When I have my 3 y-o daughter for visitation, she seems to think it's ok
to eat McDonald's all the time and
chocolate donuts.

I am looking for new breakfast,lunch, and dinner ideas that will appeal to
her.

I also thought of taking pictures of the completed meals and putting them in
a book and let her "order" from it next time.
That way she could choose what she wanted and eat well at the same time.

S.O.S.

"S.O.S." wrote in
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When I have my 3 y-o daughter for visitation, she seems to
think it's ok to eat McDonald's all the time and
chocolate donuts.

I am looking for new breakfast,lunch, and dinner ideas that
will appeal to her.

I also thought of taking pictures of the completed meals and
putting them in a book and let her "order" from it next time.
That way she could choose what she wanted and eat well at the
same time.

S.O.S.

She eats the good food like you do. No ifs ands or buts.
She won't starve. Try it for 3 days.

As for shoosing she can help in the cooking process by choosing
between peas and beans etc. for dinner.

Good luck

Diane wrote:
"S.O.S." wrote in
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When I have my 3 y-o daughter for visitation, she seems to
think it's ok to eat McDonald's all the time and
chocolate donuts.

I am looking for new breakfast,lunch, and dinner ideas that
will appeal to her.

I also thought of taking pictures of the completed meals and
putting them in a book and let her "order" from it next time.
That way she could choose what she wanted and eat well at the
same time.

S.O.S.

She eats the good food like you do. No ifs ands or buts.
She won't starve. Try it for 3 days.

As for shoosing she can help in the cooking process by choosing
between peas and beans etc. for dinner.

Good luck

my child was VERY fussy (and still is)
i REGRET giving in to him in order to get him to eat something, anything!

you have been given good advice here......... she eats what you eat, and
she has to try at least ONE bite of each item on her plate!

the idea of choosing between 2 choices for veggies, or meat, or whatever
is an excellent idea

kate

Tiger_Lily wrote in
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Diane wrote:

She eats the good food like you do. No ifs ands or buts.
She won't starve. Try it for 3 days.

As for choosing she can help in the cooking process by
choosing between peas and beans etc. for dinner.

Good luck

my child was VERY fussy (and still is)
i REGRET giving in to him in order to get him to eat
something, anything!

you have been given good advice here......... she eats what
you eat, and she has to try at least ONE bite of each item on
her plate!

the idea of choosing between 2 choices for veggies, or meat,
or whatever is an excellent idea

kate

I never "catered" to my 3 children, the many, many children I have
cared for nor my grand kids. They eat the good food I eat and
believe me... they now eat or at least try any food put before
them. And I speak of, odd to us, foreign foods they have never
heard of.

I started the babies with pureed table food. No baby foods were
bought in a jar off the shelf. I did use the baby boxed cerels but
that was the only store bought "baby" food we purchased.

Another "trick" I used to get children to eat certains foods.. was
to talk to dad about how much we loved "that" food
with in hearing distance of the child, as if it was an adult
private discussion. And have kids help you cook and tasts the
foods as you cook. My boys are GREAT cooks now! I started them
helping in the kitchen before they were 2.

Enjoy!

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:21:08 -0500, "S.O.S."
wrote:



When I have my 3 y-o daughter for visitation, she seems to think it's ok
to eat McDonald's all the time and
chocolate donuts.

I am looking for new breakfast,lunch, and dinner ideas that will appeal to
her.

I also thought of taking pictures of the completed meals and putting them in
a book and let her "order" from it next time.
That way she could choose what she wanted and eat well at the same time.

S.O.S.


It sounds like the real problem is "dad". And I use the scare quotes
for good reason.

Maybe I'm reading too much into your original post, but it sounds like
"dad" has the daughter more often than you do. If so, you are really
working on a uphill climb. What she's around the most is what she will
consider normal.

I wish you well in trying to get your daughter on a better dietary
path while she is young.

Tiger_Lily wrote in
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Diane wrote:
Tiger_Lily wrote in
:

Diane wrote:

She eats the good food like you do. No ifs ands or buts.
She won't starve. Try it for 3 days.

As for choosing she can help in the cooking process by
choosing between peas and beans etc. for dinner.

Good luck

my child was VERY fussy (and still is)
i REGRET giving in to him in order to get him to eat
something, anything!

you have been given good advice here......... she eats what
you eat, and she has to try at least ONE bite of each item
on her plate!

the idea of choosing between 2 choices for veggies, or meat,
or whatever is an excellent idea

kate

I never "catered" to my 3 children, the many, many children I
have cared for nor my grand kids. They eat the good food I
eat and believe me... they now eat or at least try any food
put before them. And I speak of, odd to us, foreign foods
they have never heard of.

I started the babies with pureed table food. No baby foods
were bought in a jar off the shelf. I did use the baby boxed
cerels but that was the only store bought "baby" food we
purchased.

Another "trick" I used to get children to eat certains
foods.. was to talk to dad about how much we loved "that"
food with in hearing distance of the child, as if it was an
adult private discussion. And have kids help you cook and
tasts the foods as you cook. My boys are GREAT cooks now! I
started them helping in the kitchen before they were 2.

Enjoy!

i made all of kidlet's baby food from whatever we were having
for dinner......... whirl it in the food processor with some
liquid to moisten it, then into ice cube trays for freezing,
then into zip lock bags for future use

Great idea!

pull out a cube of this, a cube of that, add some veggies from
dinner and voila, he had a full meal deal dinner

he used to love ALL kinds of food......... now that he's a
teen he's very picky............

Darn.

however, i DID cater to his
food requests as he got older

Diane wrote:
Tiger_Lily wrote in
:

Diane wrote:

She eats the good food like you do. No ifs ands or buts.
She won't starve. Try it for 3 days.

As for choosing she can help in the cooking process by
choosing between peas and beans etc. for dinner.

Good luck

my child was VERY fussy (and still is)
i REGRET giving in to him in order to get him to eat
something, anything!

you have been given good advice here......... she eats what
you eat, and she has to try at least ONE bite of each item on
her plate!

the idea of choosing between 2 choices for veggies, or meat,
or whatever is an excellent idea

kate

I never "catered" to my 3 children, the many, many children I have
cared for nor my grand kids. They eat the good food I eat and
believe me... they now eat or at least try any food put before
them. And I speak of, odd to us, foreign foods they have never
heard of.

I started the babies with pureed table food. No baby foods were
bought in a jar off the shelf. I did use the baby boxed cerels but
that was the only store bought "baby" food we purchased.

Another "trick" I used to get children to eat certains foods.. was
to talk to dad about how much we loved "that" food
with in hearing distance of the child, as if it was an adult
private discussion. And have kids help you cook and tasts the
foods as you cook. My boys are GREAT cooks now! I started them
helping in the kitchen before they were 2.

Enjoy!

i made all of kidlet's baby food from whatever we were having for
dinner......... whirl it in the food processor with some liquid to
moisten it, then into ice cube trays for freezing, then into zip lock
bags for future use

pull out a cube of this, a cube of that, add some veggies from dinner
and voila, he had a full meal deal dinner

he used to love ALL kinds of food......... now that he's a teen he's
very picky............ however, i DID cater to his food requests as he
got older

I have her half the week.

S.O.S.

"Bum Steer" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:21:08 -0500, "S.O.S."
wrote:



When I have my 3 y-o daughter for visitation, she seems to think it's ok
to eat McDonald's all the time and
chocolate donuts.

I am looking for new breakfast,lunch, and dinner ideas that will appeal to
her.

I also thought of taking pictures of the completed meals and putting them
in
a book and let her "order" from it next time.
That way she could choose what she wanted and eat well at the same time.

S.O.S.


It sounds like the real problem is "dad". And I use the scare quotes
for good reason.

Maybe I'm reading too much into your original post, but it sounds like
"dad" has the daughter more often than you do. If so, you are really
working on a uphill climb. What she's around the most is what she will
consider normal.

I wish you well in trying to get your daughter on a better dietary
path while she is young.