Food

Hmm...what could a post with title food have in it? Well, it's not about Addison and her new foods as she grows and tries a new one each week. But, about Parker and his pickiness. A while ago, we were eating dinner, it was a rice and meat casserole type thing, all ingredients Parker has eaten before and has liked, but on this night, as soon as I put it in front of him, he said "Yuck!" I told him he didn't even try it, and showed him how we were going to use a tortilla to eat it. He decided he would eat the tortilla, but not with the rice in it.....the funny part is that if there was any part of the rice that had touched the tortilla, he gave it back to me and told me "eewwww" and wouldn't eat that part. So picky, and observant~! It reminded me of me.....I am still picky and I remember being that picky. It's interesting to me how this is occurring, like it's hereditary or something. I don't really know how to handle it yet....I want him to have healthy eating habits, and I know he liked what we were having, just being picky that night for some reason, but I also know how miserable I was having to eat all these foods I did not like. And believe me, some of these foods, I would much rather eat, my life would be so much easier, but I still do not like them, even if I try them. For example, Micheal and I don't really like green beans, but we eat them now because we know they are good for us, and to set an example. But, can I really force a 2 year old to eat green beans just because they are good for him? So, Parker had a piece of plain bread for dinner instead, when he asked for snack...that's our solution for now....as he gets older, maybe I can convince him to try it and eat a little, but I don't know how I will force him to eat something he doesn't like.......sometimes we just don't like things!