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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have ridden out the picky eating phases with four kids. My rules:

1. For a family meal, I always make something where there is something everyone likes and can build on. Like spaghetti with a vegetable salad and bread.

2. For desert - the kid must have eaten some or most of the protein and vegetable served. That usually gets them to at least swallow the healthy stuff which I find in time they learn to like.

3. Absolutely no complaining or special side meals made - full stop.

We have gone thru periods where one kid will say only eat the pasta and bread, but they eventually grow out of it. Me not stressing or getting upset and not watching like a hawk what they eat seems to have allowed them to grow into their own tastes with time. Now we sit down ages 2, 5, 8, and 10 and everyone eats almost everything. [/quote]

I will add I don't offer dessert every night. But I also do not allow anything like fruit or a bed time snack either if the healthy portions of dinner have not been tried and consumed to some reasonable degree. Also, my pediatrician once told me that what matters more is adequate fruits and veggies over a week's time, not so much worrying about it every day, which gets exhausting. [/quote]

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