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- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9terrible two love em anyways. He'll come around.
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9I allow my kids some slack because I remember having to eat at least 1 spoon of everything. I HATED yellow squash, but I had to sit there until my plate was empty. I tried all the tricks in the book. I still hate yellow squash....
- ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -1/+9I wouldn't worry much about it, it's a regular phase and it cycles. Besides, parents saying veggies will help you grow, etc. etc. is kinda BS because I never ate them until after college and am perfectly healthy. Passed my physical w/ all the right #s, 120/80, 20/20, 98.6, 8675309.
- Mswldflwr, on 07/01/2008, -1/+8I was an extremely picky eater all through my childhood and am to this very day. As a matter of fact, I am the pickiest eater I know -- even more so than any child I know.
- louiebaur, on 07/01/2008, -1/+7Ha I am the first commenter. I am very picky i only eat at McDonalds, Carls Jr, Del Taco and on occasion Burger King:-)
- MarkCiccone, on 07/01/2008, -1/+6Ahh MAN I'm the pickiest eater EVER I'm starting to come out of it but god damn does it suck! Parents never stop making your kids eat all different types of food when they're little!
- JerichoSam, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6Maybe we were just lucky, but we never went through the picky-eater stage. We never made an issue of it, just offered a plate and no alternatives. A hungry kid will eat. A few of those dinner plates did get saved for breakfast, though!
- jcorn1, on 07/02/2008, -1/+6You definitely touched on a fear of many parents. I know this because when local nutritionists gave a talk about kids and nutrition, they had no idea it'd be standing room only! The place was packed with tons of worried parents afraid their 2 and 3 year olds, going through normal picky eating, were going to starve. The kids grew up fine. The parents? I dunno (wink).
- Mswldflwr, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4I'd love for me and your dad to compare notes. I'd bet I could take him. My most used word when I order out is "plain." I won't even get dressing on my salads.
- AmyVernon, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4not more than my dad!
- granolajoe, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Vegetables are good for you and actually taste good. I've never understood why anyone has any animosity toward vegetables or vegetable-based meals.
Did someone tell you as a kid that it was uncool to eat veggies, and then you just carried it all the way to adulthood? - shutaro, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3I never went through the picky-eater stage, either... My parents just gave me a jar of mayonnaise and a spoon and said: "Here, kid. Knock yourself out..." And I did.
And I turned out fine. - AmyVernon, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2when my parents got married, her new mother-in-law gave her an index card that listed all the foods my dad would eat. the list didn't even fill up the front of the card.
to his credit, he's gotten better over the years, but we actually have a list on my palm pilot so when he visits, we can do a grocery trip that ensures we have food he'll eat. - shutaro, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Somebody told me, as a kid, that vegetables are a communist plot...
Something about bodily fluids. - dbalcer1, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2For two year olds it is more about the ability to say no then the food itself. I just let them eat what they wanted and then took the plates up. There were no snacks later and I wasn't a short order cook. Letting them help make the food helps them try more stufff for some reason if they have a hand in making it then it tastes better.
- DiamondMonster, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2It's important to try to nip these things in the bud, or else they can manifest themselves later in life. I became a very picky eater in much the same way at the same age. My parents couldn't really find much way to deal with it, and as a result I am still a picky eater today, though now it has developed far beyond "picky eating" and is actually a huge problem causing me to be physically unable to eat about 70% of the food I try.
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