5 proven ways to help fussy eaters

Fussy eating is an ongoing frustration for any parent with a child who is not eating variety.

Eating happens on average five times a day, seven days per week. When something is going wrong, you are confronted with it over and over again.

Picky eating is also often a public experience. Most social occasions revolve around food.

However, often the little things we do every day can make a big difference. Although, I know from my experience that one of the challenges is keeping going in the face of resistance.

Unfortunately, a child refusing food is commonplace and often done because eating for them is difficult. If many foods are not within the comfort zone, it makes sense to be hesitant to taste them, to accept them and to add them to the menu. Over time habits are built and it does become more difficult to break out of them.

But when you stop trying to help your child to move forwards the habits get reinforced and they get stuck, as do you. Therefore, I was thinking of small things that you can put into your routines that really do help and came up with this list:

5 proven ways to help fussy eaters

1. Patience — I am one of the least patient people on the planet (my family will back me up on this) so I feel a…