Feeding a toddler

Kendall has always been a picky eater. She will eat guacamole but she will not eat plain avocado, she doesn't like eggs, potatoes, vegetables, meat and a whole lot of other things. Which i suppose is pretty normal for kids

I always told myself that i was going to raise her to eat healthy and boy did that sure go out the window. We get caught up in every day life and its hard. I know she eats healthy at school. They base their menu off of the  food table, i however do not. I cant get the kid to eat anything. 

She loves cheese, fruit, peanut butter, bread with butter, ham, chips and salsa, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, mac n cheese. Since she will eat those things i tend to give her them a lot of. But I also try to let her pick what she wants to eat as long as it isn't candy.

I feel ok with giving her things in moderation. She got on a little kick there where all she wanted was candy and fruit snacks, so we just got rid of the candy all together.

For dinner i try to feed her whatever we are eating but sometimes she just wont eat it. Last night I made my first ever meatloaf ( i was curious to make one) and she scarfed it down like she hadn't eaten in days, she even ate salad with it. 

But then there are times that even covering it with ketchup wont make her eat it. For some reason french fries are ok but potatoes that are cut up and cooked hold no interest for her. Scrambled eggs one of the things all kids love, she wont even touch them. You can cook an egg anyway and she wont eat it. 

She eats a lot of chicken nuggets, corn dogs and mac n cheese but mostly because i know she will eat them. Right now i am not so worried about what she eats as long as she isn't getting loaded up with sugar and as long as she is eating something. 

Her new favorite snack is trail mix, you cant really call it trail mix though. I pick out the almonds cause they are too hard and i know she will spit the cashews out so i just give her the peanuts, raisins and m&m's. Well little miss picky the other day decides she no longer likes peanuts so now she will pick through it and eat all the raisins and m&m's 

I know once she gets older her food choices will expand, its just a challenge now when one day she will love something and the next she wont touch it with a ten foot pole. Its a learning process for all of us.