Foods for a 1-2 year old

wow that list is almost the same as our 1 1/2 yr old. We feed her cut up fruit (grapes / bananas. etc) She likes crackers, chicken, ground hamburger / turkey.
Oatmeal / waffles / scrambled eggs in the mornings.

Our 1yr old LOVES pizza.

He'll wake up out of his sleep if he hears a pizza commercial on tv.

At daycare my kid eats everything. Fruits, veggies, meats, sloppy joes. Everything.

At home, pretzels and cheerios. She just does not eat at home, I don't get it.

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banana and honey sandwich

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be careful with honey for those too young.

But Salmon is right.

I had three kids by two diff women. Wife 1 had my views of food for kids, they ate what we ate ( with common sense exceptions of course...things with super strong flavors will over power a kids taste buds...but we are talking pretty rare selections like blue cheese, asparagus, etc) Kid 1 grew up with no food aversions and still eats healthier than her parents.

Wife 2 and kids 2 and 3. Wife 2(she loves that name), is a tremendous mother and wife...but thinks if the kids don't eat each and every meal....they die. So if they refuse their food, she prepares them an alternative. We try to keep it healthy and when we have time, we succeed in providing a good option. As life has gotten busier, we are falling into crap food because it is a little easier.

Long and short of it, kids should be able to eat, and enjoy the same foods as the parents.

Rice & gravy

Whatever he/she will eat.
My 2 year old loves broccoli, rice and gravy, taters and beans so we cook that a lot because most of the other stuff she likes isn't "healthy". I'm of the mindset that as long as she is eating and what she's eating isn't 100% crap then I'm good with it.