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[quote=Anonymous]It's helpful and interesting to read all the replies.

I grew up as a "picky" eater.  My parents always tried to pressure me to eat things and I'd get the requisite corporeal punishment if I refused.  Laugh if you like, but there are a few fruits that make me feel physically sick as soon as I smell them, and I have to believe that's part of the reason why.  I still don't enjoy the taste of [b]any[/b] fruits and vegetables -- and with a vegetarian wife who loves them, I've tried them all -- but I eat them and tolerate them because I care about my health.

Our toddler ate everything we put in front of him until 24 months -- then he started refusing foods.  We don't want him to develop the same hangups I have with food.  We've been using some of the same ideas folks have talked about here -- everyone gets the same food, he's encouraged to try at least one bite of everything, and if he decides that he doesn't like the food, then that's okay -- he's just not getting anything special.  He helps us cook some meals, and he likes to watch us prepare foods in the kitchen.  We're fortunate in that some of the foods he likes are healthy and some of the foods he doesn't like are unhealthy (but I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say that "picky" has positive connotations, PP aside) -- but we still want him to have more of an open mind than his father.  We hope that just providing him with the opportunities to try new things as a toddler will open his palate -- and when he gets old enough he'll understand the importance of eating a balanced diet.[/quote]

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