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Post #209,563 by tuberculosis 6/2/05 11:12:42 AM 8/21/07 5:56:45 AM Reply	Lucky you Eileen eats about 5 things - this despite extensive spicy indian food therapy in utero. Perhaps we damaged her. I recall at about age 1-ish I'm feeding her spaghetti in a high chair and she starts to get frantic and points to her mouth (not talking yet - just bug eyed and pointing into her mouth). Stuart is all like "oh look - she wants some more" and I'm like "what kind of sauce did you use?" She brings me the jar - its a spaghetti sauce with extra red pepper (Stuart loves roasted red peppers). Spicy hot. Poor kid. I give her a sippy cup with water and she downs it. I can't say that was a turning point - but pretty much her foods are spaghetti with pesto, cheese pizza, cereal, pancakes, eggs, cheese slices cut into letters, chocolate milk, popcorn. That's about it. I suppose we'll be making diet elaboration a summer project. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:56:45 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #209,566 by Another Scott 6/2/05 11:17:10 AM Reply	That can be a handy reaction - for a while. A friend's friend's child had that reaction to spicy food. From then on, when the parents didn't want the child to have something they'd tell her, "You won't like it - it's spicy." Chocolate? "Ywliis" Candy? "Ywliis" ... Of course, eventually the child will grow up enough to experiment and will never trust the parents again, but for a while it works well. Cheers, Scott.
Post #209,572 by admin 6/2/05 11:21:56 AM Reply	Duncan eats: Raw tofu dredged in pumpkin Peanut butter sandwiches Cream cheese sandwiches (with basil - fbog) Pesto pasta Cheese pizza, but he rips all the cheese off Fruit Yogurt A few odd pasta dishes (One has broccoli, zucchini, and walnuts in it. Go figure. Although he picks out the vegetables, natch.) Over the past year he's finally started eating Subway sandwiches with lettuce, black olives, green peppers, and oil and vinegar - this was a major step for him. The two kids couldn't be more different. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #209,575 by boxley 6/2/05 11:27:47 AM Reply	3 normals one picky bassar picky one doesnt like wendy's, taco bell, burger king hardy's its Mickey D's or nothing. At home eats rice, cup of noodle soup. Beef or plain chicken only. Doesnt eat meat, sometimes eats chicken. Picky about cerals as well. The others eat what we have. thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #209,580 by Another Scott 6/2/05 11:32:33 AM Reply	My father likes black and green olives. My brother only likes green. I only like black. Go figure. Cheers, Scott.
Post #209,583 by admin 6/2/05 11:33:46 AM Reply	We all like the black ones. But I don't doubt that Aidan would eat the green ones if he ever had the chance. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #209,589 by drewk 6/2/05 11:39:47 AM Reply	What if it doesn't have the veggies to start? Will he eat the pasta if he doesn't get to pick out the broccoli and zucchini first? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #209,596 by admin 6/2/05 11:45:54 AM Reply	He would prefer it that way Most times he won't eat things that he would normally like, if they've been polluted first by foods he doesn't like. He likes mac & cheese, but we always put peas in it. He has to eat the peas if he wants the mac & cheese, but he pulls every last damn pea out (they're shell pasta, so guess where all the peas go), eats the pasta, then gags down the peas because he has to. I've seen him take a good hour to eat a portion. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #209,600 by drewk 6/2/05 11:52:58 AM Reply	I'm still undecided about that On the one hand, I want to teach them good eating habits. On the other hand "experts" say that you shouldn't make mealtime a battle because the kids get an inflated idea of the importance of food and its place in power struggles, leading to eventual eating disorders. For pop psyche, that actually sounds like a pretty reasonable concern. In your peas/mac-and-cheese example, he's learning that vegetables are a punishment. It took me years to recover from this conditioning and discover I actually like the damn things. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #209,606 by admin 6/2/05 11:58:39 AM Reply	He long ago decided that most food is punishment We are very careful not to force things. We'd ask him if he'd like to try something, and rarely he would. Peas were one thing that he admitted he didn't mind that much, so now when we have them he has to eat them. If we didn't mandate some things he'd be living on cheese and bread. Things that he doesn't like can't be forced down his throat. He will throw up pretty much the instant the food hits his mouth, and sometimes before. He has a highly practiced gag reflex. :-P Fortunately, if you're going to pick one vegetable to eat, pumpkin is a pretty good choice. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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