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[lollardfish]

Today Nico has rejected, in whole or in part, the following: Plain noodles, ravioli, green beans (he ate 5), edamame, chicken nuggets (he ate two), squash, dried strawberries. He has eaten: Oatmeal, 3/4ths of a banana, a handful of blueberries, and some yogurt (with a kids vitamin).

We believe he is deliberately rejecting food in hopes of getting to the sweet stuff, or otherwise being awfully "two." Now, he is two, so there's some excuse, but Shannon and I have just resolve to stop this nonsense. He eats a good breakfast daily, so if he wants to reject food (food we know he eats. I'm not trying to feed him sweetbreads or fried grasshoppers, although with our luck he'd eat them!), mealtime will just have to end.

Grrrr.

Comments

[90-percent-sure.livejournal.com]

5 yr olds sometimes like broccoli, but not frosting. 8 yr olds will only eat pizza.

15 year olds eat everything. Unless it's a girl 15 yr old. Then you're down to tic tacs and diet coke and a single french fry every 3rd day.

[jdonat.livejournal.com]

Good grief. Not my 15 yr olds -the one who's now 21 and the one who's 16 now.
We call them walking stomach 1 and walkng stomach 2.
I think we've been exceedingly lucky.

I don't actually have a daughter

[90-percent-sure.livejournal.com]

I speak as a ex-15 yr old girl, except add marlboro lights.

Re: I don't actually have a daughter

[jdonat.livejournal.com]

your experience works just fine. I seem to remember being a 15 yr old boy and eating just about continuously, and not gaining a pound!.. now, many years later, boy, that isn't the case.

[madtruk.livejournal.com]

Hehe-that's my 13 year old going on 14. It's nice though-between him and the dog, not a scrap hits the floor...