Feeding teenage girls (17)
Shell225: does anyone else have to face the fickle fancy of a teenage girl when it comes to food??
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
I know just what you are going through my daughter was the same so hard to please with food as a young child, today as an adult she is still fussy. I was always trying new foods with her not a lot of luck. Where's my son I needed a lock to the fridge especially as a teenager he loved his food. Today he is a great cook on the other hand my daughter is a terrible cook. Both are fit and healthy today and she does eat healthy just watches her diet. It did worry me a lot when she was little how fussy she was. Try not to worry too much I think sometimes it is the way their genetics work.
I have a hard time pumping fruit into one kid. 
I give then milks in their lunchboxes, a muesli bar, a sanga,(one kid likes ham and cheese and the other cheesymite)
I ask then what they want on their sanga and they usually ask what is there to put on them. So I rattle off what we have such as, ham, cheese, tomato, peanut butter, honey etc.
My kids change their mind all the time too.
They haven't liked bananas for over a year ( just as well they are too dear anyway).
Sometimes they will have an apple or mandarin.
One kids likes to take yoghurt and a spoon as well.
Even if they bring it home again, at least I know I sent then with food and its their problem if they dont eat it.
Maybe some quiche ocasionally or other things to break up the boring sangas.
I give then milks in their lunchboxes, a muesli bar, a sanga,(one kid likes ham and cheese and the other cheesymite)
I ask then what they want on their sanga and they usually ask what is there to put on them. So I rattle off what we have such as, ham, cheese, tomato, peanut butter, honey etc.
My kids change their mind all the time too.
They haven't liked bananas for over a year ( just as well they are too dear anyway).
Sometimes they will have an apple or mandarin.
One kids likes to take yoghurt and a spoon as well.
Even if they bring it home again, at least I know I sent then with food and its their problem if they dont eat it.
Maybe some quiche ocasionally or other things to break up the boring sangas.
Im lucky. I have two teenage boys at home and they will eat anything and everything I put before them.
They wouldnt eat any kind of vegetables until recently and if they could they would live on toasted cheese sandwiches.
Its all good in my hood.(for now)
They wouldnt eat any kind of vegetables until recently and if they could they would live on toasted cheese sandwiches.
Its all good in my hood.(for now)
In response to: does anyone else have to face the fickle fancy of a teenage girl when it comes to food??
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
Yep going throught the same shell and mine one isnn't quite 12 yet...She started this nope don't like that anymore some time ago...
My teens are both the same, one boy and one girl. Neither of them take lunch to school at all now. I gave up hassling them and figure its saving me money 
They do have growth spurts now an then where they just eat everything they see, which makes up for it i guess 
They do have growth spurts now an then where they just eat everything they see, which makes up for it i guess 
My 12 yr old packs her own school lunches.I have a variety of things if she doesnt like whats in the house then she can buy her own out of her pocket money.
thanks everyone.. 
I dont feel quiet so bad now, knowing that it seems to be the norm..
I've even tried taking her shopping with me so that she can pick the food... and I still end up with ham, chicken all going off in the fridge.
Melty, she will eat bananas..
and yes they are bloody expensive.
I dont feel quiet so bad now, knowing that it seems to be the norm..
I've even tried taking her shopping with me so that she can pick the food...
and I still end up with ham, chicken all going off in the fridge. Melty, she will eat bananas..
and yes they are bloody expensive.
kezza007: Yep going throught the same shell and mine one isnn't quite 12 yet...She started this nope don't like that anymore some time ago...
School lunch, Tell them to make it themself then they can't complain.
what would i know
pushbiker: School lunch, Tell them to make it themself then they can't complain.
what would i know
what would i know
Short makes her own lunch, but often I check it, cause I've caught her not taking anything..
I don't feed teenagers .......... and after a while they go away.
Darkhorseman: I don't feed teenagers .......... and after a while they go away.
Darkhorseman: I don't feed teenagers .......... and after a while they go away.
Shell225: does anyone else have to face the fickle fancy of a teenage girl when it comes to food??
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week... next week who knows???so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?
sorry shell, can't help here. last time i fed anything to a teenage girl, i was a teenage boy
psuedonym: sorry shell, can't help here. last time i fed anything to a teenage girl, i was a teenage boy
thanks Psuedo... tap dance on the mine field of my parental fears...
there'll be NO young men a callin Mizz Shortie ...My sister and i both went through this stage, we grew out of it by the time we were 17. I think it has something to do with the pressures of finding yourself or following the croud. For example, i stopped eating red meat and anything i considered to have an unsual texture...i still don't eat red meat but for the most part i eat what is put in front of me (good thing i'm the cook) lol
nette90: My sister and i both went through this stage, we grew out of it by the time we were 17. I think it has something to do with the pressures of finding yourself or following the croud. For example, i stopped eating red meat and anything i considered to have an unsual texture...i still don't eat red meat but for the most part i eat what is put in front of me (good thing i'm the cook) lol
thank you Nette, its reassuring to know that its more likely a passing fancy. I guess Im just feeling the frustration of it, and the concern that she is getting a good diet. I know she's not starving, or under weight, but I dont think she's eating as well as she could be
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Im currently going spare, I do my best to get the things I know Short will like, but the list seems to change as quickly as her hormone levels...
Here are two examples....
until last week she loved Kiwi fruit, used to take it in her lunch box with a little spoon... saw some really nice looking ones and she hadnt had them in weeks, so grabbed a few... NUP.. we dont like them anymore.
Monday night cooked a roast dinner, which I was told, was fantastic and great.... of course I suggested roast beef sangas for school lunch... (which has always been a favourite) NUP.. dont like RB sangas anymore
the list is endless.. and I just cant keep up.. of course if 2 minute noodles were a staple food supply she would be happy.... this week...
so tell me, is anyone else going through this, and how are you getting food into the little buggas?