getting kids to taste something
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In a message dated 3/15/04 8:04:44 PM, stephanie.elms@...
writes:
<< If I think he might like
shock value is "Taste it, and if you hate it you can spit it out in my hand," and
I hold my hand out there. That means they don't even have to run to the
sink or trashcan if they want to spit it out. I think Holly's the only one who's
ever spit it back.
Sometimes it helps just to let them smell it to decide.
Last night Marty tried spaghetti again. He doesn't like it. I told him it
would be really helpful to everyone else if he liked it because it's so cheap
and easy to make. Usually he has just the sauce, with toast or rice, which is
okay too, really. So he said he would try again and I gave him a small
portion which he took to eat in another room. I don't know whether he liked it; I'll
ask next spaghetti day. I'm just telling this because Marty's 15 and it's
not just toddler-parents whose kids have an aversion that they might or might
not grow out of. <g>
Sandra
Sandra
writes:
<< If I think he might like
> something, I'll offer money or other favors for just oneWhat I used to do with kids and have done it with adults too, for fun and
> bite. Just a little taste to see. >>
shock value is "Taste it, and if you hate it you can spit it out in my hand," and
I hold my hand out there. That means they don't even have to run to the
sink or trashcan if they want to spit it out. I think Holly's the only one who's
ever spit it back.
Sometimes it helps just to let them smell it to decide.
Last night Marty tried spaghetti again. He doesn't like it. I told him it
would be really helpful to everyone else if he liked it because it's so cheap
and easy to make. Usually he has just the sauce, with toast or rice, which is
okay too, really. So he said he would try again and I gave him a small
portion which he took to eat in another room. I don't know whether he liked it; I'll
ask next spaghetti day. I'm just telling this because Marty's 15 and it's
not just toddler-parents whose kids have an aversion that they might or might
not grow out of. <g>
Sandra
Sandra
Joanna Wilkinson
--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:
I make sure there is a drink at hand to wash away the taste too.
Jack won't eat any kind of pasta, or rice. He rarely eats the same
dinner as everyone else.
Joanna
>"Taste it, and if you hate it you can spit it out in my hand," and
> I hold my hand out there. That means they don't even have to runto the
> sink or trashcan if they want to spit it out. >>I do this too.
I make sure there is a drink at hand to wash away the taste too.
Jack won't eat any kind of pasta, or rice. He rarely eats the same
dinner as everyone else.
Joanna
joylyn
The only thing that works (or doesn't depending upon your viewpoint) is
when I say "I hope you DON"T like this because it means more for me.
Usually I really mean that, and they taste and love it. My kids will
taste anything once, and have never had a problem trying something.
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
when I say "I hope you DON"T like this because it means more for me.
Usually I really mean that, and they taste and love it. My kids will
taste anything once, and have never had a problem trying something.
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/15/04 8:04:44 PM, stephanie.elms@...
> writes:
>
> << If I think he might like
> > something, I'll offer money or other favors for just one
> > bite. Just a little taste to see. >>
>
> What I used to do with kids and have done it with adults too, for fun and
> shock value is "Taste it, and if you hate it you can spit it out in my
> hand," and
> I hold my hand out there. That means they don't even have to run to the
> sink or trashcan if they want to spit it out. I think Holly's the
> only one who's
> ever spit it back.
>
> Sometimes it helps just to let them smell it to decide.
>
> Last night Marty tried spaghetti again. He doesn't like it. I told
> him it
> would be really helpful to everyone else if he liked it because it's
> so cheap
> and easy to make. Usually he has just the sauce, with toast or rice,
> which is
> okay too, really. So he said he would try again and I gave him a small
> portion which he took to eat in another room. I don't know whether he
> liked it; I'll
> ask next spaghetti day. I'm just telling this because Marty's 15
> and it's
> not just toddler-parents whose kids have an aversion that they might
> or might
> not grow out of. <g>
>
> Sandra
>
> Sandra
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Nanci Kuykendall
>I'm just telling this because Marty's 15 and<g>
>it's not just toddler-parents whose kids have an
>aversion that they might or might not grow out of.
>SandraJust thought I would mention that my brother hates
fruit. Always has. He's over 30. Refuses to eat
anything with visible pieces of fruit, or with bits or
chunks of fruit in it, or just plain fruit. No
jellies or jams, no pies except pumpkin or chocolate,
no dried fruits, no cookies or cakes with fruit, fruit
salad, etc. But he likes strawberry milshakes a lot,
IF there are no chunks in it. He will also eat
applesauce, and my apple stuffed pork chops, if I cut
the apples really thin and don't use as much apple in
the stuffing as usual. I'm pretty sure it a
hypersensativity thing to textures. He also will only
wear certain types of clothing, won't drink after
anyone, even his wife or his 4 kids, is germ and bug
phobic, etc.
Nanci K.
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:54:06 -0800 (PST) Nanci Kuykendall
<aisliin@...> writes:
(like in lemonade or key lime pie). The idea of eating it turns my
stomach, and I'm literally nauseated by the smell of bananas. When I was
8 my dad offered to pay me a quarter if I'd eat a plum, and since I was
desperately saving for a Baby Alive doll I did, taking infinitesimally
small bites so it took an hour and a half to do it. He told me later that
he regretted the offer after the first ten minutes - he had assumed that
I'd either say no, or say yes and take a bite and realize it wasn't so
bad.
Rain won't eat any fruit either, except apples and lemons and limes, and
I did try to offer lots when she was little and she used to like grapes.
And I know two other woman wh don't eat fruit, and who also have a
daughter who doesn't eat fruit, and they both say bananas are the worst.
What is the worst fruit to your brother? On woman also has another
daughter who *does* eat fruit. I wonder if there's a sort of genetic
sensitivity to fruit esters that we have, or a sensitivity to the enzymes
that make these esters. I do think that when kids repeatedly chose not to
eat something there's often an underlying biological reason for it, and
that if we eat what we feel like eating things work out better, generally
speaking - but food has gotten really complicated these days, with
artificial stuff designed to fool the body.
Dar
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<aisliin@...> writes:
> Just thought I would mention that my brother hatesI haven't eaten fruit since I was a tiny baby, except lemons and limes
> fruit. Always has. He's over 30. Refuses to eat
> anything with visible pieces of fruit, or with bits or
> chunks of fruit in it, or just plain fruit.
(like in lemonade or key lime pie). The idea of eating it turns my
stomach, and I'm literally nauseated by the smell of bananas. When I was
8 my dad offered to pay me a quarter if I'd eat a plum, and since I was
desperately saving for a Baby Alive doll I did, taking infinitesimally
small bites so it took an hour and a half to do it. He told me later that
he regretted the offer after the first ten minutes - he had assumed that
I'd either say no, or say yes and take a bite and realize it wasn't so
bad.
Rain won't eat any fruit either, except apples and lemons and limes, and
I did try to offer lots when she was little and she used to like grapes.
And I know two other woman wh don't eat fruit, and who also have a
daughter who doesn't eat fruit, and they both say bananas are the worst.
What is the worst fruit to your brother? On woman also has another
daughter who *does* eat fruit. I wonder if there's a sort of genetic
sensitivity to fruit esters that we have, or a sensitivity to the enzymes
that make these esters. I do think that when kids repeatedly chose not to
eat something there's often an underlying biological reason for it, and
that if we eat what we feel like eating things work out better, generally
speaking - but food has gotten really complicated these days, with
artificial stuff designed to fool the body.
Dar
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