Comments on: Try, Try Again (and Again and Again…) http://www.realmomnutrition.com/2009/12/02/try-try-again-and-again-and-again/ Healthy Eating, Healthy Families Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jenna of food with kid appeal http://www.realmomnutrition.com/2009/12/02/try-try-again-and-again-and-again/comment-page-1/#comment-61 jenna of food with kid appeal Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:52:24 +0000 http://www.realmomnutrition.com/?p=120#comment-61 i read satter's advice years ago. it sounds good at first glance, but i don't think she gives kids enough credit, or helps parents who don't intuitively know how to use enthusiasm and relevancy of food enough. my boys are 3 and 5, and while my oldest has a few foods he doesn't like despite many exposures (olives, and currently on a grapefruit strike), i did not have to wait until he was a teenager as Ellen did with her daughter until he ate meatless meals, home made smoothies, a variety of whole grains and a very long list of vegetables. his little brothers food acceptance list isn't as long, but he's had two less years of practice. i don't think she goes far enough. i agree step one is offer it, and let them decide when to eat it, but step two should be learn how to encourage them, help tear down the "new ingredient" "weird texture" "looks gross" "casserole aversion" walls by making food relevant to them. when you teach young kids WHAT the food does for them, it is amazing how much they will try (first) then eat (next) and enjoy (later). i just posted about all the things my guys eat as of this January, compared to a year ago. I was taken aback by all the things they've come to eat and enjoy. i read satter’s advice years ago. it sounds good at first glance, but i don’t think she gives kids enough credit, or helps parents who don’t intuitively know how to use enthusiasm and relevancy of food enough. my boys are 3 and 5, and while my oldest has a few foods he doesn’t like despite many exposures (olives, and currently on a grapefruit strike), i did not have to wait until he was a teenager as Ellen did with her daughter until he ate meatless meals, home made smoothies, a variety of whole grains and a very long list of vegetables. his little brothers food acceptance list isn’t as long, but he’s had two less years of practice.

i don’t think she goes far enough. i agree step one is offer it, and let them decide when to eat it, but step two should be learn how to encourage them, help tear down the “new ingredient” “weird texture” “looks gross” “casserole aversion” walls by making food relevant to them. when you teach young kids WHAT the food does for them, it is amazing how much they will try (first) then eat (next) and enjoy (later). i just posted about all the things my guys eat as of this January, compared to a year ago. I was taken aback by all the things they’ve come to eat and enjoy.

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