Comments on: more food talk

By: mayberry

mayberry — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:04:03 +0000

I HATE it when the magazines show you how to make incredibly elaborate scenes on your child's plate using food. I barely have enough time to cook the food, let alone sculpting it into a replica of Lightning McQueen. I don't think you are an ogre. You are giving them lots of healthy choices and they are CHOOSING not to eat them. The one thing that does *sometimes* work for my kids is letting them help cook. Oh, and liberal use of condiments. mayberry's last blog post..Captain Obvious joins Facebook

By: rimarama

rimarama — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:14:46 +0000

We have a very similar philosophy when it comes to dinnertime. In fact, I would say that four out of seven days of the week, the J-Dog subsists on breakfast and lunch alone. But he's not hurting and I have faith that he will come around. I thought it would NEVER happen with the V-meister, who was also very picky at that age, but now she will eat almost anything, especially if there is dessert on the horizon. So, take heart! rimarama's last blog post..Why My Children Are Bilingual

By: Kerrie McLoughlin

Kerrie McLoughlin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:15:13 +0000

you are definitely not the only one. the more kids i have, the more i realize they don’t eat so hot all the time, but they are all healthy (as in not getting sick often) and they are not overweight. we just balance the crappy sugary foods with disguised exercising, and they eat fruit instead of veggies! hiding veggies is truly brilliant, though! no, not an ogre for them going to bed hungry. wish i could do that more often to myself

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By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:14:39 +0000

From what I know and from the moms I’ve talked to, it’s a rare kid who doesn’t go through a picky spell. And the moms who say their kids haven’t been picky are lying. You probably know our stance, if they don’t eat what’s on their plate they’re not even getting other fruit. If they refuse to even try a bite they’re getting it for breakfast. You can’t win the food war, the kids aren’t going to eat if they don’t want to. But you CAN win the what-the-kids-eat battle. By having your kids at least try the food, you’re teaching them that sometimes what seems weird to them will actually end up being good (and you’re teaching them manners). As for throwing the food away, maybe save their plate with the leftovers, or don’t put as much on your plate at first and finish off their food when they’re done. Is that gross?

All that to say, don’t beat yourself up or even worry about it. This too shall pass.

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