What's more important to you for your toddler's diet...

[Callistone]

Sticking with a relatively limited diet that's pretty healthy, or pushing more variety and having tantrums and food refusal?

DS is 2.5 and has some intolerances and allergies which slightly limit his diet anyway. He eats plenty of fruit, cucumber, peas, sweetcorn, tomatoes, broccoli, lots of chicken, sausages, all bread, soy yoghurts, pasta, rice, potatoes. He'll snack on rice cakes and oatcakes.

Generally much of the food is cooked from scratch and he doesn't get much in the way of crisps, sweets, cake or chocolate.

Some days I think this isn't too bad - it might be repetitive but it does cover all the food groups. Other days I think it is bad, as he won't eat many things that resemble an actual meal, and outright refuses a lot of meals we eat as a family, like falafel, dhal etc.

DC1 was never like this so this is all new to us.

What do you feel is most important at this age?

He seems to be eating healthy things, they might be a bit of repetition with choices but if he is happy eating them, I round continue with them.
If he is sad every time he eats he may go worse, just put something new on his plate for a few days, if he tries it, great, if not no fuss.

I don't think that was clear.
I meant put "carrot" on his plate for a few days, if he eats it or tries it great, if not just bin it.
Then put swede on his plate for a couple of days and keep switching it after a few days to a different, new food.

It seems fine to me but I’m not a nutritionist. I would keep giving him food he likes but also one food that’s new or that he won’t usually eat. Don’t push him to eat it and don’t react if he has a tantrum. I find it helps to serve all food in the centre of the table and to give everyone an empty plate to take what they want. I also say that they have to take a bit of everything to try but they decide how much. Repetition is key I find.