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Hi there! I’m so glad you’re here. Eat With Ermias is all about the food journey I’m on with my little one, exploring fun, creative, and sometimes unexpected meal ideas for a picky toddler.

What You’ll Find Here:

🍽️ Simple, toddler-friendly meals
🥑 Creative ways to introduce new flavors
🛒 Grocery hauls and pantry-staple ideas
❌ No food waste – we use what we have!

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Picky Eating VS Sensory Play

Tackling Picky Eating with Sensory Play: How Ermias Is Learning to Love Food One Crunch at a Time Hey, friends! Destiny here, coming at you with a little real-life mom magic from my chaotic-but-adorable world. If you’re battling a picky eater like me, you already know the struggle is real . The mealtime negotiations, the turned-up noses, and the please just eat something prayers. But guess what? There’s a gentle, fun way to help our little food explorers get comfortable with new textures and tastes — and it’s called sensory play . What Is Sensory Play—and Why Does It Matter? Sensory play is all about letting kids use their senses—touch, sight, sound, and sometimes even taste—to explore the world around them without pressure or expectation. For picky eaters, this can be a total game-changer. Instead of forcing food into tiny mouths, sensory play gives them the chance to get to know food on their own terms. Studies show (and trust me, I’ve got the science receipts!) that this kind...
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Tiny Wins Track: Free Download

A pastel-toned graphic with playful cartoon elements and bold text that reads 'Freebie Here!' — designed to highlight a downloadable resource on the Eat With Ermias blog.


📥 Grab Your Free Printable!

You can download the Tiny Wins Food Tracker free from this post. It’s yours to keep, print again and again, or even laminate for re-use.

🧡 No sign-ups required—just a little support for your journey.


🌟 Tiny Wins Count: How We Use Our Food Tracker at Home

Navigating the world of picky eating with a toddler can feel like a never-ending loop of “try this” and “nope, not today.” But in our home, we’ve found that tiny steps really do add up—and that’s where our Tiny Wins Food Tracker comes in.

This printable is a soft, encouraging way to follow along as your little one explores new foods at their own pace—with no pressure.

🧭 What Is the Tiny Wins Food Tracker?

It’s a visual tool for tracking your child’s progress with one specific food. Each step focuses on exposure and curiosity—not perfection.

From just seeing the food on their plate, all the way to liking it, every milestone is worth noticing and celebrating.

🍽️ How to Use It

1. Choose a food.
Maybe it’s one your toddler used to love but suddenly won’t touch. Or maybe it’s something new you’d like to gently introduce—like peas, in our case!

2. Write it at the top.
There's a blank space just for that food.

3. Follow the path.
Mark off each stage as your child reaches it:

  • 👀 Saw it

  • ✋ Touched it

  • 👃 Smelled it

  • 😛 Licked it

  • 🍴 Tried it

  • 💛 Likes it

You can use markers, stickers, or even laminate it and reuse it with dry-erase pens!

💬 Real-Life Example From Our Day

Today, we had a late start—breakfast happened around noon, and lunch around 5. Ermias had his usual mac and cheese (a fave!), plus peas and canned mandarins with some orange juice. He didn’t eat the peas, but he saw them, touched them, and even gave them a sniff. That’s three tiny wins!

Later for dinner, I’ll serve some leftovers from my lunch and add them to his tray again—no pressure. Just another chance to get familiar.

💡 Tips for Making It Fun

  • Let your child decorate the tracker with stickers or drawings.

  • Try giving each food a silly nickname or backstory (“pea pirates!”).

  • Track one food at a time so it doesn’t get overwhelming.

  • Celebrate every little step—even if it takes days or weeks to move forward.


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