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post #1 of 21
10/26/05 at 3:51pm
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If your child refuse’s to eat what you made for dinner – what do you do? Do you give them a 2nd choice? How many choices do you give them?
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post #2 of 21
10/26/05 at 3:52pm
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I usually will give Kyler ONE other option for dinner.
If he doesn't like what I made - he can have a peanut butter sandwich/peanut butter and toast. Sometimes he'll ask for cereal and I'll let him have that too.

I remember my mother making me eat what she made. Even if I really truly hated it. It was awful. So, I usually give him an out if he really doesn't like something.
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post #3 of 21
10/26/05 at 3:58pm
Lately I haven't been making dinner, so the boys have been eating chicken nuggets and fries. Their favorite!! But usually if I make something, I won't give them anything else. They can eat fruit or something but they get no dessert either. I at least want them to try it before they say they don't like it.
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post #4 of 21
10/26/05 at 4:00pm
I always make atleast one thing that the kids like and they have to try the other and if they dont like it they can have a corn dog or sandwich
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post #5 of 21
10/26/05 at 4:02pm
The older boys have to eat what I make. Occasionally I give a choice, and I try to be resonable with what I make. Nick is allowed a choice for now. He doesn't like meat yet, so I often have to make him something different. I really don't mind for now. Once he is about 3 he will have the same rules as the other boys.
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post #6 of 21
10/26/05 at 4:50pm
not usually. the only time is when we have chili and then brandon can have pbj sandwiches. he hates beans, except for baked beans.
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post #7 of 21
10/26/05 at 6:18pm
If they won't eat what I cook, they can make themselves a bowl of cereal or oatmeal. I won't make it for them.
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post #8 of 21
10/27/05 at 12:21am
If I'm making something really spicy, then I'll make Jared a sandwich, or he eats a lunchable. Other than that, no - he eats what I cook, or at least tries it first.
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post #9 of 21
10/27/05 at 12:33am
I tell her that when I cook that is the time to eat. Sometimes I do let her have a sandwich, but most of the time I tell her what I cooked is what she is going to have to eat. Now if I know she doesn't like something I cook then I will cook something that she will like.

I'm tired...I'm rambling
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post #10 of 21
10/27/05 at 12:40am
She eats what I make opr not at all.
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post #11 of 21
10/27/05 at 12:46am
I will give her another choice.
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post #12 of 21
10/27/05 at 5:34am
I don't make my kids eat things they hate, like when I make liver and bacon cassarole the kids hate liver so I just add more bacon, and when Greg was at home I threw in some sausages as well bc he doesn't like liver or bacon.

However if a child ate something last time and has suddenly decided he doesn't like it, tough. You will eat what I cooked or you will be very hungry by breakfast time.
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post #13 of 21
10/27/05 at 6:32am
This aint no bloody restaraunt. If they don't like what I have cooked (I always try and make what I know they like), they go hungry. Oh and they have 20 mintues to eat it too, I'm not spending an hour arguing about it. I like to do the dishes as soon as I finish dinner so I take their plates away with food on it or off it.
I know! I'm a b!tch
I'm so sick of cooking dinner and they don't eat. Briahnna is the worst. She's NEVER happy with what I cook and if I ask her what she wants and I cook it, she STILL doesn't eat much of it
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post #14 of 21
10/27/05 at 8:16am
I make something else for her.
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post #15 of 21
10/28/05 at 9:38pm
For the longest time I was making 3 different meals. Maddie is sooo picky. And she and Gavin both refuse to try anything new. (Although they both remind each other...Jan says to try new things! ) So I only make one meal now. They both have to try it...really really really try it and then if they do not like it I will give them something else. But most of the time Maddie will take one look and refuse to eat. I always serve a fruit such as peaches or applesauce and she can eat that at least but heck she refuses to eat that as well if it isn't what she wanted. No dessert unless you eat your dinner. Abby is easy she eats almost anything that is put in front of her.

The only time I make something different is if I know it is something the kids have tried and totally hate or if it is something Maddie cannot have (like pork). Gavin does not like cheese so if I make something with cheese on it I will not put cheese on part of it.

I guess this may sound mean but I am sick of being a short order cook and if she is hungry she will eat.
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post #16 of 21
10/29/05 at 12:54am
I usually fix something I know we will all eat. Or I'll fix something for Bob and me and give him nuggets and fries or something quick that I know he will eat. If I fix something I know he likes and he doesn't eat it, I just cover his plate or leave it out for when he gets hungry.
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post #17 of 21
10/29/05 at 1:07am
I always give them something else to eat if they don't want what I cooked. THey are so picky, I am happy as long as they eat, I don't care what it is as long as it's somewhat healthy.
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post #18 of 21
10/29/05 at 12:46pm
My children are not forced to eat what I have made but I will not make them anything different and they are not allowed to eat junk food the rest of the evening. Usually they will just make themselves a pb&j or something but that is very rare. I pretty much only make things that I know the kiddos like and if they don't then I tell them it is fend for yourself night.
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post #19 of 21
10/29/05 at 8:23pm
If Hayley doesn't eat her dinner its usually because shes tired so I give her some milk and some fruit. I don't really stress if she doesn't eat all (or any) of her dinner because she eats pretty well during the day, she eats lots of fruit, pasta, yogurts and stuff like that.When my sister and I were little my Dad used to slam his hand down on the table and yell "EAT". He said that he didn't care if we were there 'til 3 in the morning. :rolls eyes: It does get frustrating if I've been in the kitchen cooking half the night though.
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post #20 of 21
10/30/05 at 10:54am
If rhyne doesn't eat what is put before her then she just doesn't eat. I believe that if they are REALLY hungry they will eat. I always make something that she likes and usually one that she doesn't, but she has to try whatever it is that she doesn't (b/c usually she has ate it before and is just being picky)
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post #21 of 21
12/11/05 at 1:52am
Every month, I buy 4 Kid Cuisines or so - one for each week. I tell Joey how many I have bought, and that I won't buy anymore until some date (last time, it was "no more until after Christmas").

Usually those are emergency meals - when dinner is just taking too long to cook and we have Scouts or piano lessons or something. But, if I'm cooking something I know he won't like (something spicy, etc) I give him the option of a Kid Cuisine. But he has to ration them - he knows I won't just go out and buy more if he eats them all, at least, not until the time is up.
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