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From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Bridgeland
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:20 AM
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Subject: Re: Newbie questions

On Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 03:11  PM, Tom and Anne Donlon wrote:

>> I was asking for advice in making meat and veggies appealing to a
>> child who doesn't eat them,

>My kids go through phases of eating and not eating the same foods. For
>a while they will say something is yucky, and then suddenly will start
>eating it again. We just keep making the foods and eating them.

>A lot depends on how old your kids are. If they are being spoon fed or
>feeding themselves.

He's 3 so he's definitely feeding himself.

>If they don't eat meat, fruits or veggies, what are they eating?

He eats soy patties, yogurt, crackers, bread, peanut butter (well, almond
butter now), honey. He won't touch meat or veggies, although he used to love
eating the topping when I'd make spinach/broccoli/cauliflower pizza. Go
figure. He has eaten a few bites of turkey, but only once and has refused it
since. He will eat apples (and sometimes bananas) with almond butter spread
on them, and sometimes nuts and occasionally other fruits. Of course he
loves junk food but gets it extremely rarely. He still breastfeeds a few
times a day and I don't see that changing in the near future.

>My meals for the kids are usually a meat and veggies main course and a
>fruit dessert. Since there isn't any other food in sight they pretty
>much have to eat it or go hungry.

I guess that's not working here. Partly because he knows he can just go to
the breastaurant and get filled up if his favorite foods aren't around.

We'll figure it out, I'm sure. Thanks.