I serve them small portions and then they can ask for more if they like it. I try to serve some fruit or cucumber slices along on days where I think I might get a lot of turned up nosed.

I never serve them something else besides what I have for them though. I try to tell parents this either when I meet with them and in my guidelines. I am not going to force anyone to eat but I also can't cater to 3 or 5 different preferences at meal time. I am not too worried if a child doesn't want to eat. I doubt anyone will starve considering that we eat every two hours. If we have snack and then lunch and then snack again we are basically eating every 2-2.5 hours. It hasn't been a big issue even though I do have picky eaters in the group. If they say they aren't hungry and then ask me for food in between meals I remind them that didn't eat at lunch but now must wait to eat with the group at snack.