Tonight Steph made a very tasty dinner of tortellini with roasted garlic alfredo sauce, and a side of green beans. Okay, the sauce was from a jar and the beans from a can, but still, it was quite yummy (give us a break, we both worked today!)
Well anyway, in order to get Noah to eat the delicious, cheesy tortellini, we actually had to bribe him with green beans. He had already scarfed down his first helping of green beans and wanted more, but we told him he had to have two tortellinis first (one for each year of age). He actually ended up polishing off the whole dish of beans!
This isn't a new thing, either. For the last year or so he has chosen to eat his vegetables before anything else on his plate. And to top that off, he will only drink water. Where did this kid get such healthy eating habits?!? Not that I'm complaining or anything...
Posted by jethro at March 28, 2005 07:27 PM | TrackBackUgh! Kids and their eating habits can be so frustrating. Harrison loves salmon and green beans, but won't eat pizza or ketchup. I guess that's a good thing, it makes convenience food, not so convenient. Emma won't eat peanut butter. Thankfully Jeremy will eat anything. He'll even eat chicken when there's no other option.
Posted by: Jenn at March 30, 2005 10:27 AMAnd then there's always the possibility that Noah's eating habits will change. Sure he loves green beans now, but what about 2 years from now? He will pretty much eat anything right now, and I'm hoping that won't change.
I became less picky as I got older, so maybe Noah will do the same...
Posted by: Jethro at March 30, 2005 10:52 AMThat last sentence was a mouthful, Jeff (no pun intended -G-). You would only eat bananas and hot dogs for a while when you were little. Thankfully, by the time you got in school, you liked peanut butter. (All of you boys did -- at least, you were kind to your mother and didn't say you minded the peanut butter and jelly, or was it honey, sandwiches.) I feel you're on the mark when you say that Noah's eating habits will change, at least from my experience with you kids.
Posted by: Mom at April 1, 2005 04:07 PM