30 fruit snacks for fussy eaters

If I have one piece of advice for parents of fussy eaters that want to increase the amount of fruit their child eats, it would be to serve it more often. This is true even if you have a child that currently eats no fruit.

The second piece of advice would be to create interest and interaction around fruit.

Even if you have a child that willingly eats fruit, making it more interesting and fun is always valuable:

1. Change helps to prevent boredom

2. Serving foods differently scaffolds flexibility and confidence for our child

3. Interest is the first step to wanting to interact with a food

4. Introducing fun helps a child to relax around food and that is a key parameter in being able to eat more comfortably

There are many different fruits and eating a wide variety is great. If you have a child that only eats one or two, increasing the range is a great goal. The first step may be different versions of the same fruit though.

Let’s look at some ideas.

• please note that not all ideas are suitable for all ages and stages. Please choose only those appropriate for your child.