What's everyone doing with their fussy eaters?

If he doesn't eat it, he doesn't eat it. I have snacks on offer all day so at least he's eating something. I don't make an alternative, it's either that or nothing basically 😂 they listen to their bodies more than adults when they're hungry so I trust he'll let me know when he's hungry. But basically just surviving on snacks and some mouthfuls of my food😂

Neither of my kids are usually picky but they go through picky phases (can range from a few days to a few months). I don't offer an alternative if they don't eat but I'll usually offer a small snack later on that I know is a safe food that they'll definitely eat so that they're not going hungry x

I try to offer new foods at lunchtime so that she doesn’t go to bed hungry and offer at least one thing that she does like alongside anything new. Then just hope that she tries something 😂

Oh god I dread dinner time! My LG has been fussy for months now, then we get a few days where she will eat her dinner. I do offer snacks if she doesn't eat her dinner and sometimes offer an alternative. Just depends what she has eaten during the day. But omg I feel like all my hard work of meal prepping is a waste of time. But I keep offering her things she refuses and hope one day she eats it 🤣 I'm going to start eating at the dinner table with her and see if that helps too. It's been like this since she turned 14 months and she is now 20 months

Going through the same. My son is extremely picky and I dread mealtimes too. I do offer alternatives but if he’s still not eating I’ll offer healthy snacks and fruit so at least somethings going in

Thanks for all the replies, glad I'm not alone. I feel like I always have a stash of chicken pilau in the freezer at all times as a backup, but he can't eat that every day. He's just rejected the pasta I made which he used to always love and would always be his go to meal and he's eaten 6 banana pancakes instead. Don't know whether to cry or to be happy that he actually ate something 🤷🏽‍♀️

Be happy he ate something! Just cane back from my brother in law house from dinner, they have a two year old and she smashed two plates of roast dinner... my 20mo literally not a bite 😮‍💨 a couple of months ago I would have been embarassed, now I give him a babybell and 'oh well'!

I always try and offer one thing on her plate that I know she’s eaten recently. Mostly that’s sweetcorn/peas for dinner, strawberries for lunch, and then some kind of cereal for breakfast. Often she doesn’t eat a lot more than that. It feels scary, but I’m trying to let her trust herself and her own body!