Something the parent of a 3 year old would only understand
Monday, September 24, 2007 at 3:57PM This weekend our good friends Marina and Craig from San Francisco were in town with their 2 year old, Julian. In one of those moments where you truly feel you have to be in the bottom 10% of the decent parent pool, Julian ate a nice big plate brown rice and broccoli while our child would only consume lemonade and cupcakes. Jason became horrified. WE MUST BE THE WORST PARENTS.
I reminded him that at 2, before drafting his first edition of "Will Power - The ability to scream louder, throw master fits and continue until YOU get what you want!", Lucas also liked brown rice and broccoli. Oh, and would eat it.
So I can only imagine the horror it would cause when I publicly state that today, at lunch, I let Lucas eat his apple sauce, carrot sticks and quesadilla on the floor "like a lion". I even fed him bits of it by hand as he growled and crawled around on all fours.
My mantra of late is "pick your battles". At 33.5 weeks pregnant with a massive freaking head cold, this was one of those moments. And hey, he ate. And the food was nutritionally decent - at least compared to cupcakes.
The Kid 
Reader Comments (5)
Kids are soo un-predictable. Shayla (my 5 soon to be 6 year old) usually only eats veggies when nobody is around. But in public, she sucks down french fries and strawberry lemonade. Of course people, since this is the only side they see of her, assume that is how she eats all the time. And we all know what happens when people assume, right?
You think that's bad? My kids think salsa and fruit snacks are apart of the vegetable and food group...
I meant to say vegetable and fruit group....
True - pick your battles. Pete is a picky eater, that would have been a well-rounded meal for him ;-)
Pick Your Battles has the be the best piece of parenting advice I have ever used! I remember Lucas and his eating habits at 2 and he has probably eaten enough of the good stuff off the pyramid to last him until he is 5! Save you energy, girl!