sam wrote:
> my 2 year old daughter is a very fussy eater has anyone got any ideas
> on how I can get her to try new things?

one word: Finger foods. Cut up apples, oranges, pears, banana.
Cereal, toast bits, celery, carrot. Cheese cubes, (no larger than
1/2") , grapes, cut up meat and cooked veggies in managable sizes.

Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, post-nap or mid-afternoon snack,
dinner, and if she's acting hungry, a small cup of warm milk and a
couple of graham crackers before brushing teeth and going to bed.

Nothing in between. If she misses one of her meals or snacks, nothing
until the next food time except water.

Don't force her to eat more than she wants, but give her healthy
choices. My munchkin wenth through what I called the "air baby"
stages, where she would not eat more than a bit or two at a time all
day long. Then she would grow an inch or two, and eat everything at
every meal.

At this age, they won't starve themselves, so if she has good foods to
choose from, and doesn't see Mommy and Daddy eating junk all the time,
she will eat well and thrive.

maxine in ri