Just try it

The last few weeks have been a battle at almost every meal, as I've decided not to "short order cook" for C anymore...at least not until she's tried everything on the regular, adult menu. All I ask is one bite of each item, including all the little bits that are included in some meals, like the peppers in my hoisin beef dish, or the veggies in the chicken & biscuits that F made tonight. To her surprise, she's even discovered some new things she likes! She discovered that she liked the beef part of the hoisin beef, and said mmmm, to the cauliflower and carrots tonight. Funny thing is, she's been adamantly refusing to eat carrots for months now...in any shape or form. Tonight was the real breakthrough. She said, "Mommy, I have to try everything, right?" When I said yes, she put her fork to the broccoli and ate it. "I tried the broccoli, just like last time." Then, she ate a carrot ("mmmm") and a cauliflower, ("mmmmm") and a piece of the chicken in the sauce. I asked her if she'd tried the peas. The answer was "No, Mommy," but the significant thing was that nothing else followed. She put her fork into her peas and ate them! No argument, no hiding them, no bargaining, she just ate them! Then, she ate more of the biscuit, a bit more chicken and another carrot. Happily! A carrot!