Kids under 3 get to eat at the buffets for free - so if you are going to any of them feel free to make them a plate! When we took my dd2 last year she mainly ate off my plate - but there were just sometimes I wanted something I knew she wouldn't eat. So, I would either order her a kids meal or just a side dish or heck sometimes I just brought my own food for her....like a PB&J -and some veggies - noone ever had a problem with it.