It could be a book, a game, a toy or clothes. Don't be surprised if your kids think this should be an annual tradition. Many preschool children dislike milk altogether, and consume less than one cup a day. Cheese, yogurt and other dairy foods are extra important for those children. Preschool children often prefer cereals, breads and crackers to meat and other chewy, protein-rich foods.
Children accept crispy raw vegetables more readily than they do cooked ones.
Eating a limited variety of foods is the feeding problem that most often bothers mothers of preschoolers. The major contributor of iron in preschoolers' diets is cereal grains. For each serving put a lettuce leaf on a plate and place a pear half, flat-side down, on top of the lettuce. At the narrow end of the pear, insert two raisins for eyes and a thin round slice of a carrot cut in half for the ears. Place a spoonful of cottage cheese at the other end of the pear for the tail.