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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you do not start feeling your child the same foods you eat from the time they are eating baby food you have missed the boat. Blend everything into a purée or smaller pieces when they are up to that stage. That is their time to play experiment, and get used to the texture of different foods. The problem is introducing these processed, bland foods and getting them hooked on it, and then expecting them to wean off of that at some point. It’s like making them eat beige and then introducing them to red. Of course it will be too much for them bc you trained them to only tolerate beige[/quote]

You can also feed your kids the same foods as you from infancy and they can still become picky. I didn't even puree foods, just mostly cut them up small or smashed them or whatever. Kid ate whatever we gave her from 6 months until 3 years. Then got picky, no refuses veggies and a lot of foods we enjoy. Dislikes combined foods. Dislikes anything very savory unless it's very butter heavy.

Still doesn't eat bland processed foods except cereal -- most of her foods are "whole" foods. But she's super picky about flavors and textures. Not enough to effect weight or health, but enough to be very inconvenient for our otherwise adventurous eating family.

But both DH and I were picky eaters as kids. I honestly think some of this is just genetic predisposition, and some people are pre-programmed to be more suspicious of food. Both DH and I eat a broad variety of foods now so we outgrew it. So she probably will too. But it just goes to show there is no magic bullet. You can do everything "right" and still wind up with picky eaters.[/quote]

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