Mad and frustrated at a stupid ad on TV! (RANT!!!)

[Prettiest Frog]

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That was another issue for me. Grandma would serve me lunch with milk in it, and by dinnertime I was nauseous and didn't want to eat stuff that my mother knew I liked, so then she'd be mad at me.


There is a lot of space in the spectrum between 'clean your plate or else' and 'McNuggets for every meal'. Neither extreme is a good way to raise a healthy kid.

I don't have 'forbidden' foods, but I do have foods I serve in extreme moderation. My son can have a Hershey's kiss or stick of licorice, he may not have a king sized candybar. He can have an inch of soda in his cup, he may not have his own big bottle. He adores V8 varieties above all other kinds of juice or kool-aid type drinks, so I don't really have an issue there. By not having the foods be forbidden, they have not taken on any kind of mystique for him. If given his choice for desserts, he's just as likely to pick raspberries as he is to pick chocolate.

And he has his own weird likes, stuff I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole. Green bean and peanut butter sandwiches? Oh he's all over that.

 

[PineappleMama]

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Hehe, that's my apron.

My nephew, six months younger than DD, he of the picky Dad... we were all at McD's, me, my two, the two nephews and the MIL... she just HAD to treat them... since SIL moved to Keller they don't see each other much right? Okay so we go... mine snarf their food as it's a treat to them... then off to play. Nephew just refused. Mind you he begged to go to McD's, then demanded the chicken nugget happy meal, but now that it's here he refuses to eat. Well crap... not my kid so what do I do? I reverted to the highchair method... you know... think back... those strained peas making the Dallas to Denver run... vroom vroom.... *propeller noises* Incoming... that was my big brainstorm... but then I thought wait, this kid is 5, not 1 so that'd prolly just make him mad... so... plan B... ANIMALS... wasn't two shakes before I had the "lion" scarfing those poor defenseless nuggets... actually, almost lost a finger! My MIL was sitting there slackjawed. I don't get why, it's the same trick adults have been using on kids for decades... but it's usually younger kids... guess they never used it on him, which is why it worked?? *shrug* He wasn't near so amiable when we went to the bowling alley... Oh The Horror... *shudder*

Someone mentioned the nuggets touching the fries episode... did anyone see the episode of Arthur where DW went through that phase, or maybe the neighbor was and she commented about how when she was four she had that problem too... the peas... *shrug* sometimes it is just a phase I guess... heck I used to eat all my foods in order... all the beans, then all the potato, then all the meat then.... now it's a bit of tator, scoop of beans, stab a bit of the meatloaf and yum all one bite... granted I wasn't allowed not to eat any of it, my quirk was the order, but still... even I did have a quirk so I can understand sometimes..

 

[WriterofWords]

That is a good point about having to be hungry to eat. I think we are too conditioned by society: Breakfast 6am, lunch 12 noon, dinner 6pm, Breakfast food: Eggs, cereal, toast, etc, Lunch food: Sandwiches, soups, hamburger, Dinner food: Steak, chicken, heavy foods,,
I don't get hungry in the morning until after 9, I don't eat early, I would prefer my lunch to be the heavier meal so it burns off and I sleep better and I don't like to eat heavy at night at all but that is the traditional heavy meal and why I think so many are over weight.
I don't insist on cleaning the plate, sometimes you take more than you want, or you just have had enough, that scoop of potatoes isn't going to feed a third world country but it will sit on your hips and waistline for awhile!


On food not touching each other: I kid you not,, my uncle in his 70's a "Learned Lawyer" in Houston, will not eat anything that touches something else and is positive that we are like cattle and have compartmentalized stomachs! He will not mix food in his mouth, not even potatoes and gravy!

 

[joebryant]

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Yep, Anne and I also never once cared whether our kids ate or not. What the heck, if they didn't eat (which never happened) what was fixed, that'd be money saved and less worry about their ever becoming obese. No kid's ever gonna starve if food's on the table daily.

EDIT: BTW, if the kid doesn't eat when the same uneaten thing is served as "leftovers" for the next meal or the next meal or the next meal, what the heck, that's just MORE money saved and a thinner kid to boot.

 

[farmerlor]

I have two kids who are underweight, one who is overweight, one with juvenile diabetes and one with a manufactured esophagus. If I can feed that bunch without resorting to special meals I think almost anyone can.

 

[joebryant]

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L&LOL

 

[Mandalina]

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You rock!


I dont make special meals although i have 1 specific picky eater.Instead i just make a side dish he likes and if i am making a veggie he hates i choose a meat he likes. the other 2 kids at the table could care less what is on their plates and by simply putting 1 thing Tallen eats I know he has a full belly. I am a picky eater so I feel his pain lol.

 

[MagsC]

Thinking about this again. I never forced my children to eat and neither did my mother. It was just understood you eat whats on your plate. If you decided not to, it wouldnt be there very long! And we sure werent going to make extra meals for everyone.

 

[DancesWithWolves]

when i was litle i didn't like broccolli. I used to be obsesed with the land before time movies so my parents would tell me they were tree stars like little foot ate and i'd eat them.....lol i like broccoli now

so i guess it worked

 

[DancesWithWolves]

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th uncle thing is kinda weird i mean i can't imagine eating potatoes and gravy separate i mean i love burgers with ketchup on them.....lol thats kinda funny.