Do they love PB&J because we shove it down their throats when we have no time to make anything
How much do we box our kids in with our expectations of them wanting only kid food?
OR: Are we just pushovers for when your kid has a very decided preference for kiddie bites?
I realized this morning that now is the first time we have had hot dogs (Vienna beef) on hand. In his 4 years thus far, Fruit Loop has eaten pretty much everything we eat (for better or for worse, depending on what stage of culinary prowess I was at at the time). Indian, American, Italian, with only the occasional PB&J, mac & cheese, hot dogs, Happy Meal, etc.
We (so far) have seemed to avoid the usual food strikes or demands for only food that is typically within the realm of fried, junky, and/or otherwise not-so-nutritious kid stuff - hot dogs, mac & cheese, PB&J, etc. (There is nothing wrong w/ these, in moderation, btw. For the record. You know, so you don't think I'm a Food Nazi or something.) The kids have good appetites (though The Despot has GOT to get himself some table manners. Oy, the YELLING he does over his food! "Faster, woman! Feed me NOW! GIVE ME THAT STEAK!").
How much of this is temperament? Culinary explorers from the beginning, especially The Despot (who will eat anything that he dubs "real food" - read: grown-up food), we might have just lucked out.
Or maybe I was such a bad cook that Fruit Loop will eat anything now after his people-pleasing personality started out on some rather questionable dishes in the beginning...
Or maybe The Despot is just showcasing his pugnacious, disdainful attitude towards all things baby, and his stubbornness requires him to force down grown-up food that may not be to his tastes otherwise...
Or maybe they saw THIS:
Source: Wise Eats
Yeah...about those Happy Meals. I am permanently instituting a ban on Chicken Nuggets. Now, please, if you'll excuse me...I think I need to be sick.
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