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Toddler suddenly refusing all vegetables

21 month old used to eat broccoli, peppers, you name it. Now anything green = scream. Continue offering? Hide in sauces? Wait it out?

5 Replies

gentle-goldfinch 2/17/2026

Totally normal phase. Keep offering without pressure, and serve veg alongside something they DO eat.

bubbly-axolotl 2/17/2026

Ellyn Satter's division of responsibility - you decide what/when/where, they decide if/how much. Stops the battles.

fuzzy-hedgehog 2/19/2026

Hide AND offer - both. We do grated carrot/courgette in pasta sauce and also a small portion of plain veg on the plate.

misty-sloth 2/19/2026

Mine went through this around 2 and came back to veg around 3.5. Hold the line.

cozy-turtle 2/24/2026

Smoothies. Spinach, banana, blueberry, milk. They drink anything pink/purple.