Toddlers are tricky little beasts, aren’t they? Last Sunday my little pumpkin loved avocados. He scarfed down all that I gave him and then asked for more from my plate. Today he took one look at the luscious perfectly ripe green chunks on his plate, shook his head vigorously and declared, “No like it ….no like it.”
“Please take a bite, Logan. You do like it!”
With slight giggling (at silly mommy) then more vigorous head shaking my 2 year-old declares, “No like it, mommy….Noooooo like it!!” (audible sigh from mommy)
Two year-olds are tricky beasts indeed.
Every week or so Logan picks a new favorite food. Last week the favorite was almond butter. He wanted large spoonfuls of almond butter as his meal and snacks. He was only mildly interested in other foods if I smeared them heavily with almond butter.
This week he has moved on from almond butter and his new love is hummus (which he pronounced “tumus”). He wants copious amounts of hummus at every meal including breakfast. So much for the food diversity I had in mind!
Having a favorite food though isn’t all bad. It has turned out to be a great carrot to hold out to get Logan to at least take a bite of the other foods on his plate. I dole out the favored food of the day in smallish spoonfuls. Before he gets the next spoonful he has to take a bite of another food on this plate. For the most part it is working reasonable well, but only if I sit with him and keep suggesting (or insisting) on alternating food bites. Bottom line is getting a 2 year-old to eat healthy is generally a lot of work no matter how you do it.
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