Toddler Food

Toddler Food for the Picky Eater

Executive Summary by Peg Baron and Rae Glispin

Toddler Food

What comes to mind when you think of toddler food? If you think of prepackaged snacks or jars of chunky baby food in your grocery store's baby food isle, then think again. You want to have your child eat the same thing as the rest of the family most of the time, but there are other times when grown up food is neither appropriate nor the healthiest option.

There are times when you can get a little creative with your picky eater, especially at snack or lunch time. That's when toddler food is the best choice. Here are some general rules of thumb:

1. Toddlers like finger food.
Good finger foods are peas, carrots, bananas, sliced grapes, gelatin wigglers with fruit, green beans, natural all-meat hotdogs, hard cheeses, cream cheese wrapped in natural lunch meats and sliced, medium pasta shells stuffed with something, or small homemade granola wedges. Cut sandwiches into squares and triangles, and cut carrots into slivers.

2. Toddlers like to choose.
Give your toddler options, but not all the options. This works pretty good with the picky eater.

3. Toddlers like foods that come with cool names or good stories.

My kids were willing to try broccoli after my sister told them a story about broccoli trees. Try naming some of your toddler food, just for fun. Amanda's Amazing Apple Spread or John's Jumping Green Beans might be the perfect thing for today's menu.

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