What To Expect A Preschooler To Eat

What To Expect A Preschooler To Eat

• Preschoolers are curious about the world but sometimes suspicious of different foods. They will eat different amounts, at different times and in different ways.
• Eating is about how, what, when and why we eat. Meal times can be a sharing time for families, helping each other to foods and learning about nutrition and table manners.
• You should decide the best way for your family to have meals and then establish this as a routine. For example, do you sit down together, have the television on and what manners are acceptable?
• Different families eat different things and children learn to like most of the foods their family eats.
• Preschoolers may go through a 'fussy' time. Most children like sweet things and some children are allergic to certain foods.
• Some vegetables are often disliked so try alternatives rather than forcing them to eat what they don't like. Tell them taste buds change as they grow. Suggest they might like to try the disliked food again in a year - they may then find they like it.

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