I DO believe that this is definately the age of fussiness....but it is tough to know how much to offer, when, which battles to pick etc etc...well thats what I find hard anyway!
I agree. I am just hoping we are nearing the end of this 'stage'!
WRT using forks - I made up a silly ditty about stabbing the food with his fork & made Oliver laugh & then he wanted to try for himself. He is actually using his quite well now. It will come.
I think we had a success at dinner today. We had chicken & mushroom pie which I'd planned to do with mash & veg but realised too late I didn't have enough potatoes to make mash, so I actually cooked oven chips for the first time since we started tackling his (lack of) eating at tea time. He ate his chips first (no surprise there), then he picked up a carrot & nagged it (didn't actually eat it but he tasted it & he didn't remove it from his plate which is what he usually does) & then he tucked into the pastry topping of his pie. He asked for more & I pointed out the rest of the pie was pastry too (but covered in creamy chicken & mushroom sauce) & he proceeded to eat the lot, with the exception of a mushroom he didn't like the taste of. He's never had it before & he actually ate it! I think we are making some small steps here.x
