I have three children dd 17, ds1 12 and ds2 9, the boys are dreadful eaters, they refuse to try any new food at all. Their diet isn't that bad, but it's basically the same stuff over and over again.
Ds1 will eat any meat/fish/chips/roasts/beans/tinned spaghetti/pizza/eggs/apples/breakfast cereal
ds2 will eat all the above but will also eat bananas, peas and sweetcorn.
They have no nuggets or overly processed food, but the lack of variety and fruit vegetables is a worry to me.
They both point blank refuse to try new food, ds2 has almost made himself vomit at the table and both will happilly miss a meal.
My latest plan is to exchange them trying new foods for time on the playstation/tv. They have an allownace of 15 minutes per day and can 'earn' extra time by trying new stuff, we are saying 10 mins for eating a small portion of something new with a bonus 10 minutes if they like it.
So at each meal on the side of their plate will be two or three things that they have never had before, so for example Wednesday's lunch was ham sandwiches and an apple and both had two slices of kiwi fruit and a few orange segments on the side of their plate. Neither would even touch them. The only success I have had so far is ds1 will now eat mash and rice, neither of which are going to go a good way to improving his diet!!
Last night we had pizza, I made two cheese and tomato which they normally have, one ham and pineapple and one with extra veggies on, both of which they won't eat, this was servied with salad.
I worked out that including the salad there were 10 chances for extra time on the playstation/tv, ds1 refused to try anything, ds2 refused all food even the pizza as " I am not doing this and it won't work" Stubborn little sod!!
Any advice/suggestions on this plan or how to get them to eat different foods?
BTW, when ds1 turned out to be a faddy eater I decided that this would not happen again, so with ds2 I made all his food from what me and his dad were having for tea, so up to the age of around two he would eat anything, then it all went wrong and I can't quite remember how!!