- If your baby has only one vegetable/protein/dairy/fat that she will eat, then stick with it. However, keep trying to introduce new ones. It often takes many tries until a child decides she likes a new food. Never resort to adding salt or sugar because you think she may like it more.
- Do not force your baby to eat something she does not appear to like, and congratulate her if she tries it. Try offering it again another time.
- Try eating together as much as possible; your baby will copy you. Try asking someone she loves eg grandparents or sisters to eat with you. Sometimes a child will eat for one person but not another. It is just a phase and it will pass.
- If she is difficult at meal times it may be because she is having too many snacks between meals.
- Keep portions small so that your child does not feel overwhelmed and give her lots of time to eat slowly. If she wants more, then you can give her a second helping. Do not rush her. Stay calm and do your best not to get cross.
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