To most of you this is probably not a very big deal but to us, the parents of a very picky eater, it is! In my last entry I mentioned that Emma liked only mashed bananas. She has always had a hard time with the different textures of food. As an infant, it took at least a month of trying almost everyday before she finally willingly ate rice cereal. She loved baby food, thank goodness! In fact, we still buy Country Garden Vegetables baby food for her to ensure that she at least gets some vegetables! I know that having a child that is such a picky eater is just pay back for the tough time I gave my parents. I was a really picky eater as a child, too. I still am a little picky but serving a mission for my church in Venezuela forced me to broaden my food horizons. I do have to say though that I think Emma is much pickier than I ever was! Sometimes I worry though that I'm just not trying hard enough to get her to eat more of a variety of foods. I really don't want to force her to eat. That just seems wrong. I was the the 4th of 5 kids and by the time I was born, my parents were really mellow and never forced me to eat anything I didn't want to eat. Though I was picky, it wasn't a major issue. I have always been grateful that they didn't make it an issue. They just let me be. However, now that I'm dealing with it as a parent I can't help to wonder if I had been forced to at least try a bite, maybe I wouldn't have been so picky. It's hard to say. I remember that some foods just tasted nasty as a kid but now I like them. I don't know if its a taste bud issue or not. Maybe some people have more acute and sensitive taste buds? Anybody ever hear of such a thing? So with Emma, I just want to do what's best for her. I don't want to force her to eat yet I really do think she should at least try one bite. That is something we will have to work on. And Mike is the complete opposite of me! He is not picky at all. He would probably force her to eat more if it weren't for my concerns. Anyhow, a couple weeks ago Emma spotted some bananas that I had left on the table. She seemed to really want one so I just peeled it half way down and handed it to her, not expecting she'd really eat it like that. Well, she surprised me! She ate the whole thing straight from the peel! NO mashing! Woo hoo! I was so excited that I had to take some pictures! So that's the story of my picky girl eating a banana!
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That is such a great feat. Way to go, Mom! and Miss Emma!
Good to see you blogging... was it my elbow last night??? lol
Way to go! I have been pretty lucky with the girls and they are willing to eat lots of different foods. I would just say ask her if she wants to try something and if she does let her, as many times as she wants to and she will decide if she likes it or not. Maydyson LOVES watermelon...she would eat the entire thing if you would let her, but she wouldn't eat a bit until this last year.
Ugh. Ty is soooo picky and it drives me crazy. Only he actually pukes if he takes a bite. Full on throw-up. He has actually thrown up a few times just looking at the food!
I've given up the fight. I just make sure he takes his vitamin, and I sneak stuff in his food when I can. But I don't go out of my way, either to make something special just for him because he's picky. He can have what we're having, or he can have a PBJ sandwich for dinner. (He ends up having a lot of PBJ's) And he has to have at least one thing from our dinner on his plate. He doesn't have to eat it, but it has to be on his plate. (He often freaks out about just that. CRAZY!) I just try not to make it an issue. I don't want food to be an issue.
I find it interesting, because neither Brad nor I are picky, so it's not environmental, but his birhtmom is WAY picky. I think it definitely has genetic tendencies.
That's cool that you're not as picky now. I still have such memories of you ordering at Burger King. "I'll have a plain burger with nothing on it; just the meat and the bun." I have found myself on many occasions ordering the exact same thing for Ty, and I always think of you! :)
I was picky as a child too. I grew out of it for the most part. I still don't like pickles, liver, or beets though. Sometimes you just have to draw the line.
Go Emma! Eli can be super picky too. For some reason it works like a charm when I tell him he just has to take 5 bites. Then all of a sudden he is O.K. with eating whatever is on his plate. I think the thought of him having to eat it all just overwhelms him. No wonder he's such a rail! I have seen him gag on a few occasions, but already he is growing out of this and he is only 6, so there is hope! I wonder what she will try next?
Go Emma GO! That is quite an accomplishment :)
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