Snacks and lunchtime procedures.

[ebhappydc]

I have a 2 yr dcb who will finish eating one of the offered foods for lunch and ask for more of that food but not try any of his other foods. Eg. He will keep asking for more chicken but leave the home fries and peas, or rice and any veggie. Do u keep giving him 2nds and 3rds of the only food he wants? I guess the concern I have is he'll be slow to accept the other foods in time if he's only given the foods he wants. Although chicken is a good food to fill up on I guess. I just don't want to enable too much pickiness. Tx

[33 Daiseys]

children here must eat their entire plate before having seconds on anything. Here it is always a main, and 2 veggies. I used to give fruit with lunch but that became old fast, so dessert is now fruit, with a special treat on fridays. I found that kids were having way to many treats, ie dessert after lunch, then parents were giving a treat on the way home and dessert after dinner.

[bonnie]

When my kids ask for more of something without finishing everything on their plate, I just tell them that they still have food on their plates. I will tell them to finish what they have and then I will give them more chicken (like in your situation). When they do finish everything on their plate, they are too full for seconds. But if they refuse to eat anything else on their plate, then they are really not that hungry. I don't give them seconds of anything until they eat all of their food.