One Trick Pony At Dinner

Dear Laine,
My 2 yr old refuses to eat anything except ravioli. I don't mind feeding it to him once in a while, but three times a day?
I have tried everything I can think of to get him to eat something different, but he would rather be hungry than eat eggs and toast for breakfast or even peanut butter and jelly. HELP!
Signed,
Ravaged Over Ravioli

Dear Ravaged,
Have you consulted his doctor about this? If not, I suggest you do that first to make sure your child won't be missing out on something he really needs by eating ravioli or whatever will be his most favorite favorite food tomorrow. As long as his doctor says it is not harmful to your child, then feed him what he will eat!
Most kids go through this stage at some point. Mine sure did! But her thing was McDonald's Happy Meals! For about a week, that is the only thing she would eat! I could give her other things as long as there was that Happy Meal with it! I eventually got smart and sliced up some carrot sticks and pepper strips and stuck them in a french fry wrapper. She was none the wiser and ate them! As long as they came out of that Happy Meal box, she was good to go!
That phase lasted about a week, then she moved on to something else. Her pediatrician told me as long as she was getting her vitamins every day, it was fine to let her eat and make her own choices about what she ate because she was learning to do that. We both survived that phase of her development!
Good luck! Just remember the toddler age is good training for the teenage years! Learn to out-think him now and it will be much easier to do so when he's 15!

Survived the Toddler Years,
Laine