Tag: picky eater

No mom wants to become a short order chef, especially when the complaining eater isn’t a kid, but a husband.

If you relate, you are not alone.

Very often it is one partner who wants to get healthier, while another likes meat and potatoes; or one partner who has a food allergy, while one can eat anything; or one partner hates vegetables while the other is a vegetarian.

When two adults have very different food cravings or food upbringings, and kids are involved, it makes mealtime even more complicated; and it makes it much harder to raise kids who will eat everything.

Here are some ways to shift mealtime, so you can agree on what to eat.

What if the common restaurant kid’s menu was never invented? What if parents ordered right off the adult menu, asking for a side plate to share "grown-up foods" with their kids from the moment they were learning to chew? What would happen?

* Kids would be exposed to a wide variety of textures, aromas and tastes. Research shows that exposure to new foods is the first step to raising healthy eaters. A study appearing in the Frontiers in Pediatrics suggests:

Have you noticed all the journalistic space dedicated to the "dilemma" of getting little Junior to eat his veggies? I can’t quite relate to a crisis of this magnitude, especially pertaining to a 40-pound child. My five boys have always been expected to eat what’s set before them. But in today’s touchy-feely, politically correct culture, sometimes common sense gets thrown right out the window. Parents find themselves confused about very simple matters. So, what to do about your picky eater? Let’s be discerning in an age of preschooler-pleasing parents. Here are seven tips to get your child on the right path to a healthy future.

If you and your spouse are the proud parents of an infant or toddler, you may not have encountered picky eating, yet… be thankful, it’s not always pretty!

Virtually every young child goes through some level of picky eating at one time or another. Parents that have kids who turn out to be "good eaters" will tell you the key to successfully navigating these stages is to put firm and healthful eating habits in place from the beginning, and then stick to them, even when the going gets tough.