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Yes, I find it difficult. I have a semi-picky eater who doesn't like fruit. She'll eat apples and blueberries and occasionally some bite of a banana (it took her until 14 months before she would accept banana even though I kept trying). She loves peas and likes broccoli and cucumber. I usually make a mixed veggie meal at lunch (includes at least 3 different veggies typically) for my daughter and the other toddler I watch and then our morning and afternoon snack will usually include a fruit. In their breakfast smoothies I put oats, banana, mixed frozen berries, and kale or spinach if I remember and have it. Every night last week her dinner was something plus steamed broccoli or peas because I know she'll eat it. She also enjoys carbs so bread and pasta mixed with a sauce or a veggie soup or butter is a big hit with her.

She still eats pouches sometimes and I like to think she's getting some good missed stuff from those. I'm hoping as she gets older she'll broaden her horizons a bit more for fruits.

I think we usually reach 4-5 servings of fruit/veg a day, but I feel like we don't offer enough variety, and my kids end up eating the same fruits and veggies over and over.

Like, they will eat steamed broccoli and carrots all day long. They are decent about sweet potatoes and cauliflower, so I tend to serve those 4 the most. But everything else they are iffy on and I don't serve them as frequently. Fruits they are a little more varied--lots of berries, bananas, and of course they still eat at least 1 fruit/veg pouch a day as a snack.

I don't worry about it on a daily basis- I aim for an overall balanced diet over the course of a week. My daughter is 3.5 now and I have observed that she has some days where she is uninterested in anything but carbs and peanut butter, and other days where she eats bowls full of broccoli or spinach curry. She's an excellent eater compared to a lot of her peers and I try really hard not to stress about food (I think it can set up unhealthy relationships when food is a source of anxiety or pressure)!.

That said: sure, she prefers carbs and would eat chocolate all day if I let her. But she also loves carrots, bell peppers, steamed broccoli, baby lettuce mixes, and most fruit! And we put spinach in her smoothies if she's having a "picky week"

It's easy with the baby because we give pouches, but she also loves bananas carrots, pears, red pepper sticks, broccoli, cucumber and will try everything we offer.

The three year old is another story. She is really picky. I sneak veggies into her pasta sauce and give her smoothies (shop bought ones, she won't drink home made even if she helps to make it). She will eat apple slices, celery and cucumber but that's it now. She has never been a huge fan of food in general, but she's getting worse. She won't even try strawberries or raspberries, has gone off bananas and oranges, freaks if there's a pea on her plate.....

I have a vegan child, and sometimes I feel like we have a hard time getting her full fruit & veggie servings for the day. Her doc reminded me a rainbow of food is important, and to consider her intake over the course of a week.

She's 3 though, and I think she's a robot who doesn't need food.

I don't really worry about it day to day but I just make sure that LO has a balanced diet. She loves fruits and vegetables so she eats them at every meal and it's not difficult to get her to eat them.

Fruits are no problem but so far my LO only likes cooked vegetables. To cut down on our food budget I only buy one or two meat products per week so we eat vegetarian at least 3-4x per week. The vegetarian days are definitely the easiest way to get vegetables in her. She loves vegetable soup but I always have to mop the floor and change her outfit after! Last night I made borscht and she loooved it.

And if I need to I'll melt a little cheddar or put a few splashes of aminos on the veggies to make them more palatable.

My 14 month old is SO PICKY already. She does love fruit but mostly only wants to eat cheese and graham crackers. She pitches a fit when there is something she doesn't want on her plate, and we usually give in. I make sure she gets baby food pouches daily that include greens in them. It's stressful.

My 4 year old loves salad, but that's about it as far as veggies go. We are vegetarian and make super good food, but my kids hate it. I don't know what to do.

For us, fruits and vegetables aren't a problem, but protein is. DD will happily eat eggs, so that's where she gets most of her protein, but really doesn't like almost all meats.

OMG YES. Especially my super picky 4yo.

The only veggie he will eat is broccoli, and currently, the only fruits he will eat are strawberries and grapes. I sneak veggies into dinners too.

My little guy is easier, he likes veggie burgers for lunches and will most veggies and fruits we put in front of him.

Fruit is easy but veggies is hard!

@bluestriped bee: Same here. We have chicken sausages that DD will eat, and she also likes lunch meat, but we rarely buy that. She will devour rotisserie chicken too.

@Silva: Yes!! Don't stress about what baby is eating day to day, but rather over the course of a couple of days. My kiddo is 3.5 and loves "eating plants" so we have trouble getting her to eat healthy protein (she pretty much only likes peanut butter, chicken nuggets, and bacon lol). Repetition is key- sometimes babies need to try something 10 times before they will eat it.