Comments on: Helping Your Kids Love Food

By: Kelly from Almost Frugal

Kelly from Almost Frugal — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:37:51 +0000

Great comments! I think it's also important to accept some likes and dislikes on behalf of kids (and ourselves to be honest). For example, my first son loves peanut butter, but the second can't stand it. And my daughter is obviously a meat lover, even at the tender age of 1. So I know what they like and they don't and to some extent I cook around those issues. On the other hand, my second son, the peanut butter hating one loves the spinach tofu dish cited above, made with, you guessed it, peanut butter! Kelly from Almost Frugals last blog post..Guest Post at Gidget Goes Home

By: jodi @ bpr

jodi @ bpr — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:51:00 +0000

such great advice - our little guy is 2 and hit a super picky streak around 18 mos - it feels like his taste buds are slowly becoming more cooperative. We want him to be well rounded with food so this is definitely helpful - I'm rather vegetable picky myself, and wish I wasn't, and know I need to work harder to prepare and eat more healthy options as an example. Great encouragement! jodi @ bprs last blog post..Sewing up a Homemade Holiday

By: Syrahsuzie

Syrahsuzie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:47:45 +0000

We brought our 2 girls up in France and thought we had done quite well introducing them to lots of different foods so that they would be easy houseguests on their annual trip back to the UK to see grandparents and cousins.
But they ended up with a reputation for being a little difficult as they objected to tinned pasta, oxo gravy and marmite sandwiches! Still, they liked the bakedbeans, fish and chips and toad-in-the-hole.
Youngest daughter had never really liked leeks but an enterprising grandmother got her to try them saying they were Welsh leeks not French leeks and we have never looked back since.

By: Vintage Mommy

Vintage Mommy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:03:39 +0000

I've never done the "short-order cook" thing around here; I cook one meal for everyone. Vintage Girl is strange (in my view) with her likes and dislikes. She likes pesto, humus, shrimp, and split pea soup, but won't eat a peanut butter sandwich or graham crackers - go figure. I think we set a really good example of healthy eating, so I hope it's true that repeated exposure will help her develop good eating habits eventually! Vintage Mommys last blog post..Holidays by Hand Festival Kicks Off!

By: melissa @ the inspired room

melissa @ the inspired room — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:52:42 +0000

Great post and tips! We have two girls who are now 17 & 20 who eat anything and everything. And, they are slender and fit too thanks to the healthy eating habits they grew up with. Our son is 8 so we are still working on him.

As a side benefit, other families always THANKED us for raising kids who would eat what was placed in front of them! Kids can be such food snobs that they are a nuisance when they are old enough to eat at friends houses. Our kids never complained about food, we just told them we needed to be grateful for what we have to eat.

We asked our kids to eat all of their vegetables for health reasons and out of gratitude for whoever prepared it. If they didn’t want to, basically it just triggered the bedtime routine after dinner, instead of dessert time or playing time, so they always wanted to finish the veggies so they could stretch out the fun of the evening. We didn’t make eating a miserable experience, they just knew eating healthy foods was important and we wanted them to be healthy because we loved them. And we wanted them to have good table manners.

Thanks for the great tips! I think I need to get my son more involved in the preparation of his veggies!

Melissa

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By: gidget

gidget — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:32:01 +0000

I love how you mention that you don’t cook special meals for your kids. That’s something my husband and I feel strongly about. We’re hoping that our kids will like a variety of foods, as neither of us are picky eaters. Thanks for your great tips!

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