I have two little princesses. One is 3 1/2 and she has been a spit-fire from the moment I gave birth to her and the other is 13 months old and is much more laid back than her older sister but don't let that fool you, she still has some spit-fire in her too.
When my oldest was a baby she woke every 2 hours at night wanting to eat and ate every two hours all day long. She believed in snacking rather than having a complete meal! 3 + years later not much has changed except that she doesn't get up as often during the night! When it was time to introduce baby food she turned her nose up at nearly everything. I usually had a trash can full of opened jars of hardly eaten baby food. I kept trying, like all of the experts said, but pretty much to no avail. I kept saying to myself this is only a stage and it will get better, the pediatrician would say pick your fights, don't battle about food. Here I am 3 + years later and my little non-eater still only has a hand full of things she will eat like chocolate chip pancakes, macaroni and cheese (but not any kind, it has to be Velveeta Mac and Cheese), spaghetti, my homemade smoothies (we call them shakes), cheese sticks (but only Sargento's Colby Jack) and pretzels. I can occasionally get a banana into her list of things to eat but absolutely no vegetables. Sometimes I have to get sneaky and puree vegetables to put in her food or slip extra ones into the spaghetti sauce.
So here I am on a journey to find food she will eat and post recipes of these foods for other mom's in my situation. May are children grow big and strong despite their objection to food!!
Monday, September 15, 2008
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