Comments on: Pickin’ http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joanna http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23635 Joanna Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:30:01 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23635 <p>The picky eater - my second child (who's older sister would try almost anything), didn't throw me too much as I had an older brother who was picky. I grew up watching him push his food around his plate and pretend to eat it. </p> <p>What really bugged me was all the people who seemed convinced that we were bad parents because he was picky and that if They were in charge he would learn to eat more things. They completely ignored the fact that he ate a variety of fruits and vegetables, as long as they were plain, and got his protein from dairy and peanut butter - his diet was probably healthier than a lot of adults I know. And I absolutely refused to make each mealtime a battlefield.</p> <p>And yes, now that he's 18 he eats a much wider variety of foods and is willing to sample many new things.</p> The picky eater - my second child (who’s older sister would try almost anything), didn’t throw me too much as I had an older brother who was picky. I grew up watching him push his food around his plate and pretend to eat it.

What really bugged me was all the people who seemed convinced that we were bad parents because he was picky and that if They were in charge he would learn to eat more things. They completely ignored the fact that he ate a variety of fruits and vegetables, as long as they were plain, and got his protein from dairy and peanut butter - his diet was probably healthier than a lot of adults I know. And I absolutely refused to make each mealtime a battlefield.

And yes, now that he’s 18 he eats a much wider variety of foods and is willing to sample many new things.

]]> By: Maggi http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23626 Maggi Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:22:31 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23626 <p>Ahhh, the gilded age of toddlerhood. Yes, we do throw on a coat of gleem for the guests, but after that I just let him do his own thing. Good thing my son likes foods like hummus, edamame, sushi and other tasty things that usually do not require me to become a short order cook.</p> Ahhh, the gilded age of toddlerhood. Yes, we do throw on a coat of gleem for the guests, but after that I just let him do his own thing. Good thing my son likes foods like hummus, edamame, sushi and other tasty things that usually do not require me to become a short order cook.

]]> By: Matt Wright http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23604 Matt Wright Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:36:09 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23604 <p>Ahhh sleep. My 7month old has just started to sleep half decently.. waking up generally just once through the night for some grub. It was killing me.. he would wake every 2 hours.</p> <p>Matthew is right, you just don't expect this.. everyone tells you, but you think you know better. And yeah.. they are marble. They do what they want, and as soon as you realise that at this young age, you cannot change that much, the happier you are :D</p> <p>Thankfully we were able to sort out Drake's sleeping without letting him just cry it out.</p> <p>That coat of paint only lasts so long too :D</p> Ahhh sleep. My 7month old has just started to sleep half decently.. waking up generally just once through the night for some grub. It was killing me.. he would wake every 2 hours.

Matthew is right, you just don’t expect this.. everyone tells you, but you think you know better. And yeah.. they are marble. They do what they want, and as soon as you realise that at this young age, you cannot change that much, the happier you are :D

Thankfully we were able to sort out Drake’s sleeping without letting him just cry it out.

That coat of paint only lasts so long too :D

]]> By: heather http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23603 heather Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:10:49 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/07/11/pickin/#comment-23603 <p>my mom always said she was glad she had two kids, because it made her realize she was nowhere near as smart, OR as stupid, as she had thought.</p> <p>(you know, because everything that seemed easy-schmeezy and obvious with me did not work at ALL with my younger sister. and things that had seemed impossible with me were cakewalky with her. also, i was colicky, and my mom spent several weeks convinced something was Very Wrong with my sister, because she was so quiet. also, today is my sister's birthday. :) )</p> my mom always said she was glad she had two kids, because it made her realize she was nowhere near as smart, OR as stupid, as she had thought.

(you know, because everything that seemed easy-schmeezy and obvious with me did not work at ALL with my younger sister. and things that had seemed impossible with me were cakewalky with her. also, i was colicky, and my mom spent several weeks convinced something was Very Wrong with my sister, because she was so quiet. also, today is my sister’s birthday. :) )

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