SO... FRUSTRATED...

[Clodfobble]

Is she a remotely reasonable person?

Of course not. [tangent]I know very few single mothers (who have never been married) who are. Most of them feel guilty for the situation their children are in, and over-compensate by spoiling them, and later as the child gets older try to be their friend and confidante instead of their parent.[/tangent] She's of the mindset that "starving" him is cruel. She reasons that she's giving him wheat crackers and other fortified-type things, so he's not eating unhealthily, per se. She doesn't understand that it's his behavior that's unhealthy and that she won't be able to just change the pattern by someday deciding "ok, now he's old enough to know better."

[Cyber Wolf]

Just wait until he's old/clever enough to wait until you're out of the room or not looking and hide food he doesn't want to eat in unlikely places, not to be found for YEARS.

*shrugs off twinge of guilt*

[zippyt]

Man, I hope I don't regret asking, but what (or who) is susie? Sorry sucky Zippyt spelling , it should be SUSHI
This reminds me of a story my mom tells everyone who mentions how healthfully my kids eat. She says she was riding me through the grocery store in a cart when I was about two. I was eating cottage cheese and peaches out of a little Tupperware container and an old classmate walked up to her and began talking. When she noticed what I was eating she said to my mom "Wow! How do you get her to eat that? Kevin (her son, the same age as me) won't eat anything but cookies and buttered noodles!" My mom said "Sure he will. Give him a few days." The woman just walked away and didn't say anything.
HA HA HA HA HA HA Got to love the line "Sure he will. Give him a few days."

[perth]

I finally tried sushi for the first time. Buddha roll. My asshole brother didn't tell me it had shrimp in it, and I HATE shrimp. He even went so far as to hide the tail end so he could show it to me afterwards and witness the look of horror on my face.

Long story short, he's not such an asshole after all, and I could LIVE on sushi. One of the most amazing things I've ever had. I can't wait to try something else.

Edit: Something else in the "sushi" family. I thought the clarification might be necessary.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by perth

and I could LIVE on sushi. One of the most amazing things I've ever had.
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I sushi. Not a big fan of squid or mackerel, never tried urchin and don't plan to, but everything else is just yummy.

[zippyt]

We used to get this dish called seafood yaka soba , basicaly any thing that was getting a little to ripe for the sushi bar got cooked up and thrown in with noodles , the kids would FREAK every time they saw me eating a squid tentical !!!!!

[triestemoi]

Sushi is great....but most shellfish is too chewy raw. Yellowtail is my favorite.

Regarding feeding picky kids...one thing that worked for a friend of mine was to keep serving them whatever they wouldn't eat at the next meal. If they wouldn't eat meatloaf for dinner, the plate would be saved until breakfast, heated up and served again. Once the kids figured out they weren't going to get something they liked at the next meal, they got hungry and ate.

I never had to resort to that but did have one really picky kid. She's 16 now and eats pretty darn well. I can only attribute that to continuing to serve a large variety and allowing her to try things when she wanted to.

[SteveDallas]

It's one of those things the scientists make up when they don't know why something happens, so they'll look smart & continue to receive federal grant money.

[LabRat]

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

It's one of those things the scientists make up when they don't know why something happens, so they'll look smart & continue to receive federal grant money.

PBBBBBLLLLTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! :p

[wolf]

I don't eat bait.

Yes, I have tried. Yes, it was visually attractive. Even a ton of wasabi won't make it go down.

I will eat those ones that have no fishy parts ... the vegetable rolls. I can throw those badboys down like you wouldn't believe. Especially with brown rice. MMMmmmmmmm.

[Clodfobble]

We had two HUGE breakthroughs this afternoon.

First, he tried (and subsequently loved, of course) a grilled cheese sandwich, which he had never been willing to touch before.

And even better, halfway through, he asked if he could fold it "like a sandwich." Prior to today, he would ONLY eat things open-faced, and wouldn't even pick up a sandwich presented with two slices of bread. Even if you pulled the halves apart again, he would still refuse to eat it. But today, today, he folded his "bread with cheese" (because calling it a "sandwich" is a deal-killer) in half and ate it.

I will persist in shoving out of my mind how pathetic it is that he's 3 and he just ate a sandwich for the first time in his life.

[perth]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I will persist in shoving out of my mind how pathetic it is that he's 3 and he just ate a sandwich for the first time in his life.

Mine won't eat a sandwich unless it's bread and ham. Anything else is a deal-killer. He won't eat mac and cheese either, which is just wierd.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by perth

He won't eat mac and cheese either, which is just wierd.

And communist to boot.

[zippyt]

small victorys clodd , small victorys !!!!!
Be Happy that he did this much !!!!!!
Our boy didn't eat ANYTHING weird , ( onions , peppers , ANY thing )( this kid would pick onion powder out of soup , No shit he would have a napkin full of specks ) untill he was older ( oh and I tricked him into eating some calamari !!!!!)
Now ( at 23 ) he is saying how GOOD sushi is !!!!
Strange how it all works out in the wash , ain't it ????

[Trilby]

*totally off topic* I've never heard of a green tomato pie...wow. And it tasted like apples?