Food Battle

I heard form so many people that they had issues getting their children to eat. Well, now I am there and I have no clue what to do. Cole has been sick for the past couple of months with constant ear infections so I decided to be easy on him. I let him eat crackers, goldfish and other snacks foods thinking it was better for him to eat that than nothing at all! I think I was wrong, maybe I should have kept pushing the veggies! No he refuses to eat almost everything! His diet consists of raisins, crackers, cheese puffs, goldfish and yogurt!

Today,he is feeling better so I decided it was time to do battle with him. I am going back to making some baby food and I am going to offer him something healthy and if he refuses I will get him down from his chair and try again later. I am hoping he will get hungry enough he will eventually eat! We did this with our last foster baby because she was used to a diet of pizza, chicken nuggets and french fries! It took about a week but eventually she started eating her veggies and by the time she left I think she actually liked them! I am going to make Cole some sweet potatoes for dinner and I hope he eats them! I just want to make sure he gets a healthy diet and I do not want to start this routine of me trying to find anything he will eat. I know I can't be as strict on him as we are with Raelynn but we tell her either she eats what is for dinner or she doesn't eat! I think it is time for me to start getting Cole into this habit or it is going to be a worse battle as he gets older!

So, this week we will see who will win this food battle and I hope it is me!

-Tammi