Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Let him help cook the food. When I babysit my nieces and nephews, and especially for my own kids, they love being invited to help cook (I make it fun.), and by cooking they not only have ownership of what we're having, the smelling the whole time it's cooking, it wakes up their stomachs and makes them ravenous, has worked on picky eaters in the past. Has also introduced a lot of kids to the magic of cooking. I'm a breakfast or grilling guy when I cook.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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What I did with my youngest daughter, was if she didn't like something , I wouldn't offer it to her again. I would make meals like usual, and she took what she wanted. I would eat everything, and one day she was watching me eat broccoli and cauliflower , didn't offer her any. She watched me eating it, and said that looks like little trees ( broccoli ) and asked if she could try it. She eats almost everything I eat any more. I didn't force her to eat anything, I would just eat and let her make up her own mind. If you try to make them eat something , they will resist you . Let them decide for themselves , or go without. I never made her try anything , just let her curiosity get the best of her.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/19/24 03:33 PM
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A 5 year old can run a household just to do it. I see a lot of modern parents dancing to the child’s tunes.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Sometimes its more about having control over something where they get a say or a choice (whether or not they eat, what they eat, what they want to wear for clothes, etc.). One approach is to let him make some choices: give him 3 options for dinner (all of which you are fine with), and let him choose which one he wants. If he says no to all, say ok, provide a plate with whatever meal is decided on, and if he chooses not to eat so be it. Also, having him help get involved in preparing it and cooking it could be helpful. And then you praise the heck out of him for how good it tastes. That positive reaction can help get him more interested.
But yeah, generally, they all go through ups and downs of what they will or wont eat, and I wouldnt sweat it too much.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Can't help you much, my kids pretty much ate everything; but, ketchup was the fifth food group.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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It's a parenting issue not an uncle issue. You ain't going to fix it as an uncle no is it your job. I agree with this. It's the parents job to correct his eating habits. As long as his parents don't object, just swing by Micky Ds on the way to your outdoor adventures and get him his Nugs. Problem solved.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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02/19/24 05:38 PM
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Could be a blessing in disguise to be trim at that age. I was , weighed about the same , was picky over what I ate.
I have maintained a trim & lean body ( but not underweight ) my whole life. Ate like a horse in my 20's and 30's
I've made many a overweight person mad/ jealous unintentionally.
Staying underweight is a problem many wish they had. Being overweight and trying to lose is much harder.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/19/24 05:43 PM
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baked mac and cheese is was always a favorite with my kids , still is
1 box med shells 1 stick butter 6 cups whole milk 2# shredded cheese med or sharp cheddar is good , you can to mild to wild on this salt & pepper
pre-heat the oven to 350 in a big skillet I use an 14SK toss in the stick of butter turn on the burner heat to low let the butter melt turn off heat as soon as melted. toss in the box of shells stir the shells around in the butter a bit add 6 cups milk , stir the pasta around do it is covering the bottom of the pan evenly. shred and add a pound of the cheese salt , pepper OR season with Tony Chachere's (to taste)
bake in the oven uncovered for 25 minutes stir it up , then add the second pound of shredded cheese check it again in about 15 more minutes it might take 20 or a touch more depends on the oven when the cheese is browning your done.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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02/19/24 05:46 PM
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As stated ADHD meds can affect hunger.
My mom was a single mom. We lived in a bad area I couldn't go outside unless she was home and was a.picky eater . What cured it? A new baby sitter that we called.Sargent Peterson. " At my house I do the cooking and you eat what we eat or you starve. Let's say I had never been talked to like that and never said another word about food and are what was on my plate.
Mom is the problem, and the ADHD drugs don't help. My kids eat what's giving to them for some reason and we don't drug our kids..heck even my cats eat broccoli.
Make it know if he wants to hang out with you he eats what you eat when you eat period or doesn't go. He will eat what's offered and save the picky for momma. Don't cater to him he will be better for it.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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Different but along the same lines.my son was extremely picky at a young age.try to get him to eat different meats,potatoes,vegetables,fruits.would rather go to bed,get punished then eat.took him to the doctor numerous times couldn't find anything wrong with him.try to force him to eat hamburger pork chicken,fish we would literally throw up.he loved bologna sandwiches for about 5 years and finally got sick of them.he switche'd to eating French fries.he would eat your typical junk food.lunch and dinner/supper was ff and about a half gallon of milk at each meal.he loved the smell of me grilling out and in fact would cook his ff on the grill after I got done grilling.i wanted my kids to at least try it once and if they didn't like it I would not force them to eat it.everybody has different tastes
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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Sounds like you need a campfire when your fishing and start eating some fish. Play into what he's excited about somehow maybe?
If someone like that would let you blindfold them and then give them things to taste that may help.
Sunday school once they had us try guacamole and everyone like it but the lesson was not to judge something by the way it looks. If you do something like that maybe make it sweet or something. Make sure its yummy. I think the cooking over a campfire is a fantastic idea. Keith
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Wife is picky but my youngest was the toughest. Does not like mashed tators, roast, most pasta, hash browns, etc.. But she always wanted to do what I was doing. trapping, fishing, working in yard etc.. She started watching what I ate. Next thing you know she is asking for pulled pork, bbq ribs, cheese burgers, etc. As she got older she ate less and less of the things I liked (she never really liked them just copying me) but started eating the other foods she would not before.
That said you can't fix the young lad if mom is overprotective and gives in all the time. Period!
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: KeithC]
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Sounds like you need a campfire when your fishing and start eating some fish. Play into what he's excited about somehow maybe?
If someone like that would let you blindfold them and then give them things to taste that may help.
Sunday school once they had us try guacamole and everyone like it but the lesson was not to judge something by the way it looks. If you do something like that maybe make it sweet or something. Make sure its yummy. I think the cooking over a campfire is a fantastic idea. Keith Agreed but I would not start with fish. Maybe hotdog on stick or a hobo's dinner in the coals. Of course smores!
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