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life beyond pasta with butter?
By Jo F.
on Thu Feb 24, 2011
at 12:36 PM EST
My kids were fantastic eaters when they were younger. I used to puree my own veggies and fruit - crazy, but I kind of loved it. Friends would marvel as my daughter gulped kale down and my son practiced his pincer grip with papaya and avocado. But now? at 4.5 and 2.5? Pasta with butter and grated cheese is pretty much the norm. I'm slowly watching go-to veggies like broccoli and green beans abandoned on the plate, and I've found myself administering daily ultimatums (okay, bribes) to get them to finish something (and be treated with dessert).
What are you cooking for your toddlers? Is it possible to get them to eat chicken when its not a nugget? And will I ever be able to serve my family lasagna again? So frustrating....
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By Cecilia C.
on Wed Mar 30, 2011
at 12:59 PM EDT
Johanna, I know what you mean. My now 19 month old son would not eat any meat at all, period. He's allergic to many things so getting the protein in him is really difficult. The only thing I can do is to sprinkle hemp protein powder on his food and this is the only protein I can get into him. My suggestion is try to think of what nutrients your kids are missing and try to use alternatives for those. They don't have to have veggies if they can replace the fibre, vitamins and minerals from other sources, e.g. shakes? Perhaps you can try incorporating the veggies in their pasta dish? E.g. broccoli pureed pasta, kale+OJ+perrier? My son loves the kale/OJ/Perrier juice. It's probably his only source of calcium with his limited and picky diet but it at least offers him one more source!
Good luck
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By Cecilia C.
on Wed Mar 30, 2011
at 1:00 PM EDT
Oh, and have you tried letting them cook? Do it as part of an afternoon activity with them. Let them eat their own creation.
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By Tapasya S.
on Wed Mar 30, 2011
at 1:19 PM EDT
Letting them cook or in my case, with a 17m old, letting him watch when I cook is great. He loves to climb up on me when I am cooking and at first I couldnt understand why he must do that but I figured out later it was for him to be able to watch what I was doing. So I let him sit at the counter / island near enough to watch yet far enough so no accidents happen! And he loves to watch me cook and when I show him the finished dish he says, 'o, wow' and that makes my day, well almost, the day is made when he eats it! But he seems to eat better the dish he watched being made.
So try it.
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