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This is my little girl and the above comment sums it up well. My girl is also 2.
my little boy is a very fussy eater and only has certain foods he will eat, some days he will eat loads other days he will just refuse anything i give him. my best tip is to offer anything you are having even if you know they aren’t keen as the past few weeks i’ve been doing this and he has eaten somethings i wouldn’t have ever have thought he would, im very lenient with snacks and he is welcome to help himself but i also know when it’s becoming too much/close to meal times, my boy also won’t sit still to eat so i’ve gotten him a little table and chairs and he’s happier to sit at that.
My little boy is so hit & miss. Things he loves some days he’ll say ‘yuk’ & spit it out. There’s days where he eats his breakfast well but then other meals he isn’t interested in at all. Hes not been drinking as much these last few days either so I know it’s hard not to worry. I try giving mine choices or asking what he would like to eat maybe that might work? Also today he asked for porridge for lunch so I made him it but then he said yuk as I’d put something in it then he decided he wanted to eat my lunch instead. It’s so tricky keeping up with them. Even though it’s really hard I think it’s quite normal for them to be fussy with what they eat. My friends little girl is the same too, really up & down with it.
I’m not sure how we’ve managed it (I think some things are just luck?!) but ours is a good eater. Things we do which may, or may not, help. • Eat as a family. • Help with food shop and are asked to input (now he can speak obviously!). • Help with some food prep. Snacks when with us are only offered if seeming hangry etc. options being: crackers, cheese, fruit, nuts (cashews halved) although at childminders it’s a piece of toast. We plan all evening meals. Never offer alternative meals unless ill, then it’s factored in before cooking rather than them seeing it was different to original plan. Regardless of what they eat they’re always offered a piece of fruit for dessert. They get some limited options, more so at breakfast and lunch where we’re less organised. If we eat out we pick two options from the menu (rarely the kids menu) and offer them the choice.
We talk about our body needing/eating a variety of food rather than pushing specific ones like green veg.
My LB is the same. He's been fussy for the last 11 months. Refuses meals, we have very limited safe foods which he will eat. He would eat most things upto last Christmas when he was ill, then teething and then refused food. My GP said its very common. We don't make anything special offer him some of ours, his safe food and if doesn't eat much offer him toast / weetabix later. They don't need alot of food at this age, and will eat when hungry. They don't eat for sake of it that comes much older. My LB is still growing and happy, so I'm not worried. Annoying but I know I was a very fussy eater growing up but now I eat pretty much everything.