If you need to add the element of fun back into mealtime, this game plate should do the trick. You can even tuck a little treat into the treasure box at the end, providing positive reinforcement when your little one makes it through the broccoli and pasta.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.