I really need an action plan for my two sons. Their diet is poor and I'm fed up of the battles.
ds1, 14, will eat any plainly cooked meat or fish, eggs, rice, pasta, (but only with a white sauce with chicken, bacon, mushrooms in it) apples, grapes, mushrooms, beans, chips, roasts, pizza, and he loves fruit juice.
ds2, 10, will eat any plainly cooked meat or fish but not mince, apples, bananas, peas, sweetcorn, beans, chips, roasts, mash, pizza, will not have any sort of fruit juice.
This is something that is challeneged regulary at home, with varying forms of success, I have set up charts for five a day, with a prize at the end of the week for who has manged it, (but their five a day is always the same five!)
I have offered incentives for trying different food. I have just put meals in front of them and told them they are not leaving the table until it has gone and they have sat there all night.
Biscuits adn crisps are not readily available at home, fruit always is.
When ds2 was a baby he had all home made food and would eat anything, but their attitude to food over the years has got worse.
I know that I have made a rod for my own back but do not want food to become an issue for either of them, just wnat them to have a more varied adn healthier diet.
BTW, I also have a dd, who will eat anything!!