How do you get your child to eat so well?

 

Quiet often I get asked how on earth do you get your child to eat so well?
The answer is quiet simply: "if he doesn't eat it there are no alternatives".
 
YOU WHAT! That's right we give no alternatives... and this is why:

When my little man was quiet small he became fussy. We took him to our doctor who is a bit of an old fuddy duddy so to speak. But he gave us one of the most useful pieces of advice I could ever have been given which I now am going to empart on you:

"A child will eat what he sees adults eating, he will drink what he sees adults drink. He is watching you for your attitudes on food. If you wouldn't eat the food don't serve it up to him. Fussy eaters are made by the actions of their parents. If parents offer an alternative that is more pleasant than what the child is eating of course they are going to take the better of the two it's a no brainier. Don't give alternatives only foods you want him to have, leave foods you want him to eat at his level and  you will return to half eaten food if he is hungry enough".

It took a while for us to digest this information. Once we had digested it we realised the doctor was right. We discussed at great length what our parents would do if we didn't eat. Both came to the conclusion that if we didn't eat what we were given we would go hungry.

So we embarked on a journey together. I will go through our journey with a list of anecdotes about where we have been. We are fighting a new battle... how do you make sure he eats what is in his lunch box... Stay tuned.