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[quote=Anonymous]First of all - congrats that you are getting so many different types of protein into your child - fish sticks, chicken nuggets, cold cuts, hotdogs, sausage and store bought meatballs.  that is a great base from which to expand his palate.  What i might do is a little sensory education.  have your child help you cook other foods when you make him his food.  Talk about how his fish stick is like your baked flounder.  That they are the same fish, just prepared differently.  It might take years - but geting your kid into the kitchen and helping to prepare things helps break down barriers.  A lot of taste is in the nose.  So, if they cook and prepare things over time they get use to the "taste" from the smell.

Also peer modeling works wonders.  If your child has a friend who loves a certain food - send your kid to that kids house for a meal.  You can pack a small meal to go with, but then have your kid served (on his own plate) the same food as the friend.  (but a very very small portion).  Tell the other parent that there should be no expectation that he will eat the food - you just want him to see his friend eat the food with gusto and enjoy the food.  You want your kid to have that positive memory/association with the food. he might nibble something - or he might nibble it a year later when the sight/smell of the food made him suddenly deem it acceptable.

Worked for us - the day our kid decided to eat mac and cheese - he said "mac and cheese is my favorite food" and devored a portion. I knew he was parotting what a friend had said, and that for whatever reason, that day he decided it was safe.  Same thing with roast turkey this year.  It was highly valued by a peer and suddenly he was ok with freshly carved roast turkey whereas in the past he only ate deli style sparingly.  [/quote]

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