Originally Posted by Leigh:
It's perfectly normal for his age. Just don't make a deal out of any of it to him...don't cajole, don't beg, just ask him if he's done eating and if he is, excuse him from the table. Don't offer him anything "better", just offer the food, if he doesn't eat it, that's OK. He'll eat if he's hungry. If you don't make a big deal out of it, he'll soon decide it's not a big deal. If he has a meltdown about a certain food, then either let him decide to not eat it, remove it for him, or (what I do) just push it to the other side of his plate and tell him that we'll move it if he doesn't like it. He may decide to taste it later. No child will starve themselves, don't worry about this.
agree