Unexpected Victory
Believe in miracles. This week, our carb and fruit lovin’ toddler voraciously consumed vegetables by choice. On Monday she demanded and ate all of the mushrooms off of a pizza we ordered, on Tuesday she munched bell peppers from a quesadilla her dad made her (typically the veggies are picked out and discarded), and on Wednesday she kept requesting more zucchini (yes, green vegetables!) once she finished the pieces in her chili bowl. I'm intrigued to see whether the streak continues today.
It’s possible that this was a string of freak occurrences; or perhaps the babe’s recent weekend vacation diet of cheese sandwiches, blueberries, and Grandpa’s birthday cake finally got to her and she could feel the scurvy coming on. Whatever the reason, I’m chalking it up to more evidence for the case file that less is more when it comes to stressing out about kids and eating. The best you can do is keep putting the veggies and other nutritious stuff out there (and/or use camouflaging techniques...) and eventually they will come around.
