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As parents, there are some practical ways we can use to minimise the toddler eating problems such as follows:
* Encourage your child to try new foods - Vary your toddler’s diet in texture, taste, colour and temperature. Like adults, toddlers appreciate a variety of cuisine. They may enjoy a sandwich or pasta for a change, instead of rice porridge with fish and spinach everyday.
* Be creative when serving food that your toddlers dislike - If they do not fancy green leafy vegetables , serve them in delightful ways. For example, turn them into crunchy finger food.
* Don't serve heavily spiced foods - Most children don't like very spicy food. Your child may reject a particular food entirely in the future if he has a bad taste experience because he tasted it heavily spiced.
* Offer choices that appeal to a toddler’s sense of independence - For example, instead of large meals, you can offer your child mini meals. The choices you offer will help you avoid a battle of wills. Should you choose this method, ensure that the choices you give are well defined.
* Keep regular mealtimes - this is to prevent your child from relying on erratic snacks to curb hunger.
* Model a balanced diet yourself - Your young child should see you consuming healthy foods and limiting sweets, salty snacks, and soft drinks yourself.
* Sit and eat together as a family - focus on each other instead of television shows and other distractions. Do not allow your child to bring toys to the table.
