How do you get a 2.5 yr old to eat!!!?

this is a very common power struggle...if she is hungry she will eat. does she like mashed potato/gravy or breads or anything? seems to me that if she just ate some carbohydrate her diet would be alright...fruit, milk, bacon and some bread or pasta and she will be fine, try not to make it into a big deal, kids sense fear and will manipulate you sometimes over the strangest things. just put food down in front of her and leave her to it. give multivitamins if you really feel that she is not getting enough nutrients