Dd's 3, a skinny minnie, incredibly fussy and limited in her tastes. But I've been tough with her and not given in to giving her junk. She eats regularly (and this is literally IT): broccolli, carrots, mushrooms, wholemeal toast and butter, crumpets and butter, Mexican beanburgers (Tesco - no other make will do ... sigh ...), potato waffles, a tiny amount of cheese, pasta in tomatoey sauces, apples, oranges, kiwi, banana, ice cream, chocolate muffins. And she drinks a couple of cups of milk a day.
So, fine on the fruit and veg. BUT protein intake, apart from milk and the Mexican beanburger beans that don't come out whole the other end, is zero. WE've tried everything including disguising meat / fish in every way possible. No go.
... until dp gave her a slice of salami and she became addicted. For a tiny eater she'll down 3 adult sized slices in a space of minutes. It's like seeing her transforming into a werewolf or something I am so unused to her really tucking into her food. As a vegetarian (who's keen not to push her into that choice unless she wants to later on, plus with a meat-eating partner) I always thought that that kind of processed meat was as bad as it got. Is that right? Should I keep giving it to her because it's at least meat? Or should I stick with my mostly healthy guns as I have done so far?