Rather than simply insist your child eat a new food, try the following:
* Offer a new food only when your child is hungry and rested.
* Present only one new food at a time.
* Limit snacks to two per day.
* Serve new foods with favorite foods to increase acceptance.
* Eat the new food yourself; children love to imitate.
* Limit beverages. Picky eaters often fill up on liquids instead.
* Make it fun: present the food as a game, a play-filled experience. Or cut the food into unusual shapes.
* Have your child help to prepare foods. Often they will be more willing to try something when they helped to make it.
