My 4 (nearly 5) year old has always had a preference for the treats and goodies etc but just lately I can't get her to eat a meal. She's becoming fussy to the point of not eating food that she would normally eat because she's tasted a better version. For example tonight I made her meatballs and spaghetti, the same meatballs and spaghetti that she has eaten and loved for the past year, but tonight she barely touched it, says she likes the ones from school.
As a treat she likes a pizza. Usually she's happy with either an oven pizza or on occasion a takeaway pizza. Recently I did the oven pizza for her but she refused it, saying she doesn't like it and that she likes the take away pizza.
If I do a roast she likes "the mash that nana makes" won't eat mine even though it's made exactly the same.
I've asked her tonight what her 3 favourite meals are (in an effort to get her to eat a bit more) her reply was sandwiches. Told me she wants sandwiches everyday.
How do I get round this? I have tried the whole don't eat that you won't get anything else, but then she cries because she's hungry and I feel terrible so give her something.
Anyone else dealt with anything similar?