Stop giving snacks, focus on meals. Don’t eat your meals no lollies, chips, chocolate, icecream, snack foods. Is our house rule. Gravy was a favourite on vegetables. Early meals too, that prevents giving extra late snacks. If there bellies are full of snacks they will not eat the meal.

One of the best ways I’ve found is to hide them in foods. You can grate them up or blend, if you do pastas or rices you can easily disguise veggies in a nice sauce, etc. You can also grate zucchini or carrot into a chocolate cake, or even make ‘cheese people’. This was a recipe I had in school where you make simple cheese biscuits and decorate with veggies for buttons, hats, etc.

I usually have 3 plates some fruit veggies and then some sweets. And tell my son he has to eat one each on each plate. It works. I start with fruit then veggies then sweets. Also when they help chop up veggies I find they enjoy eating them more? Worth a try xx

Mix healthy food with treat food and they will never know

reward them with a treat when they eat there vegetables

It’s the same with us! The daycare teachers say they don’t have a problem but when it comes to home she just doesn’t want any of it. I do wonder if she eats when she’s there!

My daughter had the same issue—she wouldn’t eat anything from daycare while we were at home. To get your kid to eat the meals you make, have you tried using a reward chart? It’s crucial for your toddler to see that other people genuinely love eating certain foods, so make sure they witness you eating them and enjoying them, even if you don’t.
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A mini grazing platter while they are playing can sometimes tempt them.

I think lots of factors may play a role. One of the most important things I think is to avoid pressure or too much of a focus on it or even comments pointing in the direction that she is fussy.
Do not under estimate the groups aspect at Day care
Like others I also offered a variety of foods which my kids could pick from during the day. I actually used the ice cube tray with all kind of different foods.
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This is not my question; but I do like the answers that also suggest getting a copy of the day care menu/s. It might also be a good idea to find out the times for eating and also the set up for when they do eat. Looking at all strategies along with colourful food could be a good idea.

My son was the same as a toddler. I found that he was more of a grazer so created a little fruit and veg box for him and left it on the table so he could just come and go through the day as he pleased. I also found it helped if he washed the chosen fruit and veg so he felt like he had contributed to the snack box.

This is a tricky one, I had similar issues with my daughter who just wouldn’t eat anything she ate at Daycare at home. Have you tried a reward chart to help encourage your toddler to eat the foods you are serving up? the other thing i would recommend is ensuring your toddler sees you eating these foods and really enjoying them (even if you don’t) as it is important for them to see that others really like to eat them. Good luck mumma it is hard!

Ask for a copy of the Daycare Menu and copy the meals. I made different meals for my kids and they would like to try when Mum and Dad were eating. We in summer had a lot of BBQ and picnic’s in the back yard eating finger food. I found the littlies loved this casual dining and I found they ate more. I made slices like Zucchini Slices cut into fingers or small squares. I made muffins with mashed veggies stirred into the muffin mix and put into mini muffin tins. I would make bacon and egg muffins chopping the bacon into very small bits. I would buy sausages and twist them into 5cm sausages making them mini sausages and serve them with a dipping sauce. Spinach and Ricotta triangles are a great hit with kids put into a flat-bread and baked in a air-fryer or oven like mini pizza with a top.

Maybe trying to get them involved will help. Cook together, pick out veggies at the shop, try your hand at growing veggies if you have the space. You can use a zester to very finely grated up veg to add into food if you need to hide it. My 11 month old has been loving broccolini Mac and cheese, I steam and mash pumpkin to stir through and it disappears.

Everyone eats with their eyes first and food needs to be visually appealing. The more colourful a plate the more appealing it is to everyone. The group dynamic of food being on plates and then chosen to eat has always been successful in our home. We make the choosing of fruit and vegetables a fun time.

The sociability of a group of children eating together usually acts as an encouragement and eating becomes a part of the daily routine at daycare. Children with little or no interest in food will often not eat at home, especially if they are fed at separate times from their parents.
Also generally they offer different foods every day at daycare and sometimes foods are offered they have not tried at home.

Are they served differently at daycare to the way you serve them? It might be worth asking. Otherwise, I’d just say keep offering them and don’t make it a big deal whether they’re eaten or not. It’s a cliche, but kids really do go through phases. All of mine had me worried at various points, but eat fruit and veggies no problem now.