Last night's dinner was amazing. I've made it before, but this time it came out so much better. I fixed Juliette ravioli for dinner b/c it's her favorite thing and I knew there was no way in heck I was going to get her to eat the chicken. I knew she thought it would look "weird" and well, I wanted to enjoy my dinner.
Sure enough, as I sat down a few hours later with my plate of food, she looked at me and said
"What's that?"
"Chicken, potatoes, and squash."
"Oh, I don't think I like chicken."
Riiiiiight. No, you like chicken, you silly ridiculous picky eater. You eat chicken nuggets like they are going out of style. Then, she pointed at the squash.
"Ewww, what's that?"
"Don't say "Eeewww" about peoples food, it's rude. And it's squash. It's good. It's a vegetable."
"Oh, I don't eat vegetables."
I would worry about her lack of weight gain, if she ddn't eat more than I did!
With the extra chicken, I pulled as much off from the bones as I could, and probaby sometime later this week we'll have chicken noodle soup. The last time I made chicken noodle soup, I add celery too it and got "scolded" for it.
"But, moooom, I don't like green beans!"
"It's not green beans Juliette, it's celery."
"What's celery?"
"It's a vegetable, it's really yummy. Try it."
"Oh, I don't like vegetables. And, yuck, you put carrots in here too?! I don't like carrots."
"Don't say "Yuck" about people's food Juliette, it's rude."
Needless to say, if I waited for her to like something I've cooked ... well, I might have lost more than 25 pounds at this point!
My goal for this week is no more Starbucks. Seriously, I don't know if I can do this. I think one trip a week is more than enough, and well, I used that trip yesterday ... so ... no more Starbucks this week!
A new month
April 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am
April 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm 1207052759
My son is 3 and he does the same thing. We don't prepare any special meals for him. He eats what me and the wife eat and he does the same thing. He does have to try everything on his plate but he doesn't have to eat it all.
Good luck, toddlers can be stubborn.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:30 pm 1207053046
April 1st, 2008 at 01:09 pm 1207055377
And Ima, I have met other people that don't eat veggies or fruit! And are perfectly healthy... That kind of messes with parent lecture #47 of "you need to eat more fruits/veggies".
April 1st, 2008 at 02:33 pm 1207060426
April 1st, 2008 at 05:20 pm 1207070430
April 1st, 2008 at 06:49 pm 1207075766
We've tried the two-bite rule, and she makes me feel like such a horrible person. She'll cry and gag. Seriously, she better be an actress when she's older and make me a ton of money.