If your baby refuses to eat vegetables

Nutritionist Dr Rana Conway shares her tips on how to get your baby loving his greens

1) Give vegetables at the start of a meal when your baby's hungrier and more likely to eat them.

2) Try cooking them in different ways. If she doesn't like boiled veggies then try roasting them, which gives a sweeter flavour. Roasted carrots, parsnips and sweet potatoes are particularly delicious and great finger foods.

3) Try doing a fun 'cheers!' action with your baby, using vegetable sticks. Hold up a carrot or celery stick or a broccoli spear against your baby's, before eating yours up with a big smile.

4) Add pureed or grated vegetables to foods your little one likes, such as leeks into mashed potato or carrots and peppers into sauces.

5) Some babies are naturally more cautious, so offer veggies as finger food so she can get used to them by feeling and sucking on them first.

Try this:

Make a batch of puree and then swap some with a friend. Your baby can try a new taste, and if she doesn't like it you won't end up with a load of unwanted food.