Comments on: Please Pass the Grey Poupon http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/ Come along with this girl as she discovers life.... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:48:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: beyondJEMS http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-77 beyondJEMS Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:49:11 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-77 Cooknkate, Welcome! Great idea on the fix your own food thing. I'm sure you have requirements for what he fixes and that is probably a deterant alone! I'll have to remember that one. Cooknkate, Welcome! Great idea on the fix your own food thing. I’m sure you have requirements for what he fixes and that is probably a deterant alone! I’ll have to remember that one.

]]> By: beyondJEMS http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-76 beyondJEMS Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:46:20 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-76 Thanks Krissy! Adding blissfully.... :) Thanks Krissy! Adding blissfully…. :)

]]> By: Krissy http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-75 Krissy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:58:37 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-75 hi again...adding you to my blogroll. i'd love to have you link to me also. :) hi again…adding you to my blogroll. i’d love to have you link to me also. :)

]]> By: cooknkate http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-73 cooknkate Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:48:59 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-73 I applaud moms like you and your attitude is terrific! I used a near similar process to introduce my now 14 yo to food when he was a baby; homemade baby food (i had some people tell me I was HARMING my baby by feeding him pureed fresh vegetables and softened meats) and he ate everything I ate as a toddler and beyond including a huge range of vegetables, fish, ethnic foods and plenty of unique items as well. He was always required to try everything I made at dinner with the knowledge that the next meal (breakfast) was a long way off and he quickly figured out that there wasn't any point in fighting about it. Now that he is older he wants to control his eating more, and I am fine with it but I still only make one meal at dinnertime and if he isn't going to eat it, he can make his own dinner. He is still required to try everything I make, and being that he is a teenager and often a bit lazy, even if what I make is not his favorite, the effort of cooking something himself if often more involved than he wants to deal with, so he eats what I make, albeit grudgingly. I do not buy into the dumbing down of kids foods at all and I despise how society has turned kids foods into convenient, nutritionally devoid garbage in the name of ease. And at the same time, everyone is crying about how fat everyone is getting. It's really sad. I applaud moms like you and your attitude is terrific! I used a near similar process to introduce my now 14 yo to food when he was a baby; homemade baby food (i had some people tell me I was HARMING my baby by feeding him pureed fresh vegetables and softened meats) and he ate everything I ate as a toddler and beyond including a huge range of vegetables, fish, ethnic foods and plenty of unique items as well. He was always required to try everything I made at dinner with the knowledge that the next meal (breakfast) was a long way off and he quickly figured out that there wasn’t any point in fighting about it.

Now that he is older he wants to control his eating more, and I am fine with it but I still only make one meal at dinnertime and if he isn’t going to eat it, he can make his own dinner. He is still required to try everything I make, and being that he is a teenager and often a bit lazy, even if what I make is not his favorite, the effort of cooking something himself if often more involved than he wants to deal with, so he eats what I make, albeit grudgingly.

I do not buy into the dumbing down of kids foods at all and I despise how society has turned kids foods into convenient, nutritionally devoid garbage in the name of ease. And at the same time, everyone is crying about how fat everyone is getting. It’s really sad.

]]> By: beyondJEMS http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-68 beyondJEMS Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:24:26 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-68 Krissy, Thanks for stopping by! I've been reading you for a while now and I think we probably have quite a bit in common when it comes to the kid thing. You kids are a bit older than mine, so you've got some experience on me. I hope you'll keep reading, so be sure and tap me on the shoulder if you see me headed in the wrong direction. Mamas unite! Krissy,

Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been reading you for a while now and I think we probably have quite a bit in common when it comes to the kid thing. You kids are a bit older than mine, so you’ve got some experience on me. I hope you’ll keep reading, so be sure and tap me on the shoulder if you see me headed in the wrong direction. Mamas unite!

]]> By: beyondJEMS http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-67 beyondJEMS Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:19:34 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-67 Audra, Thanks for the support! I dabble in several subjects but cooking & kids get to me. I think this is the first time we've 'met'. Welcome to my blog. Audra, Thanks for the support! I dabble in several subjects but cooking & kids get to me. I think this is the first time we’ve ‘met’. Welcome to my blog.

]]> By: Audra Krell http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-64 Audra Krell Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:08:47 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-64 Wow! Finally somebody that gets it! Children will not starve themselves, I have known that all along. It makes me crazy when other children come to our house and mom/child expect me to make their kid a separate meal. I don't even have anything to add....you covered it all. Wow! Finally somebody that gets it! Children will not starve themselves, I have known that all along. It makes me crazy when other children come to our house and mom/child expect me to make their kid a separate meal. I don’t even have anything to add….you covered it all.

]]> By: Krissy http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/please-pass-the-grey-poupon/#comment-63 Krissy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:45:06 +0000 http://beyondjems.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-63 Amy, Thanks so much for visiting and commenting on my blog! Love your post for today! Sounds like you and I have very similar thoughts on food and kids! My kids love most foods and I know its because I'm a firm proponant of the ideas you mention here in your post! Way to go mama bear! Amy,

Thanks so much for visiting and commenting on my blog! Love your post for today! Sounds like you and I have very similar thoughts on food and kids! My kids love most foods and I know its because I’m a firm proponant of the ideas you mention here in your post! Way to go mama bear!

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