Children and food...
You find out your pregnant and you are extremely happy. Slightly scared at having to take responsibility for another human being! That is a very daunting thought and perhaps one of the most exciting but scary things you think can happen...
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Your child is born, and grows quickly into a toddler. A little human being as opposed to a baby. Then the scary thought that begins to take over your life is - how on earth do you ensure that they are healthy?
You are willing to try anything... You feed them the proverbial meat and two veg. However, if most children are like my 3 year old daughter you will find that eating dinner will never be the same again. My daughter has decided that chicken, sweetcorn and various other foods are not to her taste! So now I begin to think, how do I ensure that she is healthy? How do I get her to eat her meat and veg? Do you decide to chop it all up into tiny pieces that are beyond recognition? Or do you try the car, plane or train chugging along? Well I have found that none of these work!
Do children obtain their taste buds from their parents?
My daughter would rather eat peppered mackerel than chicken. Her father loves spicy food and if he is eating it, then she will too. Whereas I am more of a non-spicy food eater. I love ice cream and my daughter and her father both have a dislike for it. Could it be possible that she has her father's more inclusive pallet? I am more than sure that there have been studies on this but this is not something I spend researching - just a mere thought as I sit across my family wondering why it is they are eating hot pepper sauce when I simple cannot stand it.
The best way I have found to get my child to eat is to sit her in a room full of other children that are all eating what I would like her to eat. Then almost by magic she likes it! So now I spend my time asking other parents what their child is eating and whether a play date would be possible! Crazy? Possibly, but in reality she is not going to let herself starve.
UNTIL
Your child is born, and grows quickly into a toddler. A little human being as opposed to a baby. Then the scary thought that begins to take over your life is - how on earth do you ensure that they are healthy?
You are willing to try anything... You feed them the proverbial meat and two veg. However, if most children are like my 3 year old daughter you will find that eating dinner will never be the same again. My daughter has decided that chicken, sweetcorn and various other foods are not to her taste! So now I begin to think, how do I ensure that she is healthy? How do I get her to eat her meat and veg? Do you decide to chop it all up into tiny pieces that are beyond recognition? Or do you try the car, plane or train chugging along? Well I have found that none of these work!
Do children obtain their taste buds from their parents?
My daughter would rather eat peppered mackerel than chicken. Her father loves spicy food and if he is eating it, then she will too. Whereas I am more of a non-spicy food eater. I love ice cream and my daughter and her father both have a dislike for it. Could it be possible that she has her father's more inclusive pallet? I am more than sure that there have been studies on this but this is not something I spend researching - just a mere thought as I sit across my family wondering why it is they are eating hot pepper sauce when I simple cannot stand it.
The best way I have found to get my child to eat is to sit her in a room full of other children that are all eating what I would like her to eat. Then almost by magic she likes it! So now I spend my time asking other parents what their child is eating and whether a play date would be possible! Crazy? Possibly, but in reality she is not going to let herself starve.
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