How to deal with kids who are fussy eaters: Tips from a mum who knows all about it

With one in three young Irish children classified as a picky eater, Amy Lynch says that it’s no wonder she ended up with one in the house. Thankfully, help is on hand for those stuck in the chicken-nugget phase

‘Most children go through phases of food neophobia, where they reject new foods or refuse previously accepted foods’. Photo posed/Getty

Amy Lynch

The odds were always stacked against us when it came to one of our children being a fussy eater: their father was the pickiest of eaters.

When we first started dating, he had two favourite meals in his repertoire: Margherita pizza with chips, and a very, very well-done steak with chips.