Dear Abby, (I mean, my blog readers)
Okay, I have a problem ...
and for whatever reason feel like I am the ONLY one with this problem.
AND I have no solutions.
A little help please ...
Here's the deal,
I have these two beautiful toddlers who refuse to eat ANYTHING I make.
I'm serious. It's pretty much ANYTHING.
I don't really pride myself on my cooking so I figure they can have some things here and there that they refuse to touch (as do I), but it is pretty much EVERY meal of EVERY day.
We've tried force-feeding till they gag, not giving them any snacks throughout the day and leaving their food out till they are hungry enough to eat it, only making things they've liked before over and over again in hopes of them eating something, etc.
Do you know what my kids will eat though? Get ready:
- Mustard and cheese sandwiches (seriously dripping with mustard)--prepared by Danna
- RAW potatoes as I cut them up for dinner. (And I'm not talking about one little taste either, it's like by the handful)
- fish! (okay, okay, this one really is a good thing, especially since their daddy likes it so much too. But get this, Mike doesn't do anything to season his salmon. So it's like plain. Which seems extra gross to me.)
- crayons, pencil erasers and crayola marker tips and paper. Uhhh ... really Carina? that's just disgusting-- (But maybe I should stock the freezer with them since you seem to have such a craving)
- rolled oats. Just. plain. old. dry. rolled. oats. (barf) Either out of the box with a spoon, or in a bowl on their lap while they're watching a movie like delicious buttery popcorn. And when one of the girls finishes before the other they start fighting over who gets the rest. Seriously. And no, they hate oatmeal, or oats that are actually IN anything.
It's not that I haven't tried to make things that they would enjoy ... they most often turn down mac and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, PB&J, corn dogs, chicken nuggets, etc.
And they really do refuse to even taste some of my very favorite dinners: lasagna, chicken and rice casserole, scalloped potatoes, taco soup ... okay this list might last forever. Really it's most anything I make.
They'll pick from the food sometimes, a carrot or two here, a noodle or two there, maybe some rice (if it's plain) or the broccoli from something else. Taco soup night, they eat chips. If we have a salad, they eat only croutons. And on and on.
Both girls LOVE fruit. Of all kinds. But I tell ya, giving only fruit all day long (they seriously could each eat probably 10 apples a day) only gives their poor (recently potty trained) bums something of a wake-up call.
But it's the ONLY thing (besides candy) they ask for, and cry about and whine like a bad engine for. All. the. time!
and yes, we've tried using fruit as ransom for eating their meals. doesn't work.
okay, okay, I'm sure you guys are done listening to my rant ... what do I do????
Sincerely,
Stressed (and probably should be offended) that my kids wont eat the food I make,
AKA Tiff
p.s. a big thanks to my angel baby Brynn who will eat any nasty baby food I put in front of her. Maybe the chaos will end ...
