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[quote=Anonymous]Our 3yo is pretty picky, especially about veggies.  He eats way before DH gets home, so some nights I eat with DS and other times I wait for DH... which of course alters what I offer DS for dinner.  Regardless, he always gets some sort of protein, a veggie, and a fruit - and depending on what else he's had that day, sometimes a whole grain.  No matter what, I make sure there is at least one item I know he will eat most (if not all) of.  I encourage him to take at least one bit of everything.  99% of the time he doesn't argue or complain and will take his one bite.  If he does argue and gets upset about it, we just let it go and he is excused from the table.  If there is some sort of dessert item, he has to take more bites of each item... usually 4 or 5 bites in order to get the dessert.  The only time I don't insist on that is if one of the items is totally new to him, and then he only needs to try one bite of the new item (and typical 4-5 bites of everything else).
That being said, dinner is tricky.  I've read over and over than children eat less of dinner than any other meal since they have usually had 2 meals and 2 snacks at that point.  I've noticed our DS goes in phases of scarfing down everything at every  meal (and asking for more!) and eating a lot early in the day and less later in the day.  I attribute it to growth spurts.  My mom and grandma just tell me that he'll eat when he's hungry - so I offer nutritious food and encourage but don't force his eating habits.  FWIW, he's in the 25th percentile for weight and height.[/quote]

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