Mealtime with a picky eater is a daily challenge! Getting a picky eater to eat more than one or two foods from the food pyramid is a feat.
There were a few years there when my mother had two picky eaters and three that had the following rigid eating guidelines:
- No food could touch another food on the plate.
- All foods on the plate needed to be in the same amount so the eater could eat in clockwise order and finish all the foods in equal rotation.
- Each bite of food had be followed by one sip of water or milk.
The mealtime rules had to be followed otherwise the meal could not be eaten!
Eventually we all grew out of our picky and ritualistic meal behaviors. Today we all eat just about anything under any mealtime conditions.
What follows are URL addresses of sites that have suggestions for handling the picky eater in your home. You may have tried some, but hopefully there will be some suggestions that you haven’t tried. Good Luck!
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/childrens-health/art-20044948
https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/education/picky_eaters/
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/preschoolers/picky-eaters.html
http://www.parentingscience.com/picky-eaters.html
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/feeding-a-picky-eater
