Pickest eater I know

[sigmaphi289]

Is my daughter as the only 2 meals she likes at Disney are Pizza and Chicken Tenders (not the nuggets). She does like the prezetels and here is my question, do the TS restaurants allow outside food? The rest of the family wants to enough some TS meals this time around.

 

[TDC Nala]

There was a post once from an adult who didn't like any of the food at Garden Grill, although the rest of the family wanted to eat there. They either called Garden Grill or asked at the podium if they could bring in a meal from Sunshine Seasons for this adult to eat while the rest of the family ate. The answer was "no."

Garden Grill is a fixed-price restaurant though, and if you are at the table and at least 3 years old they will probably charge.

Some restaurants which wouldn't otherwise allow outside food might make allowances for really small kids. How old is your child?

If it's a fixed price (buffet or family style) I think you should go on the premise that this won't be allowed. If it's an a la carte, you could consider feeding the child beforehand, and then buying her a drink or something.

You're also going to have problems finding tenders, not nuggets. All the WDW CS serve nuggets. You may have to track down some TS that serve tenders.

 

[sigmaphi289]

My DD is 6 and we are definitely going to be avoiding fixed priced and buffet restaurants as she has shown she does not like these places and we are just flushing down the $$$. We have talked about feeding her beforehand and if we find out that we cannot bring in outside food, that is probably what we will have to do.

 

[magickingdommommy]

My daughter is the most pickiest eater in the world!!!!!!

But I don't stress about it especially while on vacation.

We do character buffets and although she really doesn't eat much we go for the atmosphere.

Many of the TS meals will make something like a cheese sandwich for you even if it's not on the menu.

Most of the time dd will just order the kids hamburger meal - she will eat the bun and a few fries. Sometimes we can find things in the appetizer section of the menu for her meal - nachos, garlic bread, etc.

Hope you can find something that your dd will like.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

They dont really do tenders at disney world for kids.
But almost all the table service places have pizza.
Does she not even eat mac n cheese or hot dogs or couldnt try the nuggets? If she ate nuggets she'd have no problemo
The adult meal at WPE has chicken tenders

 

[gigi1313]

when ds was younger and pickier (he outgrew his pickiness, but instead he developed a few food allergies) we had no problem bringing outside food into the restaurants (ala carte, not buffets/family style)... no one ever batted an eyelash... we'd often order him a bowl of vanilla ice cream to enjoy while we ate (he often finished whatever we brought him long before our food came) and he always enjoyed the coloring page/menu...

for buffets/family styles we typically hoped he'd find something to eat (we did most of our character meals for b'fast 'cause he always ate pancakes/waffles/cereal) and if not, the atmosphere would keep him entertained...

 

[high meadows]

Sometimes "Picky" kids have allergies that they can't identify and stick with foods that don't upset their systems. Just go with the flow: be sure someone in the group gets chicken tenders at each meal. Sooner or later she will move on to . . . . . fish sticks?

 

[amyr1]

*waving hand here* I believe I have THE pickiest kid out of ALL those who have posted. The only protein (besides bacon) he will eat is chicken nuggets. So we have had to hunt down all the TS and CS meals that offer chicken nuggets. Its about to drive me crazy.

I'd consider myself blessed if he'd even take a bite of pizza or macaroni or even cheese. There's not even an appetizer anywhere that he'll eat.

And to make it even suck worse--he's now considered an "adult" for dining at WDW.

Amy

 

[MickeyNicki]

My niece was the same way...having TS breakfasts saved us alot of headache. We would also feed her the chicken nuggets from McDonalds before we had our TS dinner....sad to say that is no longer an option for us since they removed all McDonalds from WDW

I say feed her before you go to dinner...she can always have dessert at the restaurant or snack on bread.

 

[duffy]

How to Deal with Picky Eaters

I agree with this whole article. I think that feeding a child separately is totally wrong, and I would have her choose something-anything-from the menu, and eat as much of it as he/she wants, without making any fuss about it. If she doesn't eat it, she gets nothing else instead, and it's money down the drain. Lesson learned: find something to try, and eat it.

My youngest daughter was eating entirely off the adult menu when she was 12. Making special arrangements for her was not an option. And it never was, at home or at any place we went, from the time she was born, the same way it was for all three of my daughters.

 

[gigi1313]

How to Deal with Picky Eaters

I agree with this whole article. I think that feeding a child separately is totally wrong, and I would have her choose something-anything-from the menu, and eat as much of it as he/she wants, without making any fuss about it. If she doesn't eat it, she gets nothing else instead, and it's money down the drain. Lesson learned: find something to try, and eat it.

My youngest daughter was eating entirely off the adult menu when she was 12. Making special arrangements for her was not an option. And it never was, at home or at any place we went, from the time she was born, the same way it was for all three of my daughters.

umm, yeah, NO!

no one forces me to eat anything i don't like or want... why should a child be forced just because of his/her age? that's ageism... if there was a restaurant that my friends wanted to eat at and i did not care for anything on the menu, i'd grab something before/after and have a drink and enjoy their company... i highly doubt that my friends would forbid me from doing that... why do that to my children?

my children happen to be adventurous eaters, but both of the teens went thru a picky stage... they also went thru a grazing stage... we accommodated it and now they are on the other side of it... i'm sure ds2 will go thru the same thing at some point and i will not be referring to that article for advice!

most kids outgrow their pickiness... it's a matter of time and patience...

 

[duffy]

umm, yeah, NO!

no one forces me to eat anything i don't like or want... why should a child be forced just because of his/her age? that's ageism... if there was a restaurant that my friends wanted to eat at and i did not care for anything on the menu, i'd grab something before/after and have a drink and enjoy their company... i highly doubt that my friends would forbid me from doing that... why do that to my children?

my children happen to be adventurous eaters, but both of the teens went thru a picky stage... they also went thru a grazing stage... we accommodated it and now they are on the other side of it... i'm sure ds2 will go thru the same thing at some point and i will not be referring to that article for advice!

most kids outgrow their pickiness... it's a matter of time and patience...

I never said "forced"! I said, "without making any fuss about it", as in, setting the plate down, and not saying anything about having to eat it. It's the person's choice-no matter what age-to eat it or not. If they don't eat it, well, then, they will be hungry.

Unbeliveable, how you believe I said something that I never did.


Edited to add, jeez, the article even says, "don't force your child to eat."

 

[duffy]

Here's how I would handle an exotic restaurant, I'm using Restaurant Marrakesh.

I'd explain the restaurant and the food choices. I'd say that this is where the adults have decided to go. The child can choose from chicken tenders, Moroccan past, kefta or vegetable couscous. I would describe each one to the child. If he says he doesn't like any of those, I'd say, well, then we will be eating and you will have to wait and watch.

If he chooses, he may order from the adult menu.

If he doesn't order anything, or orders something and then doesn't eat it, that's fine with me. I'd get the meal boxed up to go, and we'd leave. I would not say a word to the child about eating or not eating. I'd talk about my day, the belly dancer, anything except the fact that there's a child not eating at our table. I may remind him that there will not be any other food for hours.

And I would not buy him anything else instead.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

why should a child be forced just because of his/her age? that's ageism

1) No.
2) It is called being a child and being a proper parent.
3) If they do not wish (not forced) to eat, then water is their meal.
4) Unless there is a medical problem, kids do not dictate meals/food to adults.

5) We have been with others who had picky eaters for kids.
6) We selected the eateries, and the kids could eat or sit and watch adult eat.
7) And, there were no major snacks between meals
8) By the end of the trip, the kids started eating.
9) I guess hunger will override pickiness.

 

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