Friday, August 6, 2010

The Don't-You-Eat-My... Game

Mr. Pickypants used to be a good eater, like a million years ago.  Now I rejoice in every coerced bite of cookie, fruit, or waffle.  The nutritionist once told me that I should tell him, "If you eat a bite of vegetables, then you can have a bite of yogurt!"  It just.doesn't.work.  I don't know if it is that he doesn't understand the concept of if this, then that, or that he just frankly doesn't care.  Reverse psychology didn't work either...until now!

Now, most of the time (well, some of the time, when he feels like playing) we can get Chase to eat if we play the, "Hey!  Don't you eat my (fill in the blank)!" game.  This morning it was eggs and toast.  He thinks it is the funniest thing in the world, to do something that we don't want him to do.

Look at that impish grin!


I have a strange feeling, though, that this tactic is going to bite me in the butt the next time I have to yell, "Chase!  Don't you run across the parking lot!"

4 comments:

Becky said...

Love it! But...I totally agree...you are in trouble...

Tiffanyrose said...

That is awesome, and yes, you will get bitten in the bum...eventually.

LeShayne said...

Hey Brian used to get my kids to eat that way! And yes it will bite you in the butt...but sometimes peace reigning in the moment is more important than worrying about tomorrow's consequences. Not a life strategy to live by but it works as needed.

Mandi said...

Braydon is JUST now starting to eat better. He didn't get the logic of: "Finish your meal, then you can play" all he thought about was that he wanted to play and would just cry at the table. Meals would take hours sometimes...

Good luck!