rather than simply insist your child eat a new food, try the following:
• offer a new food only when your child is hungry and rested.
• present only one new food at a time.
• make it fun: present the food as a game, a play-filled experience. or cut the food into unusual shapes.
• serve new foods with favorite foods to increase acceptance.
• eat the new food yourself; children love to imitate.
• have your child help to prepare foods. often they will be more willing to try something when they helped to make it.
• limit beverages. picky eaters often fill up on liquids instead.
• limit snacks to 2 per day.
• don’t get disappointed if your kid doesn’t want to eat. convince him to take at least 1 small bite. promise him that if he gets 1 bite, he won’t need to eat the rest if he doesn’t like it. try again with the same food in a couple of weeks or in 1 month.
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