I give my kids what they want to eat and I even offer them what we are having. I believe as long they eat it and there is no sweets it is fine.Other wise my kids would starve.As long as he is not overweight he will be fine.Another idea let him go to the grocery store and pick out things he might like to eat.My kids don't drink anything but milk and maybe a little sip of tea once a day.My pediatrician suggested put the food in front of them and if they don't eat let it go.They will let you know when they are hungry.

Try fun shaped cookie cutters. My daughter would not even touch a sandwich until I cut it into the shape of a heart one day. Around the holidays, I get holiday related cutters as well.

oh this is so hard. My 4 yr old is also picky and he goes through stages where he will eat better. I try to give him a variety of food but never force him to eat. I don't just make him whatever he wants because then he'd eat fries all day and no thats not good. I make menues based in what he will eat. I try to make him try everything. As a child my mom fed me whatever I wanted and I became very sick so trying to prevent that here. I also give no sweets if he doesn't eat but will allow him to have fruit since he loves fruit!

Eating has always been an issue in our house too. I can't even get Derrick to eat any fruit which I think is just crazy. All he wants are crackers, pasta (plain), and cheese sandwiches. If he is really adamant about not eating I cut out all snacks and juice. I also have tried to have him "earn" snacks by eating a small portion of a food he usually won't touch. One cup of applesauce equals one cup of Cheez-its. Five sugar snap peas equals one big pretzel rod. Sometimes it works depending on his mood. Cutting things into fun shapes at least gets him to try more things. I've also arranged his food on the plate into pictures like a face or a flower. The worst part of his eating issues is that I sometimes will give in to feeding him if he has basically skipped all other meals that day. I think it is ridiculous to feed a 3 1/2 year old, but he definitely eats alot more when I do. It's not like I want him to eat a lot either. I give my kids small portions. But regardless how he eats he isn't starving so I don't go nuts over it. There are absolutely no eating issues with my nine year old.

Emily is the same way. We always offer her new things but she refuses them. So we do offer her the cereal, poptarts, and oatmel...most kids have a certain meal that they seem to eat more of...or just have one good meal a day. For my 4 year old its breakfast. For my 2 year old its dinner so we just figure out what they like and go with it.

OK so I just went through my cuppards the other day and I was looking to see if I had any sort of food with trans fat in them (trans fat is very bad for you) and the only thinkg at all that I found were hot dogs so they are now out of my house for good. I know little kids love them but unless I can find them with out the trans fat I will not allow then anymore. Be careful and check all of your lables, know what is going into their little bodies.