Son Only Wanting to Eat Fruit? Any Ideas??

Eating a lot of fruit could cause the loose stools since they have high water content. Might offer him more bananas and apples to help that out. My oldest son always perfered vegetables to candy or fruit. I watched him get an ice cream cone from his grandma only to sit it down when she got out the fresh beans from the garden. He still perfers the healthier food to candy and sweets and is as thin as can be but very healthy.

You might also add some crackers to his fruit snack.

Fruit is soooo healthy! I wish my kids were like that.

Mine were the same. When they were 4 I believe they would have happily lived on apples alone! But I didn't like the frequency that they wanted to eat the fruit. So I realized that fruit is burned pretty quickly for energy, and then there is a let down and a craving for another quick "fix".
I solved this by having them eat a protein/ healthy fat along with the fruit. The protein/fat helps level their energy levels and they feel full longer. Try: peanut butter or cheese or nuts along with the fruit.

Yup, probably a phase. My son has done that with almost every food group now. With him, it lasts anywhere from a day to about a month. At one point all he wanted was prunes! My best advice for this is to be patient, to see about a Rx multi-vitamin if his diet is not well-rounded enough in general (look for him to be getting a balance of each food group over a period of 3-4 days), and to serve the fruits with other foods that are compatible with them- healthy apple pie recipes, berries in a parfait with yogurt and granola, pineapple on a hawaiian pizza or on honey-glazed ham.

[I recently discovered that my son loves limes: you can make a thai coconut soup to serve with a slice of lime and tortilla chips. Bizarrely, my son ate lots of stuff if he was allowed to rub the slice of lime over the foods first. (If you want the soup recipe, email me, and I'll copy it out for you).]

Strawberries or blueberries on cold cereal with milk. Peanut butter poppers include raisins, powdered milk, pb, oats and honey. (Email for the recipe.) Bananas layered in jello, or in pudding with vanilla wafers. Applesauce coffee cake (email for recipe).

Just take whatever fruit he likes and make whatever you can think of to go in it, on it, or around it, or to mix it in. Make sure he sees you or better yet, helps you make it so he knows the fruit is in there. (hope this helps. it's what I've been doing for over a year now. The idea works with any food group).

As long as he's not begging for fruit juice or canned fruit -- No worries. That said, some fruits are just better than others. Guava, watermelon (this one always surprises me), cantalope, dried apricots, bananas, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and raisins. Note that the traditional staples -- Grapes, apples, and oranges -- Are not on the list. It's not that they are bad for you, they just aren't at the top of the list.

Both my boys go thru food phases where they absolutely love love love one particular thing and would eat it every day. Next month, they could take it or leave it.

it might be just a phase.
however, im kinda confused why you are concerned about him only wanting fruit.... isnt that a GOOD thing?
just let him have fruit. once in a while, stick some peas in with his fruit so he gets some veggies. as far as meats, dont worry about them - they arent needed as much as the meat industry would have us think - but make sure he gets some protein from nuts or beans that kind of thing. but let him eat fruit - as much as he wants. theres nothing better for him in the entire world!

My son is 15 months and loves fruit as well. He also thows tantrums and screems for fruit. He loves veggies and cheese too!!!! It's so wonderful when your kids eat healthy stuff.

Hi J.,

My son is the same way ... except that he suffers from constipation. You would think that with all that fruit, that it would help. He loves bananas like they are candy, but I can only give them to him sparingly.

Maybe you could try eliminating certain fruits from his diet, one at a time, to determine if any one fruit is causing the problem.

In the meantime, I would just put all the fruit in a drawer in the fridge so he can't see it. And, then serve it as the final course of his meal.

Good luck!

My 13 month old son is the exact same way! So good to know that I'm not alone. Like the others said, I guess it's good they like something healthy, but it gets so frustrating when that's all they want to eat! I'll put tons of other food on his tray and he'll whine and cry until he gets his fruit. I've gotten to the point where I'll give him fruit, but then if he doesn't want to eat the rest of his food, that's just too bad. I don't give in and give him more fruit, because that's all he would eat. Usually he'll give in and start eating the other stuff. Not really any great advice for you, but I guess just keep trying and introducing other foods. For your sake and mine, let's hope this is a phase! :)

My daughter is 15 months and loves fruit. Sometimes it is hard to get her to eat other things. I add the fruit to her meals to 'trick' her into eating other stuff.

Example: I put fruit on her pancakes instead of syrup. It is healthier too.

My daughter just went through a phase like that. All she wanted was clementines! It lasted for about two weeks, and now she's back to eating everything normal again. And as long as he's eating other things, I wouldn't be concerned. =)

I have four boys, and they were all like that. My soon to be two year old still is. We used to call them our little fruit bats. It's a good habit to let them have. My older boys still love to eat fruit, but they also love to eat other things as well. It probably is just a phase, it was for us. I wouldn't be to concerned.

my son was the same way; we just fed him "normal" meals with all the food groups and let him eat what he wanted. However, sometimes we had to serve the fruit last (like a separate course) or that's all he would eat. At age five, he still would rather eat fruit than most anything else. We keep lots of it in the house and have with every meal and as snacks. It probably keeps us all healthier!

My 2 yr old loves fruit too. Esp those fruit cups, he will sit there and cry fruit if he sees them in the cupboard. It is a good thing as long as its not causing loose stools and such. My boy is pretty picky and won't eat veggies so I figure fruits fill in for what he's missing in veggies. I like the solution of offering stuff with the fruit to make it more complete, thats kinda what I do. Or I save the fruit as more of an ending to the meal so thats not all he focuses on.

My son who is 18 months is the same way. He LOVES bannanas, blueberries and grapes and will throw a tantrum on the floor if he sees them in the fridge and doesn't get to eat them. I don't have any advice, other than I hope it helps you to know others do it too. We are actually happy that he likes fruit, becuase his mama (me) doesn't care for fruit or veggies. So at least he likes it, and isn't crying for cookies.