(January 18, 2016 at 6:16 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 5:56 pm)Alex K Wrote: I plan to cook together with my daughter from time to time as soon as possible (I am the principal cook of this here household). I think that this strongly influences the relationship to meals (not seeing them as something that you receive and have to accept passively). I remember not liking whole grain stuff, but when my mum spent a weekend baking stuff together with me, I was pretty fascinated by it and, of course, eagerly ate the products of my work.
That's a great idea. Another thing we did was feed our son off our plates as soon as possible, finely dicing it for his little teeth.
Because I always cooked fresh vegetables with each meal, he got a taste for them early. He still thinks of flatbread, cherry tomatoes, and hummus as the perfect snack.
I have no issues with my kids eating what I've made. I didn't make a big production out of mealtime when they were small. I simply put the food in front of them and they ate it. I also ate with them when they were little. I think a lot of the time, when kids are young, they eat alone. Not dinner, mind you, but.lunch, for instance. Parents make lunch for the little ones and the kids eat alone. Personally, I ate with my crew. They saw I was eating what they were eating, there was no problem.
As a result, my kids love Brussels sprouts, Lima beans, onions and other foods typically not liked by some kids.
I am not a short order cook. I make what I make for dinner and if the family doesn't want to eat it, they go hungry. They are all old enough to make their own lunch and breakfast, but I like cooking breakfast, so every weekend, they have the option of a hot breakfast made by mom, or making themselves cereal.
The tl;Dr version: it isn't that hard to get them to eat when you don't make a big deal out of it.
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