Sooo much pooping

[Egluntyne]

in my house there is the fruit bowl.

 

Ditto to that.

 

There is always a yoghurt to be had too.

 

I might have an occasional rush of blood to my head on a Sunday and make a pud but that is about it.....apart from the festivals and dinner parties.

[The Dogmother]

Me too Egluntine, no time for puds... anyway, I only scoff the lot!

[Egluntyne]

anyway, I only scoff the lot!

That is the main reason why I don't make them....no will power.

[Keanie Bean]

in my house there is the fruit bowl.

 

Ditto to that.

 

There is always a yoghurt to be had too.

 

I might have an occasional rush of blood to my head on a Sunday and make a pud but that is about it.....apart from the festivals and dinner parties.

 

I'm not big on puddings either, youghurt or fruit. I'm an eat it or go hungry mum. They usually eat it eventually. My MIL cooked seperate meals for all three of her kids ( including one husband) and when I met Phil he would only eat walkers ready salted crisps, burgers, chips and croissants. Now after five years of re - weaning he eats it all. It's defiately got something to do with the parents allowing them to get away with it.

 

 

Sarah.x

[AmandaR]

 

I have vivid memories of sitting at the table on my own with a plate of sliced liver and green peppers The only meal they ever made me eat. In the end I cut the liver up and swallowed it with water :vom:

 

 

 

 

I hate liver. My mum used to do sausage and liver casserole. The sausages always came out slimy and the liver dry. She wouldn't listen to my protests that I REALLY didn't like it, so one meal (when I was about eight)...when she wasn't looking...I tucked the liver up my jumper sleeve and deposited it in the toilet when dinner was over

 

Sorry Mum.

[Mel (& Paul)]

My parents would always make us eat vegetables - but if they were something we really didnt like we just had a teaspoonful - I LOVE vegetables now (I also LOVE puddings )

 

I love liver and kidney (except for the steak and kidney pudding mum made when I was about 8 when she used suet had gone off

 

Our nieces were terrible - they would always say "I dont like that" when they came over for a meal. Paul would say - eat it or go hungry (he'd have made a great dad ) and they always ate it.

[missuscluck]

My dad would MAKE me eat my dinner even if I really couldent stand it. My dad was German and was a teenager during the 2nd world war, just old enough to fight. They had it very hard. My dad was brought up on a large farm and the family lost everything. I think that when you are in a situation where life is tough you can not abide waste.

 

I hated it as a child to be made to eat everything. He would sit me on his knee and make me eat it and would be going nowhere untill I did.

 

We would eat liver, pea soup etc, all the kids of things that are not great to eat for a child. I vowed I would never force my kids to eat.

 

I have a very relaxed atitude to food with my kids. A meal is made and put in front of them. They eat it. There is nothing else, so eat it or you dont get any. I have never had to force them. There is an understanding, get on with it or go hungry. They are all good eaters.

 

My son went through a phase of gagging on pasta, so I relented and would make him a plain baked potato with cheese on it. It passed.

 

I dont make special puddings, only on a sunday with sunday lunch. There is always homemade cake, biscuits, fruit and yoghurts so they can help themselves if they want but bless them they always ask if they can.

 

I wish I could crack 'may I leave the table' and 'thanks mum, that was lovley' then things would be perfect. However, you cant have it all. Im more likley to get 'mum, can I go on the computer now'

[Tessa the Duchess]

I was a child through post war rationing and if you didn't eat your dinner there were no alternatives on offer. Result, I can eat anything, except porridge I love all offal, liver and bacon is one of my favourite dishes I also cannot bear to see food wasted in any way. When I had children I fed them everything to begin with but then they got fussy I ended up with one who would only eat pasta with grated cheese and the other would only eat tarramousalata, pitta bread and cucumber Although they would both eat vast quantities of pretty much any cereal. I don't enjoy dinner table battles so I just gave in and gave them the same thing every night until they both sort of grew out of it, the elder son now eats brussel sprouts

 

Tessa

[stoobie]

Both my partner and I were brought up to eat our meals or go without and as we are both from big families we ate fast to make sure we got our fill!

 

We are now doing the same with our kids - If they dont eat what is served to them then they dont eat!

[Sunshine]

My little sister is awful for trying different foods.She is vey fussy about veg but eats lots of fruit. She is always told she has to try some but this to her means the smallest amount and then swallowed quickly with a drink.Im sure that if she tried the food properly then she would like more things.The problem is that now has the reputation in our family as the fussy one so i think she doesn't try things properly to live up it.Hopefully she will grow out of it though-i remember not liking things when i was younger but now i do.