ice cream is not for breakfast

Still being picky

December

We got a jump start on the holiday cheer last weekend when we had a birthday brunch for me and my sister. There was tons of food, starting with cheeses, lox, bagels, muffins, scones, souffles and roasted corn chowder. We later moved on to roast beef, green beans, spinach salad and roasted potatoes. And topped off the day with two kinds of cake—chocolate mousse and hazelnut chocolate.

Everything was exquisite except for one thing: Zyla maybe ate a piece of bread that day. At night, she shared a bowl of cereal with her grandmother to make up for her day of fasting. As I mentioned earlier, she was ill two weeks ago and hasn’t gotten her appetite back. Before that, she ate it all. Now, the only thing that seems to interest her is cheese, crackers and wonton soup. Oh, and her milk. Each morning and afternoon, she enters into a state of bliss when she drinks her milk, a roughly two-minute long indulgence that no one dare interrupt.

I’m wondering is she still sick or just growing older and pickier? She’s turning 21 months on the 21st of this month. Hmm, do all those 21’s mean anything? But I digress.

I will continue to try and feed her the good stuff. I’m not too worried about it because I know a lot of toddlers are fussy eaters, right? Eventually she’s going to get hungry.

Let’s hope on Christmas she’ll go for the lasagna and the rest of the still undetermined feast.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 5:35 pm by Marcela Rojas.
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One Response to “Still being picky”

tracey December 17th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I am in the process of raising 3 kids with 3 different palates. I have no idea how I have arrived at this point, but I WILL say that the time frame that seems to be of most influence on their future is this 2-4 year old phase. It’s the period where they realize they FINALLY have some control over ONE aspect of their lives. And they exert it. A LOT.

I have 2 picky eaters and one spicy-food lover. Cooking dinner over here is interesting, to say the least!

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