What will happen if my 2-year-old never eats vegetables?
Although individual stories are not scientific information, I
have to tell you that my stepson ate nothing green his entire
childhood. He is now a gorgeous, healthy man whose favorite
vegetable, introduced to him by an Italian girlfriend, is
spinach with olive oil and garlic. Just because he turns his
nose up at vegetables now does not mean he will forever. Some
children who refuse vegetables eat fruit, and remember that they
are in the same food group pyramid category. You can puree
vegetables into pasta sauces or soups, chop vegetables finely
into the meat for tacos or on pizza, serve small pieces of raw
vegetables that he can dip into ranch dressing as a snack, or
offer him vegetable juice such as V-8 instead of fruit juice.
Try the sweeter yellow and orange vegetables such as sweet
potatoes. Let him help tear lettuce for your dinner salad. He
may be more likely to eat something that he has had a part in
preparing. By repeatedly offering a small serv