My Picky Eater!

My 2 year old son gives picky eaters a new name!! Most kids will at the very least eat mac & cheese - a peanut butter sandwich - toast  - cereal ... NOPE! Not my picky eater! He eats raw carrots! Radishes! Kohlrabi! Pickles! Black Olives! Broccoli !! Corn! Olive Garden Salad!! I know I should not complain he is after all a very healthy eater & generally a very healthy little guy!  But it does make it challenging when dinner time rolls around! & he is also a junk food junkie too! Jones chips, pretzels, cookies, popcorn ... smarties ... skittles ...

He's what I call a grazer ... does not sit to eat but rather munches all day - randomly going to the fridg to help himself! Two days ago, however, we had a breakthrough!! I recently purchased him a place mat with Disney's Cars on the front. He loved it instantly! After explaining to him that it goes on the counter (where we eat) he promptly put it to use & ate TWO BOWLS OF CEREAL!!  & yesterday, he ate for the 1st time a PB sandwich for breakfast on a whole wheat bun!! & ate an entire McDonald's Happy Meal 4 piece nuggets for dinner!! YES! I know not good food! But you have to understand that my son does not eat meat. PERIOD! Peanut butter was an exciting deal for me because all I could think was YEAH! Protein!! (Oh & technically he only ate 3 nuggets sharing #4 with is not-so-picky-eater baby sister!!)

 Eating his very favorite steamed broccoli!!