Fussy eating
Coping with a fussy eater is something most parents find really difficult. The parents themselves have different histories and experiences with food and will also have taken advice from many different sources - all conflicting and most not evidence based. Added to this, one family’s experience with their child will not be the same as the next family.
Providing advice & support
Toddlers have to become familiar with a food before they might be willing to try it, and use all their senses:
- See the food and see other people eating it at shared mealtimes.
- Smell food around the the kitchen when it is being prepared.
- Touch by handling food without pressure to eat.
- Talk about the food that they are looking at.
- Taste small peices of food at different times.
