We are back!

After a full year of "food fights" and tantrums at the dinner table, I finally came to the conclusion that I have to relax! My kids are not going to die, if they refuse to eat carrots and broccoli and even if have the occasional drive though at "Chick fil a" is not a problem either. My kids are going to be fine.

Food has become such a big deal in our socciety. Either you are too thin or too fat. Weight is never right and there are only 5% of people who are able to maintain a perfect weight throughout their whole life. Celebrities are getting bashed for being to FAT to too thin, while a whole generation of teenagers has no idea how to deal with the social pressure and falls into some sort of eating disorder before they even go to collage. This fear is a crucial one for us moms. Wanting only the best for our children we tend to overdo it, we tend to go the whole 100 yards trying to overachieve everything from diapering and nap schedule to feeding. We are so busy to listen to all those parenting magazines, grandmother, friends and blogs that we forget to trust our instincts and our kids. They know when they are hungry, they know more than we give them credit for. Food is just food and it won' kill your child to have fries here and there, or eat at the mall food court. It is all in our heads and the stress we feel about it is not necessary.
I have stressed, I felt guilty, blamed myself, had sleepless nights and wondered what I did wrong, seeking help and advice wherever I could get it, only to find out that nothing worked. I could do a dance, bribe my child, threaten her, try to trick her, negotiate... she just would not eat any vegetables.

Now she is almost 3 and all the sudden, just like anything else it stopped. She is interested in trying whatever I eat. She loves broccoli and edmame... eats soups with all kinds of vegetables in it...eats tomatoes, lettuce and raw carrots!

So the best advice I can give you is RELAX. Keep offering the foods, no pressure, no hiding foods, no bribes... just set a good example and eat it yourself and just like that one day they will mimic you just like they mimic you by putting their dolls into time out ;-)! Until that day comes, feed a lot of fruit and V8 Fusion juice ;-)