When I used to have a cat and left her home alone for a few days, I just left an extra bowl or two filled to the brim with kibble. Can you try that? (Note: not a parent.)
This could work. I hear kids really like cat food. My friends are always talking about their kids eating out of the cat dish.
But you have to tell them over and over not to eat said cat food. That way, it will be the only thing they want.
*whispers* I've thought about this but I'm cheap. lol
It's a great idea though, if this goes on much longer I'll cave.
Mine love pancakes too. I've started making double or triple batches on the weekends and then freezing them. Pop them into the toaster on weekday mornings. Easy and cheap.
Joanna always wants "sumping else." Neither of us knows what "sumping else" is. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO GO ON, KID.
To be fair, this is almost always my answer when H makes a dinner suggestion.
One of the main reasons I favor one particular daycare is that they provide all food besides bottles. H was like, does that really matter that much, how hard is it to pack lunch? And I was like, when is the last time either of us packed a lunch for ourselves? Plus snacks? Crickets.
I told a childless co-worker that being responsible for someone else's food intake was the hardest part of parenting and she looked at me with a combination of shock, distaste, and disbelief. Just you wait, my friend. I know you want kids. You will one day understand.
My fancy coworker (who makes her own hollandaise sauce from scratch once a week) was explaining that her future kids will just eat whatever she serves them, because they won't have a choice. I laughed and laughed. She was all "What? That's how it worked in my house growing up, we just ate and shut up". I laughed and laughed and laughed. Good luck honey. YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT THE LITTLE JERKS HAVE OPINIONS AND STUFF.
(note: I wasn't talking about cooking separate meals, I don't do that, just about kids' general pickiness and how frustrating it is)
Seriously. I spend my entire life prepping food for my kids and I swear they don't eat anything. All day long, slicing apples, pouring crackers, peeling cheese sticks, only to be left with an 18 pound 2 year old, 29 pound 4 year old, and a house covered in apple fragments, lone bunny crackers, and half-eaten cheese sticks being gnawed on by our fat cat.
Oh, and two loads of dishes a day. Blargh.
This is pretty much what goes on in our house too. I feel like I'm in the kitchen all day long. "Mom, how about some boil eggs?" "Mom, can I have a peanut butter sandwich?" "Mom mom mom can I have..." and then sofia never eats anything! Theo's a chunk and he eats all of it, but sofia? Nope. 28 lbs at 3.5. My 20 month old weighs more than she does. But God forbid anyone touches her food or goes to put it away. She won't eat, but no one else is allowed either.
I told a childless co-worker that being responsible for someone else's food intake was the hardest part of parenting and she looked at me with a combination of shock, distaste, and disbelief. Just you wait, my friend. I know you want kids. You will one day understand.
My fancy coworker (who makes her own hollandaise sauce from scratch once a week) was explaining that her future kids will just eat whatever she serves them, because they won't have a choice. I laughed and laughed. She was all "What? That's how it worked in my house growing up, we just ate and shut up". I laughed and laughed and laughed. Good luck honey. YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT THE LITTLE JERKS HAVE OPINIONS AND STUFF.
(note: I wasn't talking about cooking separate meals, I don't do that, just about kids' general pickiness and how frustrating it is)
I think people who say this sometimes really believe it.
Because they don't have clear memories of being younger than around 7 or 8. I have memories of being younger than that, but not clear and distinct recall of how dinner was conducted. I know my mom never/rarely made me a separate meal, but that policy doesn't mean I wasn't an obnoxious jackass about what was served to me. Or that she didn't adapt HER ENTIRE DINNER MENU to be child-friendly.
My fancy coworker (who makes her own hollandaise sauce from scratch once a week) was explaining that her future kids will just eat whatever she serves them, because they won't have a choice. I laughed and laughed. She was all "What? That's how it worked in my house growing up, we just ate and shut up". I laughed and laughed and laughed. Good luck honey. YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT THE LITTLE JERKS HAVE OPINIONS AND STUFF.
(note: I wasn't talking about cooking separate meals, I don't do that, just about kids' general pickiness and how frustrating it is)
I think people who say this sometimes really believe it.
Because they don't have clear memories of being younger than around 7 or 8. I have memories of being younger than that, but not clear and distinct recall of how dinner was conducted. I know my mom never/rarely made me a separate meal, but that policy doesn't mean I wasn't an obnoxious jackass about what was served to me. Or that she didn't adapt HER ENTIRE DINNER MENU to be child-friendly.
Hollandaise types annoy me.
My mom always told me Jack was my payback. I complained about every single meal she made for like 16 years.
I know we pay higher rates for school because they provide meals...but SO WORTH IT. It SUCH a relief to only have to provide one meal a day for her (dinner) during the week. Weekends are a BEAST trying to get her to eat, so I'm glad school does it the rest of the time.
DS used to eat whatever without issue. Then he got picky. Then we figured out he will eat it if we pretend the food is one of the Thomas trains so we ask what the bite of food is, he will yell "james" and we sing the James part of the song with train noises thrown it. It makes me want to kill myself.
SD said "it's not fair that you take interest in his stuff but not my stuff!" Seriously? I picked up a spoonful of food and sang the song she's obsessed with by some vine guy and told her to open up. She's 13 so you can imagine how fast she shut up after that.
Seriously. I spend my entire life prepping food for my kids and I swear they don't eat anything. All day long, slicing apples, pouring crackers, peeling cheese sticks, only to be left with an 18 pound 2 year old, 29 pound 4 year old, and a house covered in apple fragments, lone bunny crackers, and half-eaten cheese sticks being gnawed on by our fat cat.
Oh, and two loads of dishes a day. Blargh.
OMG, the dishes. DD2 has such an appetite these days that her teachers have asked me to send an extra snack along with the two that I already pack. I try to use mostly re-usable containers, so that means three containers a day, plus her actual lunch container.
And it can be freaking expensive, too. Especially for a lot of the fresh fruit. I hate seeing part of a $5 carton of blueberries come home uneaten from lunch.
Plus their tastes are always changing. DD2 informed me this morning that she no longer likes cucumbers. You used to eat them happily, what's the deal?!?! But she hasn't been touching them when I pack them lately, so I either send something else or accept the waste. Kids, man.
My baby (not even a year yet) has been packing away food. His meals are bigger than my five year olds meals. About a month ago I was talking to H about bulking up his meals and was getting sad. H is all oh are you sad he's growing up? No. I'm sad I have to think about meals for another person.
I told a childless co-worker that being responsible for someone else's food intake was the hardest part of parenting and she looked at me with a combination of shock, distaste, and disbelief. Just you wait, my friend. I know you want kids. You will one day understand.
My fancy coworker (who makes her own hollandaise sauce from scratch once a week) was explaining that her future kids will just eat whatever she serves them, because they won't have a choice. I laughed and laughed. She was all "What? That's how it worked in my house growing up, we just ate and shut up". I laughed and laughed and laughed. Good luck honey. YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT THE LITTLE JERKS HAVE OPINIONS AND STUFF.
(note: I wasn't talking about cooking separate meals, I don't do that, just about kids' general pickiness and how frustrating it is)
A frequent refrain at our house is, "You don't have to eat it, but stop screaming about it being on your plate." He pretty much eats a piece of bread for dinner every night.
A frequent refrain at our house is, "You don't have to eat it, but stop screaming about it being on your plate." He pretty much eats a piece of bread for dinner every night.
I end up saying "then don't eat it" before the whine has even fully escaped Joanna's lips. Every night. "Ehhh! Eeeyeww!"
We I was in the thick of this, I caved and gave a "discard bowl" - lol. I would serve a plate of food, he could not audibly complain about it and he could put whatever he didn't want to eat in the bowl.
I don't think that was probably the best way to handle it, but it cut down on the whining, etc.
It only lasted for a week or two. Or maybe it will come back. Feeding kids sucks.
Joanna always wants "sumping else." Neither of us knows what "sumping else" is. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO GO ON, KID.
This is my DS to a tee. "moooooommma....I wan sumthin eeeeeelse."
WTF is SUMTHIN ELSE!?? I have to go through a fricken list and even once he picks one and that's been polished off, he's back on my lap asking for "SUMTHIN ELSE" again.
*whispers* I've thought about this but I'm cheap. lol
It's a great idea though, if this goes on much longer I'll cave.
We have loads of these on hand. $1.99 a box. This saves my morning sanity. My kids will even eat them frozen. BUY THEM YOU WILL NOT REGRET THE 2 BUCKS!!
I"m thankful my kid has been on a frozen veggie kick for months. Can't think of something to throw onto his lunch plate to round it out? Frozen peas or corn for the win. (He eats them frozen - I'm not talking heated veggies that came frozen.)
My kid would eat her weight in frozen veggies if I let her.
I told a childless co-worker that being responsible for someone else's food intake was the hardest part of parenting and she looked at me with a combination of shock, distaste, and disbelief. Just you wait, my friend. I know you want kids. You will one day understand.
This is so, so true. It's just such a huge responsibility keeping another human being alive, and then they want specific stuff and you have to actually buy it.
And try not to panic when you know they are not getting the nutrition they need from a diet based almost solely on dairy and carbs.
A week or two? Ugh. I'm on year #2 of this bullshit. lol
yup. Going on 7 now. DD is so picky. If I sit down next to her with marinara sauce she pinches her nose with her fingers, gives me a dirt look and sighs.
i once got into a "mommy has to walk away before she says something she regrets" battle with C over a sandwich.
she begged, whined, cried for a sandwich - about how that's all she wanted to eat. so i made it. then she whined, cried, bitched that she doesn't like sandwiches.
seriously, H told me to walk away because he saw it all happen. now i refuse to make her a sandwich. like, ever.
i hate these battles of will. i know that C isn't even that picky, but still. ugh.
perversely, though, i'm looking forward to starting solids with G. only because it's so fun to watch their faces when they try new food. and i long for the independence that eventually comes from giving them a high-chair-tray full of soft foods and not having hold him for every meal.
yup. Going on 7 now. DD is so picky. If I sit down next to her with marinara sauce she pinches her nose with her fingers, gives me a dirt look and sighs.
Noooo
Joanna "doesn't like" Pizza. (She liked it the last time she actually tried it.) What kid doesn't like pizza??
Bella used to be like that. Now she will eat certain brands. This is the same kid who cried the first time we had her try pudding. Outright bawling I tell you!
My DD (5) will declare anything with any sort of flavor "too spicy." I try so hard to disengage because with her I know part of it is stubbornness and control, but she has always been SO skinny and it is hard to contain my freak outs when she won't eat anything except processed junk. I try to give her things she likes and make them just a little more nutritious, but no dice. Homemade macaroni with real cheese instead of powdered? "Too spicy." Sigh.
yup. Going on 7 now. DD is so picky. If I sit down next to her with marinara sauce she pinches her nose with her fingers, gives me a dirt look and sighs.
Noooo
Joanna "doesn't like" Pizza. (She liked it the last time she actually tried it.) What kid doesn't like pizza??
K was being fickle with pizza. But, we got the thin crust from Dominos a couple times and she LOVES it. Hey cut it in small squares and I think she just likes that it has less dough.
I was washing bottles recently and thinking "ugh, I can't wait until you eat real fooood," but then I realized that brings a whole additional set of irks.