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My 2.5 year old will barely eat meat unless it's a chicken nugget, so I feel you! Can you just give her other protein options?

My 3 year old is not into meat unless it's pretty processed- like she will eat chicken nuggets ok, maybe fish sticks if I call them special Nuggets, a bite of frozen meatballs... But her weight is healthy and she eats lots of cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, so I feel like she's ok. I just keep offering and hope she will come around. @MrsBrewer: yes to ketchup! She will dip broccoli in ketchup! But then she starts just dipping her fingers and licking them and that defeats the purpose.
Meanwhile my 8 month old ate like a quarter of my hamburger the other day and loves shredded chicken.

I can't! She won't eat any meat. None. Not even a chicken nugget. She likes nuts and dairy, so she gets her protein that way. I also give her protein shakes. She's on the small side, but still a healthy weight, so... it is what it is. She's not the sort of kid who can be bribed -- stubborn doesn't begin to describe her! She would rather not eat at all than eat meat!

Rotisserie chicken, and anything with ground beef (tacos, pasta sauce, etc) are easy wins with my LO. She won't eat many other meats, fish, pork, steak, etc. However, I'm a notorious crazy person about choking, so I don't really try to give her things like pork and steak because they stress me out.

LO1 will not eat meat. None of it, not a bite, absolutely nothing. We saw a feeding specialist at one point and there was a nutritionist at the evaluation who told us he was getting adequate protein even without the meat. He does eat a lot of hummus and dairy and sometimes beans. I think they need less protein than you might expect.

Ketchup. She still won't eat most. Taco meat is the only meat that she will usually eat without a dipper.

Mine doesn't love meat either - she used to but starting at 3 she just doesn't like it much. I just try to make a variety and keep offering. Like most kiddos she will eat processed meats (hot dogs and nuggets) and cured meats (ham, salami and prosciutto) but I know those are healthy for her as a primary source of protein so we just keep trying

At 4.5 she will eat

Steak - I cube it up and season it and cook in a cast iron skillet. Some days she'll eat a good amount and other days she doesn't care much for it

Dark meat chicken - she doesn't care for white meat. We'll do braised or baked chicken thighs or legs

Seafood - she loves shrimp and crab. Doesn't care for salmon but will eat some mild white fish

Oh and she'll eat eggs and sausage and bacon