crunchy pork floss bits, toasted seaweed, fried tempeh cubes, etc.

Besides biscuits, you can also let him try vegetable chips. MUJI has little fun packs that are good for experimenting with and loads of crunchy type snacks from vegetables, rice and seafood.

[ammonite]

Oh ya, maybe he will try vegetable sticks as well? Cut celery, carrot, cucumber and maybe apple into sticks and remove all hard to chew fibre.

[mummysniper]

Hi Snow24,

If your child doesnt like to eat all these, why not try to cook the veg and blend them? If not, you may wish to cook soup and just give him the soup so that he can get all the nutrients.

Just some ideas.