So I thought a I had a brilliant idea. Make cute little bear toast on Saturday morning to surprise my kids! I mean they love peanut butter, toast, bananas and blueberries…this will be a home run right?
WRONG.
Our five-year-old hated it. Was the bear too scary? No. Does she still like blueberries? Yes. Then what’s the problem? Oh… the peanut butter. Wait… the peanut butter?
And so it continues. Then never-ending saga of how, and with what, to nourish our kids. One day it’s perfectly acceptable to cut their sandwiches into triangles, and the next day it’s tantrums until you re-make the exact same sandwich cut into rectangles. The jelly can’t have seeds, the pasta sauce can’t have specks of green spices, and the orange juice cannot under any circumstances contain “little string things.” (A.k.a. the pulp.)
Welcome to parenthood, and what could be our greatest challenge yet, feeding the little tyrants… I mean our beautiful children.
Upon further analysis of my cute little breakfast bear toast, I could have just made cinnamon toast or used Nutella. I didn’t even think that peanut butter wasn’t an appropriate morning food. But you never know what will set the kiddos off… I honestly thought it would be the crust that was the issue.
During the tantrum of the century over the cutest little breakfast toast ever, I actually muttered to my husband, “Who would have thought that childbirth would be easier than getting them to eat?!”
5 Reasons Why Childbirth is Easier Than Feeding Your Kids
what’s your best tip for parents of picky eaters?
**UPDATE! They now eat the breakfast bear toast, and aren’t quite so picky!
Hahahaha! This is awesome. And true. So so true.
So funny! And so true…meal times with my boys are an exercise in serious patience and humor. Wine helps.
Hahaha!! Oh boy. I feel your pain on this. And what is up with the crust?! JUST. EAT. THE CRUST.
right? I am perplexed by the crust…and the shape of the sandwich!
This is hilarious and so true! It’s a daily battle in my house. My son goes through phases. One day it’s waffles with syrup, one day it’s only butter, then there’s too much butter. It’s never ending. I’ve tried forcing Jim to eat what we eat but then he throws a fit and snacks all night. Yes, childbirth was much easier!
Don’t get me started on waffles and powdered sugar ratio per capita waffle square. It’s a nightmare.
This is one of the best parenting comparisons I have read in a long time. I totally agree with you. I would rather give birth 100 times than have to deal with feeding children. It’s been a pain since they were toddlers and continues to this day! UGH!!!
#5 is pretty brilliant! One choice! One! And it lasts for a year or so.
Last night my daughter asked me to make her a grilled cheese sandwich in the same of a house. I cut square windows but she wanted triangle windows.
Do houses often have triangular windows?
lmao! I am shocked you cut the windows! Your daughter is brilliant and will be President someday…
I never thought about it but you are right. Food time is a nightmare. My son has recently decided that no matter the meal it is NOT what he wanted. lets go back to just feeding them milk 🙂
OMG this is so unbelievably true!!! I just got home from 11 days abroad with my kids and they ate mostly bread. Seriously. #FAIL I would pay someone to feed my kids every meal. It’s the worst.
LOL. Girl, her face is just priceless. And the bear is so cute. I would eat it. I feel your pain. I try to get my nephew to eat and he will eat what he wants to eat and push your hand away if you try to make him eat “yucky” stuff like nice, plump strawberries and pineapple, while he is chewing away at a piece of “yummy” turkey bacon. No amount of aunty blackmail gets him to have that fruit either. lol.
HAHAHA you are right on the money! I loved my labor and delivery. Kids can be such jerks. My youngest changes her mind more often than Gandhi had fasts. I’ve gotten to the point where I literally cook one meal, the meal I feel like making, and if they like it, great, if they don’t, oh well – I do the Beast thing “…go ahead and STARRRRVE.” Can I please just tell you the other day we splurged and got a pizza – BOTH my 8 year old and 2 year old ate nothing but the crust. What.
See and my kids won’t eat the crust, but they’ll eat the pizza. Only if it’s the perfect proportion! And I’m with ya…I’m a one meal kinda girl too!
Stopping by from the DIY Sunday Showcase link up. I Seriously loved this! Very funny, and very true. Even before kids eat solid foods, I feel like breastfeeding is WAY harder than labor!!!
this is sooo hilarious! LOL And I thought my toddler was a horrible eater:)
Oh, you are right lady! Feeding the kids is way worse than childbirth!
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Very funny post, I remember those days It really does get easier.. Mine are now teens, and they eat almost everything in the house.(especially the 15 year old boy) They also are now to the age that if they do not like something, they are old enough to make their own food. 😉 Thank you so much for linking up to fun post to Dare to Share.
SO true!!! That bear is seriously adorable though!
This is so funny and true! What is it with kids and food?!
OMG – hysterical! This is perfect on so many levels. I gave up on making the food cute – It always backfires!
So true!! My life would be so much easier if every day, my oldest came out of his room with a warning label attached that stated which of his 5 signature foods he would refuse to eat today. Yesterday, chicken was completely acceptable. Tomorrow however, trying to feed him chicken will mean the end of the world. And don’t even get me started on the names lol. He has his own names for foods and if I don’t know what those names are, he won’t eat it.
I’ve got a 2 year old and a 7 year old that acts like a 2 year old the moment he sits at the kitchen table. So I feel your pain! This was hilarious!
Ha! I so know what you mean..what works today might not work tomorrow and just figuring out WHAT to serve is a challenge..before even putting it in front of them! Ay yi yi!!
You might want to peruse my blog and just type in the term, Feeding my kids. I have written MANY posts about this topic. And, besides cleaning up vomit, feeding them is my LEAST favorite duty as a mother. I’m with you 100% on this one!
LOL! You need to start #onenewfood!
i agree. wholeheartedly!
HILARIOUS!!!
Oh so funny! I do remember being in the hospital and thinking wow it’s so nice having nurses bring me food and take care of me. Your bear is so cute!
OMG her face. You may as well have put a dead rodent on her plate. So much truth in this!!