Comments on: I owe my sanity to a salad dressing. http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/ misszoot.com - the mundane life of a horribly geeky mother of 3 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DCZia http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602991 DCZia Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:33:12 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602991 I have no children yet, due with #1 in November, so take this with however many grains of salt you like. I read recently that you may have to introduce a new food 7 times or more before your kid will eat it. That is a lot of damn times to offer a food, and I can see why parents give up. I have grown up to be super-adventurous-omnivorous - I will try anything once. I credit my parents. They were pretty adventurous cooks, themselves, and rarely made special meals for just me, but they never forced me to eat anything. If I said I was full, I didn't have to eat it. If I said I didn't like it, the rule was I still had to try one bite, and then if I still didn't like it, I didn't have to eat it. My mom always said I should keep trying different foods because my tastes will change as I got older. Darn it, she was right, because I never liked sweet potatoes or acorn or butternut squash until I was about 20, and then all of a sudden, delicious! So, it can take a long time, but it seems like getting your kids in the habit of trying new things and making it low-pressure can work. I have no children yet, due with #1 in November, so take this with however many grains of salt you like. I read recently that you may have to introduce a new food 7 times or more before your kid will eat it. That is a lot of damn times to offer a food, and I can see why parents give up. I have grown up to be super-adventurous-omnivorous – I will try anything once. I credit my parents. They were pretty adventurous cooks, themselves, and rarely made special meals for just me, but they never forced me to eat anything. If I said I was full, I didn’t have to eat it. If I said I didn’t like it, the rule was I still had to try one bite, and then if I still didn’t like it, I didn’t have to eat it. My mom always said I should keep trying different foods because my tastes will change as I got older. Darn it, she was right, because I never liked sweet potatoes or acorn or butternut squash until I was about 20, and then all of a sudden, delicious! So, it can take a long time, but it seems like getting your kids in the habit of trying new things and making it low-pressure can work.

]]> By: LaShawn http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602866 LaShawn Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:30:33 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602866 My older two are like Mr. Z, they will eat pretty much anything put in front of them. #3 has been more picky from day 1. Ranch is our best friend...or ketchup. He just needs "DEEEEYUP" as he says. As our doctor says, "Toddlers are good at eating what they need...don't push too hard, yet." My older two are like Mr. Z, they will eat pretty much anything put in front of them. #3 has been more picky from day 1. Ranch is our best friend…or ketchup. He just needs “DEEEEYUP” as he says.

As our doctor says, “Toddlers are good at eating what they need…don’t push too hard, yet.”

]]> By: margalit http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602408 margalit Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:40:53 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602408 My daughter will be 16 in a week and she STILL doesn't eat sauce of any kind. She's a wacky eater. She loves veggies and fruit, pasta, grilled cheese sandwiches, mac and cheese. and caesar salads. She will not eat hamburgers, hot dogs, lasagna, spaghetti, etc. No sauce on ANYTHING. She'll eat plain chicken, but nothing with flavoring. She hates spices of all kinds. The blander her food is, the better she likes it. My feeling is, and has been since she was a toddler, that is as long as she eats fruits and veggies, she's fine. She'll eat most carbs, and the protein she needs she gets from eggs, milk, cheese. Sure it's not the most heart healthy diet, but she will never be adventurous. She will, however, be a really cheap date since the only thing she'll order in a restaurant is grilled cheese. Or corned beef. Plain. No potatos, no cabbage, no onions, no carrots. Plain corned beef. She's so weird. My daughter will be 16 in a week and she STILL doesn’t eat sauce of any kind. She’s a wacky eater. She loves veggies and fruit, pasta, grilled cheese sandwiches, mac and cheese. and caesar salads. She will not eat hamburgers, hot dogs, lasagna, spaghetti, etc. No sauce on ANYTHING. She’ll eat plain chicken, but nothing with flavoring. She hates spices of all kinds. The blander her food is, the better she likes it. My feeling is, and has been since she was a toddler, that is as long as she eats fruits and veggies, she’s fine. She’ll eat most carbs, and the protein she needs she gets from eggs, milk, cheese. Sure it’s not the most heart healthy diet, but she will never be adventurous.

She will, however, be a really cheap date since the only thing she’ll order in a restaurant is grilled cheese. Or corned beef. Plain. No potatos, no cabbage, no onions, no carrots. Plain corned beef. She’s so weird.

]]> By: Ash http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602296 Ash Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:49 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602296 Unfortunatly im the fussy eater at home. I have loosened up in the past couple of years, but there are still many of foods that i HATE. My partner loves anything, and will eat anything! He even loves BRUSSEL SPROUTS!! i only found this out recently when he moaned that i never buy them. I said "why should we buy them? they taste gross and it would be a waste of money" He replied... "but i love them" And he has proven that he actually does love them. Luckily none have been brought home yet. YUCK! Unfortunatly im the fussy eater at home. I have loosened up in the past couple of years, but there are still many of foods that i HATE.

My partner loves anything, and will eat anything! He even loves BRUSSEL SPROUTS!! i only found this out recently when he moaned that i never buy them. I said “why should we buy them? they taste gross and it would be a waste of money”

He replied… “but i love them” And he has proven that he actually does love them. Luckily none have been brought home yet. YUCK!

]]> By: stacey http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602231 stacey Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:07 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602231 My 15 YO niece won't eat baby food. Actually she won't anything that requires utensils. If she can eat it with her fingers? Then it is good to go. So she isn't food picky...but more like....well I don't know what to call that? finger food picky? My 15 YO niece won’t eat baby food. Actually she won’t anything that requires utensils. If she can eat it with her fingers? Then it is good to go. So she isn’t food picky…but more like….well I don’t know what to call that? finger food picky?

]]> By: Someone Being Me http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602227 Someone Being Me Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:06:25 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602227 My toddler is also picky and also has a YoBaby habit that is draining our bank account. My husband will eat anything I put in front of him as long as it isn't vegetable lasanga. That is the only meal he hated that I ever made. My toddler is also picky and also has a YoBaby habit that is draining our bank account. My husband will eat anything I put in front of him as long as it isn’t vegetable lasanga. That is the only meal he hated that I ever made.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602129 Vicki Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:05:18 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602129 My oldest son (14) will eat anything I put in front of him but my 3 yr old's diet consists of yogurt, fruit, crackers, grilled cheese and cheese pizza. That is it!! No sweets or pasta or potatoes or rice. It worried me to death but my husband kept telling me to quit worrying because he is very healthy. But it sure is a pain to have to accomodate him with something other than what I have prepared for dinner. I just don't have the heart to tell him to take it or leave it because he has issues with texture and seems to have a true fear of the foods he does not like. Go figure!! My oldest son (14) will eat anything I put in front of him but my 3 yr old’s diet consists of yogurt, fruit, crackers, grilled cheese and cheese pizza. That is it!! No sweets or pasta or potatoes or rice. It worried me to death but my husband kept telling me to quit worrying because he is very healthy. But it sure is a pain to have to accomodate him with something other than what I have prepared for dinner. I just don’t have the heart to tell him to take it or leave it because he has issues with texture and seems to have a true fear of the foods he does not like. Go figure!!

]]> By: Erin http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602106 Erin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:58:45 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602106 My kids aren't picky now but my son refused to eat baby food and lived in danger of choking because he insisted on solids from 6mos. Ranch makes everything better for a lot of kids I know. My kids aren’t picky now but my son refused to eat baby food and lived in danger of choking because he insisted on solids from 6mos. Ranch makes everything better for a lot of kids I know.

]]> By: Adrienne http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602093 Adrienne Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:51:24 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602093 My sister once told my son to stop dipping his broccoli in his ketchup because that was gross! I almost slapped her! My sister once told my son to stop dipping his broccoli in his ketchup because that was gross! I almost slapped her!

]]> By: Swistle http://www.misszoot.com/2008/08/14/i-owe-my-sanity-to-a-salad-dressing/#comment-602088 Swistle Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:42:21 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=3745#comment-602088 Right now Edward (3 years old) is my pickiest. He sometimes eats nothing at all for lunch or dinner, and sometimes nothing at all for another meal, too. I've been using lamaze breathing to deal with it. Right now Edward (3 years old) is my pickiest. He sometimes eats nothing at all for lunch or dinner, and sometimes nothing at all for another meal, too. I’ve been using lamaze breathing to deal with it.

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