Maternal and Child Health Maternal and Child Health Professional: Is he a good vegetable eater?

Parent: No (laughs), I don’t think many children are.

Maternal and Child Health Professional: Mmm yeah, but do you serve him vegetables everyday?  Do you and your husband have vegetables everyday?

Parent:  Yeah probably, yeah I mean we would always have one at least you know with dinner, we could probably have more veggies.  How many serves is it that you are meant to have a day?

Maternal and Child Health Professional: You are meant to have 5 serves of veggies and 2 of fruit, so we are heading well in the 2 of fruit. But I think maybe that is something that all of you could work on so not only more serves but lots of variety, and if you offer lots of variety Josh will probably find some others that he likes.

Parent: Yeah there are lots of veggies out there, aren’t there?

Maternal and Child Health Professional: Yeah but I think you decide what you’ll serve in a healthy meal and then offer it to him and hopefully he will eat it. If he doesn’t eat it, that’s fine – you don’t need to worry. But yeah, perhaps more veggies would really, would really help as well. (nodding)

Parent:  Yeah.