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Babble Talk: Top Five Ways to Get Your Picky Toddler to Eat

Posted by on April 9th, 2007 at 8:31 am

pickyeaterDoes your toddler subsist on chicken fingers, cheese sticks, and Cheerios? Does mealtime suck because your kid won’t eat? There is nothing more frustrating than making a delicious and balanced meal for your child and then hearing them say, “Oh Mama, I can’t like that.”

Keri Fisher is battling it out with her toddler over meals, but she’s finally figured out how to get the upper hand. Best of all?  She’s sharing her tips with us. From dollar store chopsticks to a fancy food colorings she’s laying down the law and her kid is eating.

Check out her clever tips on getting your toddler to eat.  And if you have tips of your own, please share them in the comments! 

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3 Comments

Making ordinary food fun works for our toddler.

Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am

How about your teenager?

Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am

We eat a varied diet. If my 18mo eats lightly at one meal, chances are he’ll make up for it at the next. I don’t bargain or plead, but we eat at designated times and no other.

My three year old helps prepare meals and I try to let the toddler stir or crush ingredients when my patience is up for the task.

Each child has their quirks, one doesn’t care for the texture of beans and the other is not a fan of tomatoes, but we certainly haven’t eliminated either from our diet.

On a funny note, the worst fight they ever had was over a piece of broccoli. (One bit the other and drew blood. Eek!)

Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am

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