Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> I'm catching up on posts I was supposed to reply to...
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> <snip>
> > > Debbi
> > > Grow Your Own! (Veggies & Herbs) Maru
> >
> > What do you do with a kid who won't eat cake or ice
> > cream, but who loves
> > toast made with sugar-free whole-wheat bread? :)
> > And who prefers to
> > drink water rather than apple juice?
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > yes, Sammy *is* that weird, but he also prefers meat
> > to veggies, and
> > it's damn near *impossible* to get anything green
> > into him right now
>
> A) Thank your lucky stars! :)
I've been doing that. (He's also shown very little interest in
chocolate. I figure there's plenty of time for him to catch up on that
one later.... In the meantime, whatever caffeine may be in the
chocolate isn't getting into *him*, at least!)
> B) Maybe disguise the veggies in cheese sauce? Or go
> for your orange and red varieties: stuff with tomato
> sauce, carrots...funny how so many toddlers hate
> veggies! I think it has to do with how tastebuds
> really do change as we age (I certainly hated brussel
> sprouts as a kid, but have actually had cravings for
> them on rare occasions as an adult) - they don't
> tolerate 'bitter' and frequently hate 'hot' as well.
He likes sweet potatoes. He is very wary of tomato sauce and ketchup
for some reason. He handles some spiciness reasonably well (doesn't
object to eating Kimm's tofu instead of his own at Mongolian BBQ, and
she spices her food up considerably; also doesn't object to a little
ginger, garlic and black bean sauce in his own food), and handles hot
temperature fairly well as well. What he *doesn't* like is food that's
too cold -- such as ice cream.
Anything identifiable as "bread", he'll at least try. If we're still
having veggie issues by his third birthday, I'm going to try to do
things like shred zucchini and make some bread with that, and see how
that goes. Maybe try making pumpkin bread, as well. (Mmmm - pumpkin!)
But "green" is deeply mistrusted right now. In fact, a week ago, as the
rest of us were eating dinner and he was running around with a block, he
started banging the block on the table between his grandmother and his
daddy. We told him twice to stop, which he did for a short while each
time, and then I made The Threat: "Sammy, if you don't stop banging
that block on the table, your daddy is going to offer you some
broccoli." He didn't bang the block on anything else for the rest of
the meal. Of course, he would have had the option of refusing the
broccoli, but he didn't even want to have it offered. (If anyone wants
to criticize me on this, go ahead, I'd just appreciate it if you were
polite about it.)
I imagine he'll be interested in his share of the rolls tonight, and
have no interest in the steak, the shrimp or the broccoli.... He trusts
white food more than any other color. Pale yellow is OK, as well. And
"breaded" is reasonable in his thinking, as well, but if he's not very
hungry, he'll eat only the bread and not whatever it is breaded that the
bread was to go with.
Julia
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