Misty

I've been trying to figure this out for a while, and it's been
mentioned a lot on the recent thread of Saying no/food. How do you
talk to your 2 or 3 yo about food without it becoming there are some
good foods and some bad. Since letting go of sweet limitations, that
was really our only problem, I've been trying to inform her about
foods and nutrition, but I'm not sure if I've gone about it in the
right way. A lot of what I've been reading talks about not labeling
food as good or bad, but I feel Rachel has come to view sugar as a
bad thing. Maybe b/c in my eyes it still is. Basically when she
started eating candy and wanting sundrops we explained that it was
okay to eat sundrops but that if you ate too many of them it could
give you a tummy ache and that it wasn't healthy to eat just sweets,
that it needed to be balanced out with other healthy foods. We've
also discussed how eating them at night can make it hard to go to
sleep. There are times she asks if foods are healthy, and we respond
honestly. For instance, french fries, not really healthy but it's
okay to eat them everyonce in a while. Do we need to elaborate
more? We let her eat pretty much what she wants when she wants, but
she continually asks for sundrops, which even though we give them to
her, drives us crazy. Any thoughts.

Misty

Manisha Kher

--- Misty <misty@...> wrote:

How do you
> talk to your 2 or 3 yo about food without it
> becoming there are some
> good foods and some bad. There are times she asks
if foods are
> healthy, and we respond
> honestly. For instance, french fries, not really
> healthy but it's
> okay to eat them everyonce in a while.

Instead of talking about healthy/unhealthy, which may
sound like new words for good/bad to a kid, I talk
about the nutritional content. I talk about our bodies
needing protein. I point out when they haven't had a
protein-rich snack in a while (if that's the case).

Our bodies also need carbs and fat. I think active
folks can eat french fries on a regular basis and
continue to be healthy. What's unhealthy for me is not
unhealthy for my kids.

Manisha


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Carrie Yandell

My son (2yo) never believes me if I tell him something might hurt him.
He has to find out for himself. I've tried the 'this may give you a
tummy ache' approach but he doesn't care. I tend to leave whatever
food he's experimenting with out and let him find out for himself. So
far he hasn't asked for anything I heartily disagree with, though.

Carrie

kristenhendricks55

I call that the "wet paint" scenario.

You tell them its bad, but they have to try it for themselves to find
out for sure.

You tell them the bench has wet paint but they have to touch it anyway
to make sure.

LOL

--- In [email protected], "Carrie Yandell"
<cyandell@...> wrote:
>
> My son (2yo) never believes me if I tell him something might hurt
him.
> He has to find out for himself. I've tried the 'this may give you a
> tummy ache' approach but he doesn't care. I tend to leave whatever
> food he's experimenting with out and let him find out for himself. So
> far he hasn't asked for anything I heartily disagree with, though.
>
> Carrie
>