Comments on: Uh oh http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/ Working mom. Lover of Food. Sometimes behind the times. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alissa http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-13300 Alissa Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:59:16 +0000 http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/?p=606#comment-13300 Ha! You just described Owen at 20 months. Breakfast only (no eggs) and just crackers the rest of the day. I asked Dr. M at our 2-year visit if I should be alarmed if Owen ate NOTHING, and he didn't even skip a beat to say - "Nope. That's totally normal for 2 year olds." Thankfully, by 2 1/2 Owen is getting better. The hardest thing is just not stressing about it. I get SOOO frustrated when I take the time to make dinner and then it gets totally rejected, but I just tell myself he's not rejecting me... just the food. Urgh. Ha! You just described Owen at 20 months. Breakfast only (no eggs) and just crackers the rest of the day. I asked Dr. M at our 2-year visit if I should be alarmed if Owen ate NOTHING, and he didn’t even skip a beat to say – “Nope. That’s totally normal for 2 year olds.” Thankfully, by 2 1/2 Owen is getting better. The hardest thing is just not stressing about it. I get SOOO frustrated when I take the time to make dinner and then it gets totally rejected, but I just tell myself he’s not rejecting me… just the food. Urgh.

]]> By: Nanette http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-12923 Nanette Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:10:28 +0000 http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/?p=606#comment-12923 My 15-month-old looooved all those Pasta Pick-ups, then all of a sudden started only eating certain flavors of them. So annoying. My 15-month-old looooved all those Pasta Pick-ups, then all of a sudden started only eating certain flavors of them. So annoying.

]]> By: wendy http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-12909 wendy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:21:12 +0000 http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/?p=606#comment-12909 It's just a phase. Next week he'll love something different that he used to hate and hate something else he used to love. It’s just a phase. Next week he’ll love something different that he used to hate and hate something else he used to love.

]]> By: Liana http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-12899 Liana Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:43:54 +0000 http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/?p=606#comment-12899 Don't get me started on picky eating kids. I'm one of the moms that rejects the idea of making anyone a special dinner unless they have been throwing up and are on a clear liquid diet. Part of the idea that "you get the kind of kid you want" is that if you want a kid that eats everything, you feed them everything. If they spit it out, that's too darned bad for them. That's what's for dinner. If they are hungry enough they'll eat practically anything, and if they throw a tantrum, they can go to their room and come back when they're ready to eat. When my kid goes to another person's house, the last thing I want is them spitting out food and complaining about it, so making them a special meal does them a disservice when they are in the "real world". When "picking my battles" with my daughter, the battle over whether she eats what is put in front of her is a battle I choose to fight. Sometimes I have to explain that "a person needs to taste something 10 times before they can make an educated decision whether they like it or not", so she needs to take a "taster bite" of everything, every time. Don’t get me started on picky eating kids. I’m one of the moms that rejects the idea of making anyone a special dinner unless they have been throwing up and are on a clear liquid diet. Part of the idea that “you get the kind of kid you want” is that if you want a kid that eats everything, you feed them everything. If they spit it out, that’s too darned bad for them. That’s what’s for dinner. If they are hungry enough they’ll eat practically anything, and if they throw a tantrum, they can go to their room and come back when they’re ready to eat. When my kid goes to another person’s house, the last thing I want is them spitting out food and complaining about it, so making them a special meal does them a disservice when they are in the “real world”.

When “picking my battles” with my daughter, the battle over whether she eats what is put in front of her is a battle I choose to fight. Sometimes I have to explain that “a person needs to taste something 10 times before they can make an educated decision whether they like it or not”, so she needs to take a “taster bite” of everything, every time.

]]> By: anotherKate http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/2010/01/08/uh-oh/comment-page-1/#comment-12894 anotherKate Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:29:14 +0000 http://wannabehipstermom.com/today/?p=606#comment-12894 you should read this article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E6D6153BF933A25753C1A9619C8B63 you should read this article:
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