At wits end with daughter - advice much needed please

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My daughter (22 months) used to be such a good eater, eating anything you put in front of her.

What happened?!?!?!?

9 times outta 10 she won't eat what I give her but half of the week at nursery she eats really well?!?

Have spoken with the girls at nursery and they don't do anything different to what I do. The only difference is at home she's not wrong with other children.

PLEASE tell me this is just a phase???????

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Yes, this is a phase. It might last 12 years.

My daughter ate octopus and padron peppers the summer before starting school. Then she became difficult and still is. Unless it tastes of cheap sugar or bacon, she doesn't like it.

Definitely a phase up until now she's eaten whatever was given to her as they grow that bit more independent they realise they have a choice whether to eat it or not. My ds became obsessed with sandwiches between 2 and 4 that's all he wanted very frustrating. What helped him was having school dinners and eating the foods the other children were eating. He's now 8 and although he still loves a sandwich he has a quite a good variation of foods he will ear which includes plenty fruit and veg.
Keep offering a mixture of foods you know she will eat for you along with a spoonful of things she might refuse. It will pass eventually

Ha! Thank you. I know she is generally doing what pretty much all toddlers do but it is tough some days.

Also she is getting more dependent on her dummy which is a real shame as she never used to be. I think the past week has been MOSTLY teething related so wouldn't want to deprive her of the comfort when it clearly helps but I feel if we aren't careful at this age she'll be a 4 year old with a dummy!! (Btw I definitely don't sit in judgement of others who have a 4 year old with a dummy. Believe me I can see how easy it is for that to happen!).

I think most toddlers go through this stage, my DD was exactly the same.

I'm afraid I take a tough stance, food is always served at the table and if she doesn't eat she doesn't get anything else, though I would never feed her things I know she genuinely hates.

I'm told they grow out of it. I do hope so!