And I'm up with a digestively uncomfortable little girl. These are the wages of not eating enough fruit!
Oh dear, she sounds like me. My mother whenever I go home still chases me around the house wielding a banana. Sometimes I think she thinks all the ailments of the world can be cured with fruit and veg ;) I hope your daughter feels better soon.
Have you tried sneaking a soluble fiber supplement into her (or everyone's) food? (Someone I used to work with had to do this because her kid went through a chicken-breast-and-plain-noodles-only stage.)
I was an insomniac child, so maybe you're getting the bad karma I escaped by not having children! :-P
A soluble fibre supplement might be a good idea -- I think I could work that into something! And childrearing matters are only more complicated when you know that eldest is a very, very light sleeper (as is my husband) so the least noise usually wakes her up. *sigh*
Personally, I really don't like raw apples. It's a failing, I know. The kids and I will all happily guzzle cooked apples til the cows come home, which pretty much tastes indistinguishable to applesauce to me.
Why not try her with some? Cut a granny smith apple in half and core it (has to be a really sharp flavoured apple, galas etc are no good) put it face down on a plate and nuke it on high in the microwave for 2 minutes, then check if it's really mushy. If not, more nuking, then chill it in the fridge.
My daughter likes to scoop it out of the skin herself with a teaspoon, while son needs it scraped out for him. They eat it on porridge, cereal, in a bowl by itself or with ice cream.
The cooked apple sounds like a good tip -- especially the bit about going for sharper apples. I like Granny Smith apples, so we'll start there, thanks!
Another suggestion given in the healthy food guide sounded fun to me. It suggested you organise an official Tasting Session, where your child (or children) get to grade the different fruits for taste, texture and colour.
Apparently a kid this was tried on was expected to reject most of the fruit but ended up grading almost all of it as Acceptable to Eat because of the unusual set up :)
Actually being asked for a considered opinion can work magic on fussy eaters - or so I read. Since my kids will gobble most things up, I'm more of an interested onlooker.
We've done some run throughs a few cookbooks (I have a series that have cartoon illustrations) and that's netted me a few requests from her to try certain recipes. So we have had some success in getting her to try new things. The disconcerting problem is that she will just simply regurgitate the stuff she doesn't like out of her mouth rather like an eight month old child. *sigh*
But thanks so much for the support. She had a bit of a rough time settling down to sleep tonight (complaining about her tummy which means she's still not back to being regular but I hardly expected it with just one day on the increased fruit rations) but I sang her lullaby until she was zonked out. Whew!
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And I'm up with a digestively uncomfortable little girl. These are the wages of not eating enough fruit!
Oh dear, she sounds like me. My mother whenever I go home still chases me around the house wielding a banana. Sometimes I think she thinks all the ailments of the world can be cured with fruit and veg ;) I hope your daughter feels better soon.
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And youngest is totally a fruit-hater. I hope to make her a fruit-tolerant sort by adulthood, but it's not easy as she smells it.
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I was an insomniac child, so maybe you're getting the bad karma I escaped by not having children! :-P
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Personally, I really don't like raw apples. It's a failing, I know. The kids and I will all happily guzzle cooked apples til the cows come home, which pretty much tastes indistinguishable to applesauce to me.
Why not try her with some? Cut a granny smith apple in half and core it (has to be a really sharp flavoured apple, galas etc are no good) put it face down on a plate and nuke it on high in the microwave for 2 minutes, then check if it's really mushy. If not, more nuking, then chill it in the fridge.
My daughter likes to scoop it out of the skin herself with a teaspoon, while son needs it scraped out for him. They eat it on porridge, cereal, in a bowl by itself or with ice cream.
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Apparently a kid this was tried on was expected to reject most of the fruit but ended up grading almost all of it as Acceptable to Eat because of the unusual set up :)
Actually being asked for a considered opinion can work magic on fussy eaters - or so I read. Since my kids will gobble most things up, I'm more of an interested onlooker.
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But thanks so much for the support. She had a bit of a rough time settling down to sleep tonight (complaining about her tummy which means she's still not back to being regular but I hardly expected it with just one day on the increased fruit rations) but I sang her lullaby until she was zonked out. Whew!
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