Some magic dust of some kind settled on my house today at lunchtime. Eirik's picky eating has been about to get the best of me the past few weeks. But today, both of my boys ate a big handful of raw spinach dipped in ranch, then a handful of frozen blueberries, then each of them drank a cup of water and had a half of a banana, a vitamin and then filled up their tummies on fish sticks. I felt, for a moment like a really good mom. It probably helps that Eirik has not eaten anything except toast and milk for 2 days since he has not liked anything I have made for meals. And when Eirik eats something, Joren usually will too. Eirik is very vocal about what he dislikes (ie: everything) and Joren has started saying, "I hate spaghetti (or whatever we are eating)" while shoveling it by the handful into his mouth. He doesn't understand what hate means, but he knows it gets a reaction when Eirik says it.
I had another euphoric mealtime moment a few weeks ago when Joren ate a whole bowlful of tortilla soup! I was so excited, but tried to stay calm so as not to jinx the moment. Eirik has never, in my recollection eaten something that I actually like to eat that is a "meal". Eirik won't touch foods that are combined or spiced or have a sauce beside ketchup or ranch. He likes pizza with only pepperoni- no cheese. He like tortillas with nothing on them. He likes rice crispies. He likes instant oatmeal and eggs and pancakes and most fruit. umm... hmmm... he'll sometimes eat brocolli or lettuce or carrots, but never cooked, and he will always eat hot dog. It's disgusting really how few foods he will actually eat.
Joren has been eating great. He's actually fun to cook for. He is growing really fast right now and constantly hungry. He likes to eat on the go though. It's like the table is a perpetual jungle gym and he won't sit down. He's either standing on his chair or the table, or getting stuck while climbing through his chair or turning his chair on it's side and balancing on it or climbing under the table or trying to steal the food off of Eirik's plate. Between the "I hate" rants and the jungle gym adventures mealtimes are never tame. And the mess is getting more under control, but it is still exquisite. Will Joren ever learn to drink from a cup?
Anyway, lunch was so nice I wanted to record that once, they actually ate what I prepared and liked it and didn't whine or cry and actually thanked me! The magic dust made my day and whoever sprinkled it.. thank you.
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Excellent Lunch!!! I sometimes ask my mom if I was a picky eater growing up. She told me that Paul and I would usually end up using what ever food we had in front of us as means to express our inner artist. So of course that meant a big mess on the floor, on the table, in our hair, all over our faces, and sometimes the walls. Paul should remember. Eventually our moms would just let us eat in our diapers because we messed our cloths so much and it was easier to just throws us in the bath afterwords. awwwwwwww good times.
Hooray! It's great to savor the small victories in parenting. It's so nice to know that my kids are not the only picky eaters in the world. Joseph is a BEAST of pickiness, Elijah is constantly changing his mind and Thomas is our pure delight. He ate (and loved) Szechuan food as a baby and still eats all SORTS of food. He loves salad and vegetables and salsa by the spoonful. It cracks me up that he ignores his mashed potatoes and roll and cries for more salad!! But the other two boys more than make up for it by refusing to eat anything most of the time. :)
Yay! What a great feeling! I haven't ever offered fresh spinach and ranch to my kids - I love that you always have some raw vegetables on their lunch plates. I should do that too!
Hmmmm well in a nut shell you have just discribed our 2 younger kids eating menu.
Not the first part, just the last. Hot dogs are a staple, and oatmeal a must, only with brown sugar. And it's good to know that every meal must be served with Ranch for dipping and ketchup.
All good moms keep a bucket of chocolate milk powder in the cupboard to....right?
Got to love when that happens. Alyssa is hard to feed, she is getting much better as she gets older. I think that you will see it happening more often as he grows up. My boys are so not picky, especially Grant who will really eat any and everything you give him. It is funny when you have more than one to see how very different they can be even though you parent them the same. Good job on the lunch today!
Wow. Do Eirik and Avril somehow have some secret pact we don't know about? We have exactly the same problem, with almost all the same foods. I HATE making delicious meals only to see that horrible face and know that yay, I get to eat this deliciousness by myself for the next four days. I love food, but I love enjoying it WITH people-- hopefully my kids! So congrats. That's a beautiful thing.
Congratulations on a successful meal, two at that!
What a good momma you are to provide such healthy choices. Keep it up.
Thank you for sending me your Christmas card. It's beautiful! Your family is gorgeous.
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