No, arm wrestling is not required. You can condition children to eat and enjoy a variety of veggies. As with many good habits, it’s best to start early.
Introduce vegetables to your baby. Offer purees of peas, sweet potatoes, and spinach.
Step2
Offer your toddler diced soft vegetables. Good choices: avocado, steamed brocolli crowns, beets.
Step3
Don’t offer a new food, then decide your child doesn’t like it because he rejects it. It may take many tries to get a child to accept a new food, so if your child passes the first time, wait a few days and try again.
Step4
Just like you, children enjoy tasty, fresh food. Offer green beans out of a can, and your child may turn up his nose; but serve fresh green beans with a favorite seasoning and you might have a hit.
Step5
Make veggies fun. Instead of mentioning carrot sticks and avocado slices, say you’re serving rabbit spears and alligator boats. Many children like dips, so tempt them to munch veggies with guacamole, hummus, or ranch dressing.
Step6
Make vegetables the first food you offer at a meal. When children are hungriest, they’re most inclined to try new foods. Keep other foods out of sight when veggies are served.
Step7
For older kids, add vegetables to sandwiches, pastas, and pizzas. Serve green salad before the main course at dinner.
Tips & Warnings
0. Parental modeling is key. If you preach vegetables but practice chips and ice cream, your child will learn by your unhealthy example. So eat vegetables in your child’s presence – but make sure they’re veggies you like, because kids know when you’re faking.
0. Cook veggies a little longer for young children. They may not be ready to chew crunchy, stringy vegetables.
0. Jazz up veggies with a little butter, cheese sauce, or salt and lemon juice.
0. Don’t force a particular vegetable, or your child could develop an aversion.
0. ALWAYS cut cherry tomatoes in half. They’re a choking hazard.
0. Allergy alert: if you’re introducing a new vegetable to a baby, offer a small amount. The next day offer a little more. At three days, if no allergic reaction has occurred, you can freely offer the food.
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