If I insist that she eat what I serve everyone else, she won't eat anything.
Most children go through times when they'll eat only specific, limited menu items.
This doesn't mean your child will be malnourished now or grow up to be a picky eater. According to nutritionists, even if these selective food habits continue over weeks or months, your child's diet will eventually normalize. The best way to encourage a balanced diet is to offer a variety of colorful, interesting foods served in a relaxed setting. It might take 15 to 20 exposures before a child accepts a new food. She might need to see it, watch other people eat it, sniff it, poke it and move it around on a plate before tasting a sample too small to be seen by the naked eye.