Toddlers are notoriously picky eaters. They’ll refuse the lovely meal you just prepared but happily feast upon junk food. One minute bananas are the best, the next minute… Sometimes all you can do is laugh, so here’s our hilarious list of 17 times regular food wasn’t good enough for toddlers.

Ready to laugh? Here we go…
1.
My toddler is pretty particular about the brand of chicken nuggets I offer her for somebody who just ate a crayon.
— mark (@TheCatWhisprer) May 13, 2017
2.
For all you non-believers, our next trick…
— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) January 13, 2018
We will sit in front of this food, not eat it, and make your sanity disappear!
~Two-year olds.
3.
Parenthood is full of surprises. Fix your child's favorite breakfast, yogurt with peaches, and SURPRISE! They now hate yogurt. And peaches.
— MyMomologue (@MyMomologue) June 22, 2017
4.
Toddlers: I don't want to eat my dinner! It's yucky!
— HowToBeADad (@HowToBeADad) April 2, 2017
Also toddlers: pic.twitter.com/Z28EuRp5TJ
5.
Wish I was as brave as my kid who just ate zero bites of her dinner and then asked my wife for a snack 6 minutes after the table was clear.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) September 15, 2015
6.
Toddler food pyramid:
— Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) April 11, 2017
Cheese
Yellow crackers
Meat pressed into shapes
F R U I T S N A C K S
7.
You could make dinner for a toddler, or you could just cut out the middle man & throw away a plate of food and squirt ketchup on the dog.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) September 12, 2014
8.
If persuading my kids to eat the dinner I cook every night doesn't count as sales experience, I don't know what does.
— MamaFizzles (@MamaFizzles) June 27, 2017
9.
My kids never finish their dinner because they're saving room for bath water.
— Unfiltered Mama 💗✌️ (@UnfilteredMama) February 19, 2016
10.
My toddler came running from upstairs
— Chaps (@UncleChaps) September 13, 2016
"DADDY!! DID I EAT GLUE AT SCHOOL TODAY?"
I have a feeling that means she ate glue at school today.
11.
I'm telling my 2 yr old that baked beans are candy pellets to get her to try them. No dice! #pickykids
— inkoluv (@inkoluv) May 9, 2011
12.
My 3 year old told the doctor that she liked eating her vegetables.
— CurrentlyCaprece (@MommieKnwsFresh) March 31, 2016
And the academy award goes to….
13.
You can lead a toddler to water but you can't make her think it's juice.
— Zoe vs. the Universe (@zoevsuniverse) February 10, 2016
14.
Made my 3yo a cheese sandwich which he refused because "the cheesy part is yucky."
— MaryWiddicks (@MaryWiddicks) August 25, 2016
His lunch request? A cheese stick.
*Pours wine*
15.
70% of parenting is just melting cheese on stuff to try and get your kids to eat it.
— Babies Daddy (@dshack8) July 12, 2015
The other 30% is dipping it in ketchup.
16.
Trying to figure out the right plate/food combo for a toddler is like trying to complete a Rubik’s Cube for the first time, every time.
— The ParentNormal (@ParentNormal) June 25, 2016
17.
Man cannot live on bread alone.
— Meredith (@PerfectPending) November 30, 2016
Toddler: Challenge accepted.
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