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Great tips! One thing we do every night and at all meals on weekends is we eat together at the table. It's a great feeling, eating the same meal, all three of us.

Good article. One thing that has really helped with our toddlers eating is not forcing it but almost letting her play and experiment with it. For example, what happens if you squish the pea out of the green bean. or Can you lick this piece of meat? She likes to try out those new scenarios and usually she is willing to try it after that.

i like the tips! with our long days it's hard to eat meals together--we have breakfast together, but not dinner. like you, bedtime routine starts around 5.30. DH doesn't get home until after LO goes to bed. i've been sitting LO in his highchair and giving him some finger foods to play with while i eat a piece of fruit or some toast. then i try to give him purees. and like @T.H.O.U.: mentioned, if i'm giving LO finger foods (he's almost 6 months), i let him figure things out and play without being too concerned whether he's actually eating (because he doesn't).

M is 14 months and already getting picky!!!

We try to do the family meals but it's hard with both of us WOHM and DH working till 9 a lot of nights. We try hard to do family meals all the other nights though and especially on weekends!

I need to push to eat at the table more often; DH often prefers to "relax" and eat in front of the TV. But I don't want that to be a norm for our family.