Picky eating v.2

Picky eating strikes again!  I thought we were done with it, but no.  It's back with a vengeance.  I am trying not to stress so much about it, but sometimes it gets the better of me.  I have been reading parenting blogs and forums on picky eaters and have also talked to friends about it.  Surprisingly, more than fifty percent of parents that I know have or had picky eaters.

I do wish that this will end soon, similar to R's picky eating last January that lasted for three weeks.  But while he is still on it, I am educating myself on how to better handle this phase in his toddler life.  Below is the book that I am reading on picky eating by Elizabeth Pantley.  I love her method and have used her book  The No cry sleep solution, which helped me sleep train R when he was a baby.  I just bought this book from Kindle yesterday and let's see if it's good.

What about you?  Have you had or do you have a picky eater, too?  Do you mind sharing any tips?

Toddler dilemma: dealing with a semi-picky eater

I never thought the day would come when my son would be picky with his food. It was not difficult to feed him anything until he turned 19 months this month. Suddenly, he would refuse to eat his meals, specifically his lunch. With breakfast I don't have any struggles making him eat even if he just drank milk. Lunch time is a hit or miss thing which stresses me out. Dinner time is a little less stressful because most of the time he will eat. I noticed though that if I give him fruits, biscuit, bread or anything sweet he'd eat it. However, I don't want to make it a habit to just give in and not feed him real food. I'm pretty cautious of the food that he eats. I don't want him to get used to eating too much sweets and junk food. So right now, I'm still experimenting on what will and will not work. Spaghetti bolognese is so far his favorite, and he"ll eat it anytime. But that can't be his meal every single day. So now, I have started looking for recipes online for picky eaters to add variety and to lessen my stress.

I sure hope that his is just a phase and he"ll get his groove back. Any tips you can share?