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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not what you want to hear, OP... but we limited kid food between 0-3 so they would develop a taste for other things.  No snacks except fruit and only water between meals. Start meals with vegetables, then protein, then grain. A lot of variety and little pasta, bread, etc. They were hungry so they ate everything. We also took them to a lot of ethnic restaurants early on — Mexican, Indian, Thai, middle eastern, Korean, etc. — and made a big deal about how delicious the food was. They learned to love trying new things and will eat everything we eat. I feel like it is harder when they get older because it becomes a control issue and also a psychological familiarity one. Anxiety develops between ages 3-8 so kids at those ages often don’t want to try new things. YMMV.[/quote]

I know kids whose parents felt like this and who ended up with kids who only ate 5 things, but the 5 things were just trendy things.  So, yes, their kid ate goat cheese instead of string cheese, but goat cheese isn't actually more nutritious, it's just harder to find.  [/quote]

My kid also just shifted honestly.  He’d eat anything until around 2, including Indian and Thai, and then gradually just stopped eating things he had eaten with gusto previously. Broke my heart when we went back to our favorite Indian restaurant and all he’d eat was the bread.

He’s better than some, but can’t tell you how many nights he eats little for dinner and then complains how hungry he is when it’s time for bed.[/quote]

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