I’ve done it. You’ve done it. Every single parent has done it. At some point, we’ve all called our child a picky eater and we NEED TO STOP!
Seriously. I have been thinking about this for a long time. Why do we call our children picky eaters? Because they won’t eat vegetables? They won’t eat fruit? They won’t eat cereal? How about if we just accept that they won’t eat it because they don’t like it! Yes, we as parents, should teach our kids healthy eating habits, but in all honesty what we are doing is forcing them and labeling them unnecessarily because they don’t follow what WE think is the best choice for them.
My first-born has giving me a lot of “trouble” when it comes to feeding. Not only was he “picky” he also likes to snack a lot! He could be snacking all day. At first like any other concerned parent I decided to try everything to make him eat his veggies, putting them in different foods, bribing him and such to the point he stopped eating. I looked into the real needs of toddlers and I was in shock I was not only forcing him to eat, but I was also overfeeding him. Did you know a 3-year-old only needs a 1.5 cups of vegetables a day? And the same for fruits? So why was I trying to feed him a whole plate of broccoli? It only made him hate broccoli even more when I tried to force it!
The my second was born and he was an amazing eater, he still is, making more clear how particular my oldest eating habits are. The I started thinking about my own diet. I don’t like Indian food, I don’t like spicy food, I don’t like Mediterranean food, I don’t like some Spanish dishes (morcillas=YUCK!). Then it hit me am I a picky eater? or do I just have certain taste for certain foods? I LIVE for Italian and Puerto Rican food. And vegetables? I didn’t have one vegetable until my husband introduced me sushi about 10 years ago. And if you’re wondering, I still won’t eat a salad. Uncooked vegetables make me gag, on the other hand I can have a french onion soup and enjoy extra onions in it! And I can have mushrooms saute with shrimp, potato and broccoli and savor every bite.
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Just please, stop labeling them. With all the things our kids have to deal with, do we really have to add another insecurity? When you are talking to another mama, don’t say: “my kid is such a picky eater, he only eats mac n cheese”, just say: “my kid loves cheese so his dish of choice is mac n cheese”.
It’s a small thing but it can make such a difference.
