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[quote=Anonymous]With our oldest, we started feeding him the same meal as us at age 2. The baby (now 15 months) has been getting the same since she started eating. A few months ago, she went from a kid who ate anything to pretty picky, and I wondered if we should be giving her more things she would actually eat, but we persisted with our same-food-as-us approach and she's gotten much better.

I do make some modifications to accommodate both kids' preferences. I usually try to have something I know they'll recognize and eat, especially since I like to cook pretty adventurous meals that don't often repeat. So I'll throw chickpeas in the stew I'm making, and can at least be pretty confident that they'll eat the chickpea part, or whatever. We all get a salad most nights, but the ratio of veggies that go into the kids bowls might be very different than ours (lots of cucumbers, not so much lettuce). If I'm serving a veggie that the one year old can't handle well, I'll also steam some mini carrots and serve those too. We have fruit after dinner every night, so even if he eats nothing else, I know she'll eat that.

If she was our first, I'd probably still be more flexible with what I gave her, but especially with her three year old brother watching our every move, this is what works for us. Breakfast and lunch are full of foods she likes, and she gets milk before bed, so I'm not too concerned on the nights she doesn't eat much.

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