My 26-month-old daughter demands juice all day and has tantrums a lot My daughter is, and always has been, very strong willed. She was a good eater up until the age of 13 months when she refused to be spoon fed. She was having 2 bottles of milk a day and slept all night and had 2 naps during the day. She ate a limited variety of finger foods for 6 months (e.g. organic baby bars, bread & butter, rusks, sausages and anything sweet). One day she started eating with a spoon and tucked in to fromage frais, porridge and fruit puree. Slowly she started eating toast, fish fingers, potato…

I am concerned about my 2.7-year-old son’s fussiness over food As you can see from the daily progress report, my son is a very fussy eater. He has been like this now for a year. He won’t eat any meat that has been prepared in a sauce or that isn’t covered in breadcrumbs. He does however eat a load of fruit and enjoys bread. I’ve been told by an expert that he’s okay as he is. I’m not sure I want to follow that advice. At present he eats weetabix or muesli for breakfast. At lunch he has either chicken nuggets, sausages or pasta. He eats all types of fruit…

How can I get my 2-year-old to eat fruit? My son has just turned two and has never eaten a piece of fruit in his life! He was a great baby to wean – he liked most things and ate very well. He was always on the upper end of the portion scale and gained weight well – in fact, he was a chubby baby. He also loved his milk. When he turned one he began to cut down on the amount of food he ate and also got very fussy. The one thing he has never, ever eaten is raw fruit – he will happily have fruit purée, which…

My 3 year old son is a very fussy eater. What can I do? My son is an extremely fussy eater. He survives on a limited number of foods namely bread, fruit purees, dry shreddies, peanut butter and chocolate yoghurts. The problems with fussiness began at around 14 months and peaked at 18 months when his sister was born. From 18 months to now (he is currently 3); he has eaten the foods listed above and only those. With hindsight, I can see some of the reasons why this problem arose and got worse with time. I have always been very anxious about what he eats which stems from a…