If your child s favorite fruits are not available fresh, then purchase them canned in natural juices or buy frozen fruit. Another favorite is to make homemade popsicles with fruit. Pur e fruits including watermelon, strawberries, cherries, bananas, or any combination with a little water, fruit juice, or yogurt. Place the mixture in dixie cups with a popsicle stick or in store-bought popsicle makers and freeze. Offer fruits as snack options and as dessert.
Vegetables can be more of a challenge.
Always offer a few bites of vegetables with meals. At three, we discovered my son loved to eat artichokes and soybeans. He loved scraping the artichoke leaves with his teeth, and he loved squeezing the soybean out of the skin. It was the process of eating these foods that intrigued him. Remember to try to stay neutral about eating their vegetables.