Small Children & recognizable food (was Re: SC - Kids andfea sts)
Lillian Johnston
LillianJ at bethlehem.org.au
Wed Aug 5 21:41:20 PDT 1998
From: Brenna [mailto:sunnie at exis.net]
>In defense of my "picky child," she ate anything and everything when she
was 1.
>At 3, she discovered the idea of "tactile defensivness" (in addition to the
idea
>of "looking yucky" or being "sticky"). It is a normal phase, so it
doesn't
>bother me that she has given up peas entirely in favor of a green salad.
Or that
>she won't eat a casserole but will eat a meal of the same ingredients. It
>doesn't bother me that she wants the brown part of a banana cut off. I was
a
>hundred times pickier as a child. Now I avoid what I'm allergic to. I'm
very
>receptive to trying new things. I am sure my daughter will be the same. I
will
>try to feed her everything at a feast she will deem to have on her plate.
>Someday she will ask me to taste the others if she sees me (or Daddy) eat
them.
>Sorry, but she knows if she doesn't eat, she starves. That is the only
lesson
>she needs. I don't battle over food. If there is something available that
I
>know she will like better, I give her the option. If it's not, she makes
due.
>
>Brenna
YES and Amen, and mine have only gone hungry once to my memory.
Nicolette
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