So your picky eater only likes a handful of foods, right?

And it's a problem because you want to eat different foods for dinner.

They don't want to eat what you made.

And then you're stuck in this position of becoming a short order cook,

just going off their whims at the moment of whatever they feel like having.

You're not happy to be doing this extra work.

And what's even the point of cooking a meal if your kids aren't even going to try it? They're not happy because they don't want

what you made. They tell you something they want and then they still aren't happy about that.

And then maybe you even feel like you need to go get them something else altogether. This isn't serving you,

and it's honestly not serving them when the goal is to work towards them actually eating what you

made.

Welcome back to feeding toddlers made easy.

Yes, it can get easier.

I promise.

I'm Casey Barnes, registered dietitian nutritionist, with a master of clinical nutrition.

And I've not only seen my own picky eaters eating improved,

but hundreds of other kids too.

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so I'm always here when you need me. Don't ever leave me

because I'd find you. Who knows what movie that's from? Let's talk about what is a short order cook

and how do you know if you're doing it? Are you asking your kid at meal time or even after you've already made something else what

they'd like and then you just make it? The question itself of what would you like is one that you

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