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@cake2017: I think this is super common around this age. My older daughter went through a phase where she was rejecting foods she’d always liked. We kept up with giving her a variety of things and she eventually got over it.

My almost 4 year old used to eat whatever we put in front of him as a baby. Around 18 months he started getting picky and now at almost 4, he’ll eat only a handful of foods. I’ve heard it gets better around 6. I have a friend who’s daughter refuses to eat foods that are orange or brown. Toddlers are crazy.

@Portboston: this was totally true for my oldest - she was on that same schedule you mention and did get much better around 5.5-6! I really did not think she would ever get better, and she’s still not the most amazing eater, but is so so much better. Now it gives me hope for my 4yo!

Also my 4yo just doesn’t eat a lot of the time. He really only likes lunch and sometimes not even that. We don’t fight it. I seriously don’t know how it works calorie wise because he’s around 95th %ile for height and maybe 80th for weight (when he was under 3, he was equally tall but below 50th weight. So he grew into it without me really seeing a change in his eating!)

@cake2017: For my 2 year old, I tend to look at what he has eaten over a 2-3 day period. There will be days where he eats hardly anything and days where I feel like I am constantly feeding him. Some days he eats a wide variety, some days all he wants is yogurt and strawberries. It's just another one of the many phases kids go through. My 7 year old can be picky, but he knows he has to at least try it before he says he doesn't like it.