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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do the “as many bites as you are old” rule (3 year old tries 3 bites), and one “safe” food that they reliably eat. So if dinner is pasta, they try 3 bites. But there’s also blueberries (favorite food) and a roll (super favorite food).

Yep, this means that dinner was often 3 bites of pasta, a handful of blueberries, and a roll. But we did find that some foods became foods they would reliably eat after like 10-20 meals. [/quote]

How do you enforce it.  Do they have to continue to sit at the table until they have consumed 3 bites of each item?  Do they lose a privilege?  Just wondering because my #2 would never have done it.[/quote]

The younger they are, the harder to enforce, for sure. If my 3 year old was sobbing and gagging, I wouldn’t push it. I would never make her stay at the table for a long time if she refused. There were several nights where it felt like a fight, and I just gave up, letting her eat blueberries and a roll. But other nights, especially as she got older, my kid politely tried 3 or 4 or 5 bites of something without fuss. Some of those “just try” foods shifted into the “safe” category after months or a year, which I consider a huge win.

We have slowly, slowly expanded what she’ll eat. It’s a hard fought war. I do think the consistency of “we always try something!” paid off, though. My kid has not fought with me about that in a year or so. She knows she won’t be forced to finish it if she doesn’t like it, so she’s okay trying. I’m sure this won’t work with every kid, as there are so many reasons and kinds of picky eating. [/quote]

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