To the mom with the picky son

[Guest guest]

When my kids were very picky, smoothies were my friend.

 

I started off with fruits they loved. The first few smoothies they ate were

strawberry and

banana, mango and banana and cashews and banana.

 

Once the smoothie drinking habit was well established I started serving the

smoothies in

those disposable " on the go " cups. They are colored cups with colored lids and

straws that

you find in the baby section. The plastic is translucent so the kids can see

their smoothies

but not the real color of it. (I normally avoid plastic with my kids but for

this the plastic is

necessary).

 

Once they were used to drinking from these cups I started slowly, slowly adding

things to

the smoothies.

 

First I added some white beans (white beans are almost flavorless). then I'd

add some raw

nuts as well.

 

finally I started adding baby spinach leaves to the mango banana one. I did

this very

slowly until I was using equal parts of mango and spinach. Then I switched to

frozen

spinach which works out cheaper and easier to use.

 

finally when the kids were used to eating this, I left off hte lid. They

expressed surprise at

the green color but I reminded them that it was the identical smoothie they had

been

eating from weeks.

 

once they were used to that, I switched back to normal glasses.

 

I used the " how to boil a frog " theory with the kids.

 

My son is still a rather picky eater and my policy is that he has to taste 5

mouthfuls of

anything I put in front of him. I will continue with that same food for days

and days, each

time insisting on five mouthfuls. When I can see that it is not grossing him

out anymore,

I'll up the ante and insisted on 10 mouthfuls and so on until he's eating hte

food with

relish.

 

Sherene

[Guest guest]

Clever Mom, Sherene! :-)

 

 

 

 

When my kids were very picky, smoothies were my friend.

 

I started off with fruits they loved. The first few smoothies they ate were

strawberry and

banana, mango and banana and cashews and banana.

 

Once the smoothie drinking habit was well established I started serving the

smoothies in

those disposable " on the go " cups. They are colored cups with colored lids and

straws that

you find in the baby section. The plastic is translucent so the kids can see

their smoothies

but not the real color of it. (I normally avoid plastic with my kids but for

this the plastic is

necessary).

 

Once they were used to drinking from these cups I started slowly, slowly

adding things to

the smoothies.

 

First I added some white beans (white beans are almost flavorless). then I'd

add some raw

nuts as well.

 

finally I started adding baby spinach leaves to the mango banana one. I did

this very

slowly until I was using equal parts of mango and spinach. Then I switched to

frozen

spinach which works out cheaper and easier to use.

 

finally when the kids were used to eating this, I left off hte lid. They

expressed surprise at

the green color but I reminded them that it was the identical smoothie they

had been

eating from weeks.

 

once they were used to that, I switched back to normal glasses.

 

I used the " how to boil a frog " theory with the kids.

 

My son is still a rather picky eater and my policy is that he has to taste 5

mouthfuls of

anything I put in front of him. I will continue with that same food for days

and days, each

time insisting on five mouthfuls. When I can see that it is not grossing him

out anymore,

I'll up the ante and insisted on 10 mouthfuls and so on until he's eating hte

food with

relish.

 

Sherene