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[quote=Anonymous]They don't always eat what we eat but I don't make them anything else!

I do always put something on their plate that I know they like. And if they try everything they get a treat after dinner (even if just a bite of something).

Currently doing it with my 4 and 2 year old. As soon as he was eating real food and not like, cut up pieces of grapes and avocado, he was at the dinner table eating what we eat.

One thing that I think makes this work (four year old is now a good eater and tries everything, ate a scallop a couple days ago) is that it is not a fight. If they don't want to eat it is no big deal. We don't fight about it and there are no punishments. Sometimes they get mad at me if they're hungry and don't like what I made. And in that case if they try everything but don't like it I will make them like, a piece of toast or something.

Another thing that helps is trying to observe like, are they starving today? If so I'll make quesadillas or spaghetti or something I know is a guaranteed hit so they aren't STARVING. But I observe and make that decision without their input so they don't think they can control the outcome of dinner. [/quote]

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