My DS, almost 2.7 is a really good eater at nursery, where he tries / eats almost everything. Also when out and about he can surprise us... went to a botanic garden recently and he grabbed my potato soup from me....
At home, another story. Potatoes, pasta, bread, some fruit, pizza, rice with a curry sauce that I make... well that's pretty much it! He also isn't keen on sitting with us to eat at all.
is there any hope he will grow out of his fussiness at home? I am worried that, once he has got any choice as to what to eat (e.g. at school lunch where there may be a choice), he will fall back to his old favourites and than have a limited choice of foods overall. At the moment, the fact that he eats well at nursery (where he only has one choice), balances things out quite well.
Also, on weekdays, should we 'force' him to sit with us for dinner even if he doesn't want to eat? At the moment, we don't enforce him sitting down to dinner with us, thinking that he has already had a late afternoon meal at nursery. However, that has led to him choosing when he wants to sit with us... normally when there is pasta or any of the other things mentioned above...