I was having a conversation with a (childless)colleague the other day, and he mentioned (with disdain) that some celebrity (who I know nothing about because I have kids) HIDES her children's vegetables in foods they like by chopping them up small, or pureeing them.
Apparently,this is WRONG.
I was taking notes and pulling out my iPhone to cruise Amazon for food processors.
OK.
Jack eats about 5 different foods, all of them beige. i comfort myself with the reminder that they are organically beige. I figure I can either let him eat his beige slop until he gets over it, or deal with the barf. Jack is a barfer. Nothing ends an argument about "trying new things" quicker than a nice warm puddle of sick.
Isaac has no such qualms. The other day he requested: smoked salmon, pickles, and olive paste on flatbread. Standard fare for old Jewish men. Isaac is adventurous, lusty, and daring. But he has his preferences.
There is one culinary rule in Chez Norman-Sokoll: Broccoli. Thou Shalt Eat Broccoli. Not either kids favorite, but they will both eat it without barfing. Yesterday for dinner I chose carrots (the only other non-beige item Jack will ingest, albeit grudgingly). Isaac remarked, "We're not having Broccoli??!! My favorite??!!"
Thinking we had reached the promised land of vegetable appreciation, I scooped Isaac up and said, "Broccoli is your favorite, huh?"
"No dad. Not having Broccoli. That's my favorite."
Jack enjoying some beige...
"You're gonna be a great dad!" said this guy- the second guy I had told that I knocked up this random woman I now call my wife- and that was VERY comforting. Stick with what you want to say.
ReplyDeleteHA - I'll take both because I know both are/will be true. Great post as usual.
ReplyDeletePS - Newborn face has lifted. She doesn't hate everything anymore. Scowls have turned into half-smiles. Two hour sleep stretches have turned into four hour stretches. And that's on a good day and all will probably change tomorrow but for today I feel good. And I'll take it. xxx