Give your children sophisticated taste.

The Evening Standard Dr Mark Potter reported on Tuesday (4th December) on some new research that we at Plum find very interesting indeed.

"Should you have a fussy eater for a child - and which family hasn't got at least one? - you will be interested in some new research. It suggests that a baby's natural dislike for the bitter foods such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts can be blunted if the mother eats them duting pregnancy and breastfeeding.

New research from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia suggests young babies are more likely to take to foods that they have previously been exposed to in the womb, or through the traces that make it into the breast milk.

And these aren't the only windows of opportunity for new mothers. Babies are also thought to be particularly susceptible to new tastes and textures during the weaning process between the ages of six and nine months.

So rather than mixing their meals into amorphous homogenised gloop, you should be keeping ingredients seperate so your child can log each individual taste.

And don't forget to pull the right face when feeding them. Babies are very good at picking up on subtle cues and if you wrinkle your nose when offering them a piece of fish they will do the same."

Hear Hear!