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I've been having the same issue. My pedi said it's a phase like everything else and suggested I sprinkle a little cheese to melt on top. It's worked so far!

I'll join in the commiseration. He hasn't eaten vegetables in almost a year. Sometimes he'll eat them in soups or green bean puree, but it's rare. I just keep offering and hopefully it'll pass. He likes to pretend to eat them now, at least.

I have no experience with this myself, but I have some friends who blend smoothie with greens and carrots (and other veggies when they can) for their little ones. Good luck, lady!

@coopsmama: we always let her stand in the kitchen with us, but the cooking part started around 18m

What about putting veggies in other foods, while still offering them separately so that he still gets the "exposure" to plain vegetables while getting the nutrients from the hidden veggies?

Just for my husband (haha), I puree spinach, broccoli, or butternut squash and put it in pasta sauce, and my 10 month old eats the sauce on macaroni noodles as well.

I also make egg cups with finely chopped spinach, zucchini, and mushroom and LO eats those (I mix in turkey sausage crumbles or pancetta).

You can puree cauliflower and put it in any white food (white pasta sauce, mashed potatoes).

And then I also make zucchini fries and sweet potato fries (homemade and baked) that my 10 month old likes to eat.

oh and also---make sure to make the veggies flavorful! My LO won't eat plain steamed spinach, but if I sautee it in coconut oil or olive oil, with garlic and onion and a teensy bit of salt--then she eats it.

Same with steamed broccoli plain--she won't eat it. But sauteed with other spices and herbs, she will.

My almost 13 month old isn't picky yet and she loves steamed broccoli, butternut squash and carrots. I'm sure I'll have to add flavor soon...

I have a similar problem with DS- he's ONLY eat veggies- no grains, no protein, nothing. We just keep offering (and sprinkling parmesan cheese on everything). The only time he'll eat meat or grains is if I make spaghetti with meat sauce.

Glad we're not alone, but sad others have to deal with picky eaters!

No advice, just commiseration! LO pretty much only eats veggies in the form of a pouch.

I'm assuming it's a stage. Veggies just tend to be a little chewier than fruits, for one, so I think they are harder for him. And knowing he won't eat them means I'm less likely to spend all this time specialty cooking them for him. Which is bad, I know you are supposed to just keep offering.

He will eat spaghetti sauce on meat/pasta. And hey, that's tomatoes, right?

I'm not gonna worry too much. He had homemade baby from 6-12 months and ate plenty of veggies then. I don't think I ate a veggie until I was 17. Tastes change! I do try to avoid books and stuff that are like "eww broccoli is gross!" I'm always amazed at how much that enters into children's entertainment!

butter, olive oil, and cheese. And a little bit of salt sometimes.

I also bake spinach and zucchini into muffins and bread, and put spinach in smoothies.

My guy is a carb addict so I always give him his veggies before anything else, usually he is hungry enough that he snarfs them down, but once we add carbs or meat to the tray he couldnt care less about his veggies.

E is almost 2 and has been getting most of his veggies in pouch form for the last 6 months. I keep offering them at meal time and then if he doesn't eat them, I'll offer him a pouch. He thinks pouches are treats, go figure. I get the sprout ones that are all veggie, or veggie and grain so he's not just getting another serving of fruit. He rarely will eat broccoli in it's original form, and will inhale the spaghetti sauce I make with summer squash, zucchini and mushrooms in it, but everything else is pretty much a no go. I'm hoping he'll just grow out of it eventually, but I feel a little better knowing he's getting some veggies from the pouches... oh, and from daycare, because he eats everything there. What the heck dude