How do you get your kids to eat there vegetables

My daughter is 8 and the only way I can get her to eat veggies is if I give her dip to dip them in. I usually will give her some ranch salad dressing and she takes her veggies and will dip them in it~ raw or cooked, they have to be dipped. I figure it works, so why fight it.

My daughter, who is 4 1/2, occassionally still has this problem. It was a pretty big problem when she was about your daugthers age. What we did was a little reward. I would take something that I knew she liked, like applesauce and tell her that she could have it after she ate a certian amount of her veggies, like at least three bites. That seemed to help us. My daughter still isn't the biggest vegetable fan, but she did realize that they aren't as bad and she thought when she started eating them more.

I guess I am lucky as my kids have always liked their vegtables and they always have eaten them without too much persuasion. My oldest prefers veggies over meat so I know she will always be fine with eating them. Try mixing your daughters' veggies in with other things. Pasta with veggies and some sauce is a good hit with most kids.

I know I say this a lot on here, but I think I wouldn't worry too much. The fact that she does eat them some days, means that you don't have a big problem. Maybe she doesn't like a certain type of vegetable, or maybe she doesn't want to eat that particular vegetable on a certain day. Just like all of us - she has a preference. Try not to make a big thing about it. With my first child, I just used to put the food on her plate, if she didn't eat her vegetables, I would just say something like, "Oh, you didn't eat your spinach", and then take the plate away. I would try it again another day. Little by little, she would taste it, try it and then eventually eat it. Now, with my other child, I just say if you don't like it, you only have to have one spoon/forkful of it, and when they are finished I take the plate away. No moaning, no coaxing, no telling off. I just tell them that it's good for their body, and although it doesn't taste nice, they can swallow it quickly and then it's all over. Hiding veggies in food is OK, but really only necessary if they are not getting enough fruit and veg every day. In the UK there are tins of beans with veggies in it, but I prefer just to let them know that this is the veg for this meal and they have to have some. Mind you, my kids are a bit older, and I can reason with them. Good luck with your 2 year old.