2 year old is sooo picky

Help 😫 I don’t know what else to do. My 2 year old literally refuses to eat anything other than chicken tenders, fries, and animal crackers.

Before he started daycare he ate almost everything we ate. He’s always been picky when it comes to fruits and veggies- all he likes is bananas. We’ve tried offering every single fruit and vegetable to him but he refuses. So we’ve basically started giving him the baby fruit and veggie pouches to get SOME vitamins in him.

But now that he started daycare 3 months ago, he won’t even eat what he used to eat.

The pediatrician said that it’s normal at this age because he’s learning about his independence and to (to some degree) let him eat whatever he wants as long as it’s sustenance.

This morning for breakfast we made waffles, scrambled eggs, sausage links, and hash browns and all he ate was the sausage. We tried and tried to get him to eat the rest of the food but he refused.

He won’t even try new foods at this point. Like what kind of toddler doesn’t like grilled cheese sandwiches or Mac n cheese? Lol 😅 just mine.

Help 😭 what can we do to get him to try new foods? He just shakes his head and says no without even trying to see if he’d like it and I feel like a terrible mother just letting him eat chicken tenders and fries just so he’ll eat SOMETHING.