Finally a book that provides some useful explanations and practical tips to overcome fussy eating rather than bombarding me with a barrage of instagram-style photos and recipes of perfect healthy little meals that my child won't eat like so many books I've already bought. It worked for our family because we needed a reminder on how to parent better and function as a family (although this book is about how to get your children eat a healthy diet). Yet, without realizing it, we are actually creating many of the problems ourselves with the things we do and say to our children around food. There are no child-friendly recipes to follow, no trickery (like hiding veg in a pasta sauce) and no gimmicks (like smiley faces made from veg on top of a pizza).

After some traumatic childhood experiences round the family dinner table, she set herself a parenting challenge: To create children who were non-fussy eaters and saw all food - not just chips and ice-cream - as one of life's biggest pleasures. After teaming up with a specialist paediatric dietician, who works with extreme fussy eaters on a daily basis, Claire's methods have now been verified and she shares her secrets.

The format of Potter’s books make the content easy to grasp and implement with to the point examples, designated boxes for scientific notes and tips. Whether you are weaning an infant, struggling with a terrible-two or dealing with a finicky 11 year old like me, it works. you WILL reach the point where fussy eating is no longer a problem that interferes with daily family life. I’m Claire Potter, author of the best-selling book Getting the Little Blighters to Eat that gives you a clear, simple and powerful approach to stop fussy eating in your child. But then you find you are doing things that are meant to make life easier but you still seem to be cooking three different meals a day.

Been trying the techniques for the past week and already starting to see gradual improvement, so motivating for me! Common habits like using pudding as a reward for eating the main course, or pestering them to eat their vegetables, actually encourage not discourage fussy eating! Common habits like using pudding as a reward for eating the main course, or pestering them to eat their vegetables, actually encourage - not discourage - fussy eating!The information provided is mostly common knowledge, but often you need the obvious pointed out to you and to go back to the very basics. Common habits like using pudding as a reward for eating the main course, or pestering them to eat their vegetables, actually encourage – not discourage – fussy eating!