This peach pie was pretty good. Mary really startled us all when she refused to eat it. Now I knew John wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole (which is why he was eating leftover ice cream cake I had made on Friday), but Mary? She eats anything and she loves fruit. But she adamantly refused and then said quite clearly, "I don't like it."A hush fell over the table. Chris and I looked at each other. "Did she just say she doesn't like it?"
It's not that Mary has never had a food preference, but she's never articulated that she didn't like something, and that without even trying it first! Bad habits rubbing off from her big brother . . .
May I have her slice? It looks beautiful and heavenly! Good job!
ReplyDeleteCould just be her age and not John's influence. Emma was a SUPER eater when she was very young, but it seemed like one day, a switch was flipped and she became very picky. Sort of coincided around the time she began to REALLY assert her will and show some extreme stubbornness. I seem to remember it being when she was pretty close to 2.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with Janeane, all of my kids have had a really great try everything stage followed by a "picky" stage. It usually happens around two because they are now forming their own opinions and discovering their autonomy. Just keep offering a variety of foods so she is used to seeing them all and in time she will begin to be more accepting again.
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