As most toddlers do, Jared has become much more picky about what he will and won't eat. I've been amazed at his dexterity and ability to pick around the vegetables in our meal and only scoop up meat, carbs and cheese. Fortunately, we found a technique that gets him to eat just about anything. It combines a desire to be like his father and a desire to take things that aren't his and claim them.
So we just tell him what is on his plate belongs to Dad! He quickly throws it in his mouth to tease his dad and then he usually likes it!
This happens at almost every meal these days. But he is eating vegetables, even tomatoes!
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I didn't quite pick up on what the trick is. But I'm very interested since vegetables aren't very popular around here...
That's great!
We will tell the boys they can't eat their food and then they get this huge grin on their faces and start eating it. Reverse psychology works!
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