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I babysit for a little girl who is 5.
When she got into being picky around age 2, instead of encouraging her to eat what was cooked, they would make her entirely separate meals everyday (of hot dogs, Kraft mac, or nuggets).
Now she is 5 years old. They are obviously tired of catering to her pickiness, and want her to start eating what Mom and Dad cook (it's healthier for her than her usual food too).
So they have started refusing to make her a separate meal of frozen nuggets and Kraft mac. Only problem is now she is so used to getting her way with food, that it is an all out battle to get her to eat what's there.
The last time I sat for her, mom made breakfast before she and dad went out for brunch on Mother's Day. They told me that she was either supposed to eat the food, or just not eat until lunch. She had a tantrum the entire morning.
All of this to say that pickyness needs to be addressed at some point or it will become a bigger issue and it will be very hard to get them to eat normally after catering to them for so long.
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