Ok how do y'all deal with kids that are picky ? Now usually I'm of the deal , your gonna get hungry eventually and just eat whatever.. and no I'm not trying to make them eat sardines and ramen or something kinda gross.. Well heres the deal. My little nephew doesn't seem to get hungry. I've seen this kid go a day or two and not eat if there was something he didn't want.....which usually means poptarts or McDonald's plenty of food in the house just decided he's not going to eat whatever and it's just like a whatever deal for him. Actually think he's on some medication to help with his appetite. He's also a bit of a drama queen and will act like your trying to make him eat a bug or something if you ask him to try something new so kid is 9 and in the boy scouts so he's been trying to hang out with me more and more when I'm home ( was the cool uncle the other weekend and took him fishing for his second time ever. Let him pick out his own rod at Walmart and took him to some of my lil secret spots and had hike tearing up the bream. Apparently he's been talking about it ever since) but I just dont have too much of a tolerance for his pickiness especially at his age. Id love to let him be my shadow but don't want him fainting after a lil woods walk or fence building because he refuses to eat.
So ,advice ?

It's simple. Eat whan it's time and what we are having or stay home and don't get to do the fun stuff. And no complaints. Time for him to man up. I'm guessing no dad in the home and mommy spoils him?

Don't you know what the old southerners always say ?

Eat what's on your plate or go hungry.

Not even animals will play drama queen when they are hungry.

The less you pay worried attention to him, the quicker he will learn to grow up and stop that spoiled child stuff.

Dad is honestly a great guy, just works two jobs and is barely home. Mom, lotta helicoptering won't let the boy be a boy. And. O before someone starts it's not lgbt super liber crap but, Like they have a half acre fenced in back yard and thinks she has to be out there swathing him like a hawk so alot of times their cooped inside . Scared to let him get hurt....

Like I said the kid doesn't seem to get hungry, legit worried about him just pass out or something. Think he's 75lbs soaking wet . Would prefer not to go in depth but apparently he's gone a while without eathing and just seemed like he was in fazed so the usual tactics of just waiting till he's hungry...doesn't work

Sounds like you need a campfire when your fishing and start eating some fish. Play into what he's excited about somehow maybe?

If someone like that would let you blindfold them and then give them things to taste that may help.

Sunday school once they had us try guacamole and everyone like it but the lesson was not to judge something by the way it looks. If you do something like that maybe make it sweet or something. Make sure its yummy.

you cant fix that

Have you tried to let him help cook? Cook a simple meal with him, mac n cheese, hotdogs over a campfire, whatever. See if he cooks if he'll eat.

If you can't wait until he gets hungry to eat maybe you should wait until he's done eating before you go fishing. Change up the equation.

I had a dog years back all he ate was lettuce one day a neighbor of mine saw my dog feasting on a big bowl of lettuce. My neighbor stated his dogs would never eat lettuce. I replied back, mine didnt eat if for the first 30 days. He wont starve to death just make good food available, he will eat it.

Good idea. Leave the sardines out of the ramen, he'd probably eat that too. Let him help cook them bluegills too. Fillet them and call them nuggets.

Good ideas here.

Well, if it may help your worries, ask if he gets dizzy, ever. He should tell you if he does.

If he wouldn't mind you taking his BP with a machine band, that reading could help you see how low the numbers might be. If they are too low for him, you can then monitor him with those readings on occasion.

If he is used to being coddled , your good concerns could well just "feed into" his trend for getting attention.

See if there's anything he really likes. And goes for to eat if it is available. You could run an experiment on how much and often he eats when his favorites are presented.

But don't let him see that you are wanting to find that out. If he is just enjoying the coddling attention, he will play you.

Not your kids so nothing will work. Let parents parent him.

My kids learned early, don’t eat and you go hungry.

Just keep restricting or eliminating his options.
At 9 yrs old maybe it's time to let him make decisions and experience results.
If you are friends enough, you can set down with him and explain his company is very much desired.
End with the importance of healthy food being a very important part of it.
#1 Being able to enjoy the never ending adventures outdoors
#2 How it's really restricting the level of adventures because of poor eating habits.

He's 9 yrs old and capable of understanding if you can communicate it too him.
If you are Text buddies, offer him some learning links at his level of comprehension.

Just remember the best memories in life are usually not the easiest tasks given.

I agree with OhioBoy. Change it up. Be honest with him and say you’ll go fishing or whatever else you may be doing after he eats so he won’t be fainting on you or getting sick feeling from not eating.

Too many cooks In the kitchen isn't going to help this kid. He will most likley grow out of It.

my opinion... most parents now give their kids too many options. see it alot in our friends and their kids.
on the other hand i have no children so who am i to judge i guess.

My youngest is a very picky eater

well sort of , doesn't like ground meat , sausage and a little seasoning is too much seasoning.

I buy cheap roasts for nearly the same price as hamburger or toss them a big hunk of whatever downer cow I shot on the cutting board and tell them to make whatever cuts they want from it and package and label them up

they like bread and now make sour dough every other day
they always liked rice and noodles and potatoes

really likes brussels sprouts
and they like chicken.

I used to before they were an adult living at my house make an attempt to make 2-3 meals a week that appealed to them and let them cook stuff for themselves when I was done in the kitchen.
now that they are an adult living in my house I make whatever I feel like for supper and they make what they like.



I would teach the kid to cook a few of the things he likes
I would start with a few ways to fix brim

this is also the kid that is my designated breader for fish , loves fried fish , will cut clean , dredge and bread so I of my middle child can fry. works great for me if they bread , other fries and I can supervise and drink beer.

the adhd meds kill appitite

involve him in the food process the more from start to eating you can the better he is likely to get and if he isn't better at least he can make it himself

pancakes are a great place to start
old bread pancakes are easy and use up something most people have sitting around partial loafs of bread like the heals.

It's a parenting issue not an uncle issue. You ain't going to fix it as an uncle no is it your job.

Duct tape.