Today was a school field trip. The school packed sandwiches, grapes, carrots. string cheese & juice. One of the girl's moms showed up at lunch time with chips & a hotdog for her. She told me her kid is a picky eater. I was totally floored-so you cater to your picky eater so much you brought her lunch on a field trip??? Have fun with that one.

I love my son, I hate it that he is such a picky eater. People say 'just make him eat what you eat!', but I'm starting to think it's something psychological. He gags at just the smell of some things (like a bad preggo lady) and I've had him spew stuff out of his mouth and take a napkin after his tongue to get rid of it. It's horrible.

I'm so glad my husband isn't a picky eater. I can't cook very well, but he'll eat pretty much anything if I add a few jalapenos or some cheese and he's happy

I grew up a picky eater and was determined not to create the same in my kids. At 4&7 they love a variety of veggies including spinach, brussel sprouts and beets. Choose water over juice a lot of times and they can tell you why fruits and veggies are so important. Still they love (and get to have once in awhile) things like ice cream, pizza, chicken nuggets etc. More than anything, I want to teach them that healthy food tastes good but it's OK to have other stuff too in moderation. It's a lesson I learned late in life and want them to always have that.

My daughter is a miserably picky eater. She's pay back because so was I. I calmly told her that it was ok to dislike dinner (dinner that I know she actually does like)and that her choice was to have every single dinner for a year to be a peanut butter sandwich and carrot sticks, or to eat the dinner served. I told her it wasn't a pick and chose option though, if she picked the peanut butter it was EVERY dinner. If we had pizza she'd have peanut butter. IF we had hot dogs, she'd have peanut butter. I also said if she decided to eat what the rest of us eats she had to stop throwing fits.

I can't decide which is harder ~ dealing with a skinny picky eater or with a chunkier kid who will eat anything including vegetables, but will possibly deal with weight issues for the rest of her life? Yes, I have one of both.

I'm not close to my family.They are too neurotic and self-important for us.Still,I couldn't say not to a get-together to celebrate my younger sister's graduation.I always delude myself into thinking that it'll be fun so I volunteered to host it.I already received a list from my sister with the foods her picky eaters will not eat and recipes to accommodate them.My mother and step-father are concerned that we won't be comfortable enough in my tiny living room.Ugh...

I was a horrible picky eater when I was a kid. Remember the kid from A Christmas Story? Me. My mom used to make me sit at the table until I ate what was on my plate. I remember sitting at the table until 10:00 because I was so stubborn but I knew it would be breakfast the next morning so I usually ended up eating it. My mom didn't budge on her rule.

One time I made soup and my bf dd wouldn't eat it, so he put it in the refrigerator for her to eat the next day for breakfast. She refused to eat it for breakfast and refused it for lunch. When dinner came around, she had the choice to eat it or else. Well, else came and my boyfriend forced fed it to her. She screamed and threw a tantrum and tried to start gagging to vomit it up, but it went down and she kept it down. Boyfriend said he's tired of her being picky and she WILL eat what we put in front of her. No more picky eaters he said.

I want to learn how to be a nutritionist . For my family . So many things about food to try and keep straight like salt, fat, calories etc . A husbands dietary restrictions after a heart attack , my own digestive issues, a picky eater and a baby . I am trying to do this right and make everyone happy but I feel like I am just not getting it.