Along with the fabulous suggestions from the other lovelies - also add a sample of the veges you are eating on the plate as well. It normalises them and they may eat them (or not - but that isn't important if you have them hidden elsewhere ) but they are there. I think I read (somewhere ) that it takes 10-20 exposures for a toddler / child to accept a new food. It was a safety mechanism in pre-historic times to prevent them from eating poison berries etc
Michelle, you are certainly right about the 10 - 20 times, and in fact it can be more. DS1 must have refused salad over 100 times until one day he asked for it, ate it all and asked for more! Now it's one of his favourites!
MR - I have (so far) been blessed with a toddler who happily eats (and requests) fruits, vegetables and salads. Cucumber is a favourite and he ate a punnet of cherry tomatoes for a snack recently However DD is rejecting solids at every turn unless she is sucking on the odd carrot stick so I can see these tips are going to come in VERY handy soon the way we are going - even if she is just 6 months
I know how you feel Michelle, although I had them the other way around. Getting DS1 to eat vegies (or anything much in fact) was a challenge. DS2 on the other hand, has eaten everything in sight from 6 months and especially fruit and vege. Carrot is one of his favourite foods LOL! GL with your DD.
Kellie - Rhys has been the same lately.....I have been making litle omelette for him with grated vege through them. He is loving them!! Hehehehehehe...... I so far have put zucchini, carrot, potato, pumpkin, beans cut into rounds, frozen corn and peas, tomato, bacon and diced chicken through them!! Tho it is the only thing he will eat for dinner at the moment.
Manta Ray, i have never thought to put something in the egg for crumbing chicken! i make my own nuggets for DD, and ill definitely be trying this one!
one thing i do is grate onion & zuchinni and mix it into plain rice.. i actually posted up recently if it would freeze ok, so now i have about 5 snap lock bags of frozen rice! dd loves eating rice with her ****tail franks- not my idea of yummy meal, but does her for lunch!
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) but they are there. I think I read (somewhere
) that it takes 10-20 exposures for a toddler / child to accept a new food. It was a safety mechanism in pre-historic times to prevent them from eating poison berries etc
However DD is rejecting solids at every turn unless she is sucking on the odd carrot stick so I can see these tips are going to come in VERY handy soon the way we are going - even if she is just 6 months
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