Comments on: Global Toddlers – Little Boo, Big Boo, Texas USA http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/01/global-toddlers-little-boo-big-boo-texas-usa/ Science Driven Real Life Toddler Nutrition Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jenna @ foodwithkidappeal http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/01/global-toddlers-little-boo-big-boo-texas-usa/#comment-119 jenna @ foodwithkidappeal Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:16:35 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=777#comment-119 thanks TTD for the opportunity to see those faces on another blog! cathy-i'm with you. i think part of my ability to be a recovering picky eater was because we did eat lots of garden veggies. my mom enabled my picky palate by offering sauces on the side etc (spaghetti night at my house was a bowl of meat, bowl of pasta, bowl of sauce, bowl of cheese), but at the same time they ate and enjoyed a variety of veggies and encouraged me and brother to taste them. thanks TTD for the opportunity to see those faces on another blog!

cathy-i’m with you. i think part of my ability to be a recovering picky eater was because we did eat lots of garden veggies. my mom enabled my picky palate by offering sauces on the side etc (spaghetti night at my house was a bowl of meat, bowl of pasta, bowl of sauce, bowl of cheese), but at the same time they ate and enjoyed a variety of veggies and encouraged me and brother to taste them.

]]> By: cathy http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/01/global-toddlers-little-boo-big-boo-texas-usa/#comment-117 cathy Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:56:07 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=777#comment-117 Good question at the end, Jenna! We're a 2 bite rule family, and honestly, I don't think that it leads to food avoidance. I guess I can say that from personal experience as my parents had a similar rule. Many of the foods that I didn't like as a young child, I grew to like. Many I did not, but I do actually value having tried those foods numerous times. Perhaps I'm just weird that way. My son wouldn't try many foods at all without that rule, and sometimes - not always, in fact not usually - he realizes that he actually likes a food. My daughter realizes that she actually likes a food through the 2 bite rule more often than not. She'll take her required 2 bites and then take more. For my kids, it's a way to get them to continue testing their taste buds. We do talk a lot about taking those bites with an open mind. When my son will eat with an open mind, that's when it works! I also feel like it's important for my kids to be able to eat food that they don't like without gagging and making rude comments. It's an important social skill as they get older. Good question at the end, Jenna! We’re a 2 bite rule family, and honestly, I don’t think that it leads to food avoidance. I guess I can say that from personal experience as my parents had a similar rule. Many of the foods that I didn’t like as a young child, I grew to like. Many I did not, but I do actually value having tried those foods numerous times. Perhaps I’m just weird that way.

My son wouldn’t try many foods at all without that rule, and sometimes – not always, in fact not usually – he realizes that he actually likes a food. My daughter realizes that she actually likes a food through the 2 bite rule more often than not. She’ll take her required 2 bites and then take more. For my kids, it’s a way to get them to continue testing their taste buds. We do talk a lot about taking those bites with an open mind. When my son will eat with an open mind, that’s when it works!

I also feel like it’s important for my kids to be able to eat food that they don’t like without gagging and making rude comments. It’s an important social skill as they get older.

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