Dad, this is for you. You are always reminding me of how dirty I used to get when I ate as a child. Things still haven't changed either, I'm still making messes. Well, Eva is taking after her mother. Not only is she a messy eater, she's got her mommy's thighs. Poor girl!Lindsey
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Such cute pictures! I saw a onesie at Kohl's a couple months ago that said "I make chunky thighs look good" I should have bought it for Eva!
Jen
She is cute. I can't imagine what it would be like to have such chunky babies. Isaac hasn't even hit 18 lbs yet.
She didn't eat a whole lot when she was out here so I'm glad to see that she's having such a great time chowing down!
Cutie!!
She never stops eating. She loves all kinds of food. She especially loves veggies and fruit. I'm glad she's not picky. I won't put up with a child that only eats fries and chicken nuggets. I think that's just a bunch of crap. Of course I say that now, but just wait until I get a kid that is so head strong and absolutely refuses to eat anything else but that. I guess I'll get what I deserve for saying that.
Lindsey
Will isn't really picky but he isn't a great eater. I say he isn't picky because he acts the same about all food usually. He just doesn't eat a lot. Sometimes I wonder why he is still alive because he only eats bits and pieces. I got a book on getting your kids to eat and it said the parent's job is to provide the food and the kid's job is to eat it. It said not to force them to eat anything but don't make them a thousand different dishes either. It says make one balanced meal and even let then have dessert at the same time as the other stuff so they don't think sweets are bad. But if they don't eat what you make, too bad.
I like the philosophy of the book and have tried to keep our meals close to how she describes. I do change some things though. We don't eat dessert at dinner and I only sometimes threaten him. Like, "Eat one more bite and you can get down." But, like the book says, it rarely works to force him--it makes him more determined to not eat it. Our other rule is that if he won't eat what we eat, he gets one other choice but it is always the same choice--a PBandJelly sandwhich, nothing else. He is bad about getting down, playing and coming back. So now, if he gets down, we warn him we will throw his food away and if he gets down a second time, it goes in the garbage. It's working for us. It is hard to have kids that won't eat though. It's easy to talk about but hard to do. Anyway, long comment and I doubt anyone will read it because this post is awhile back.
Just so you do not force a dinner table through up of peas. Tight Jess?
Dad Clark
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