help my daughter is really picky with her foods?

you have to be in control . your case is not exclusive to you alone, is natural with kids ; they can be silly . But if you give them that hand to keep doing what they think is 'right' in their eyes ........am afraid , so the grow to go with it . The Bible even said it that "children are bound with foolishness" you're not just supposed to be their earthly parents , but also - their guardian in life , if you can't control and guide them through things in life ,you who've seen days - then what's the essence of parenthood ?

My son is 2 1/2 and he has been that way for about a year now. I offer him what we have at every meal. There are occasions where we have "free for all" types of meals where everyone gets to pick something. I let him help me look in the fridge and he gets to pick out his meal (with parentally chosen fill-ins for nutritional value). I recommend letting your daughter do things like help serve food (for example, my son will put out cheese slices when we make sandwiches) or set out things on the table (forks, napkins, etc). It isn't a huge deal that your daughter isn't eating everything on her plate unless she is showing signs of malnutrition.

katied1985, Your daughter might not be 'just finicky.' Small children don't have a very stable sense of taste. Taste is a 'sensation' that 'develops.' She might truly think that something tastes different a week later than when she first tasted it. This might be physically true for her. A lot of adults eat foods now that they hated when they were little. They probably weren't totally finicky as children - the foods probably tasted BAD to them when they were younger. Something that helped me with my son to experience different foods when he was a toddler was to let him help prepare 'cold foods' - salads, veggie dips, fruit salads, and things like that. I would give him his own plates and allow him to 'dress his plate' and pretend he was 'cooking' or 'making food,' and contributing to the meal-making process. From this he had a lot of fun - but also - he 'sampled' a lot of foods to see which ones he did or did not enjoy. Once he got older, there weren't many problems getting him to try new foods and I was very lucky not to have a son that people thought was 'finicky.'

My daughter got like this, and I was very concerned. What worked for me was to invite her freinds round, when she sees children her own age wanting to try new foods chances are she will follow, as young children do, also a lot of children at that age when not eating are given attention for not doing so, you could try putting her food at the table, turning off tv and other distractions and not take any notice unless she has eaten a substantial amount. A lot of peopel make mealtimes seem like a chore, try making shapes in her food adn re naming it, for example with my little girl we call brocolli trees instead, don't ask why as I don't know but all of the above worked for my child and now at the age of 4 she will try anything I pit in front of her.

I wouldn't worry too much. It is very normal for toddlers to eat tons one day and hardly anything the next. I would just keep offering different foods. With my son, we just make him try it at least once. I myself am very picky and my husband did want our children to be. My son is four now, and he still has to try different foods, but his eating habits are pretty well formed. At two they are still learning.