tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post2367746359578137934..comments2023-05-08T04:53:00.764-04:00Comments on Jedi Mama: FoodJedimamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05677454501391656883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-48334529489345580942008-12-15T12:57:00.000-05:002008-12-15T12:57:00.000-05:00I can sooooo relate. I often feel like I make 5 d...I can sooooo relate. I often feel like I make 5 different meals. I think it is the difference between boys and girls. My son is picky and my daughter's (yes both, prefer brocolli and wheat grass over pizza and french fries. My son will be 13 this month and he will eat mac and cheese if it comes in a blue box but not if it comes with spiral noodles. He will eat fries, hash browns and Imatjenhttp://imatjen.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-40404901243916387072008-12-15T14:48:00.000-05:002008-12-15T14:48:00.000-05:00Hmmm...that's tough. I don't know what I w...Hmmm...that's tough. I don't know what I would do. My brother used to be forced to eat what my mom served and then he started making himself puke at the table. It was lovely. It went on for years. So, knowing that, I think I wouldn't force it too much. But then you don't want to become a short-order cook, so it's a tough thing to try to balance. Could you try some sort of Felicehttp://felice986.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-58858363634806720022008-12-16T04:02:00.000-05:002008-12-16T04:02:00.000-05:00Since I'm more like your princess, I've ne...Since I'm more like your princess, I've never really understood the picky-eater thing. Food is lovely and wonderful, and varied and interesting, and who the hell wouldn't want to try something new? So what if you don't like it - then you don't eat it. It baffles me when people don't want to eat.<br>Which, I realize, helps you not at all. I'm of the mind, though, wickedlibrarianhttp://wickedlibrarianx.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-60638980502814650972008-12-16T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-16T09:16:00.000-05:00Thanks. I was hoping to get your input. I want him...Thanks. I was hoping to get your input. I want him to be better than me... I want him to try new foods and be open to things. I force myself to try things in front of him because of that. But I'm not sure which is more important--forcing him to try new foods and having him cry and be upset and start thinking that food is what you eat when you're upset, or to just keep making him his own Jedi Mamahttp://goddesslibrarian.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-68386180991802645752008-12-16T12:15:00.000-05:002008-12-16T12:15:00.000-05:00I have to agree with slytherinlibrarian in terms o...I have to agree with slytherinlibrarian in terms of catering to him at dinner - it's asking for trouble. He won't starve - eventually he'll realize you are not going to offer anything else and if/when he's hungry enough, he'll eat the turkey you KNOW he'll like. It might take a hungry night or two, though. When you sleep trained your kids (like you really needed to...) Shinesalothttp://shinesalotbutnotacarebear.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-12527317581765160602008-12-16T12:20:00.000-05:002008-12-16T12:20:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't give a crap if he's crying. I ...Oh, I don't give a crap if he's crying. I just don't want him crying over FOOD. I guess maybe in a way, I'm afraid that if he's crying over food he'll begin to see a connection between his emotions and food... and then one day he will be in his 30s and when he's upset he'll open up a bag of chocolate chip cookies... but maybe I'm thinking about this wrong. Jedi Mamahttp://goddesslibrarian.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-2732488410832885232008-12-16T12:41:00.000-05:002008-12-16T12:41:00.000-05:00I think you're doing the right thing by NOT ca...I think you're doing the right thing by NOT catering to him. If he's hungry, he'll eat, and he needs to learn to be at least at tiny bit open minded. I could seeing going down the "no thank you"-bite path. Is there something he will tolerate but not love that isn't hard to make? I'm picturing you having a nice meal and giving him a pile of cold mac & cheese if hebookishbikerhttp://bookishbiker.vox.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661908685682895965.post-30730029285639223682008-12-16T13:32:00.000-05:002008-12-16T13:32:00.000-05:00I think at this point (again, grain of salt, not-a...I think at this point (again, grain of salt, not-a-mom here) what's more important is teaching him that he either eats what is there or he goes hungry. No matter WHAT you do, he's going to associate emotions with food - there's just no getting around that, because EVERYONE, even people who claim to not care about food, EVERYONE has an emotional memory about food in some way. That&#wickedlibrarianhttp://wickedlibrarianx.vox.com/noreply@blogger.com