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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #75 on: July 22, 2012, 20:44:32 pm »
I'm back with an update.
A couple of days ago he ate pan fried trout without any crumb or special treatment, just the say as mine.  He fed himself 3 mouthfuls :)

And today we had sprats and he ate almost 2 full ones, heads and all :)

Yum yum  ;D


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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #76 on: July 23, 2012, 10:28:57 am »
YAY!!
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #77 on: July 23, 2012, 19:29:09 pm »
wonderful! My DS has got more fussy this week grrrrr.....I blame a flu and canine #4 ;)
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #78 on: July 23, 2012, 20:20:25 pm »
Hey - scallops today :)
OK so he did his 'I'm being polite and I'll swallow the one in my mouth but I'm not going to stab any more of them' thing and only ate one, but one is one, it is better than pretending it is not even on his plate :)  Again no crumb, no special, just the same as mine (bet he would have eaten ten if they were crumbed though).

Hey Sara, poor Z :(
Tooth fairy making further deliveries here too. Damn her, she better pay top whack when it comes to repossession.  DS has suffered SO much he deserves a whacking good pay out.


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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #79 on: July 23, 2012, 21:47:09 pm »
she bette pay top whack when it comes to repossession.

Um- you do know where the tooth fairy money comes from don't you :-\ Other wise i think there's a discussion we need to have...:P
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #80 on: July 23, 2012, 23:04:53 pm »
scallops today
Yum, can i come live with you!
DS has suffered SO much he deserves a whacking good pay out.
lol same here...he'll we deserve a pay out too...maybe we could get a bonus ;)

you do know where the tooth fairy money comes from don't you
the tooth fairy Katy - duh!
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #81 on: July 23, 2012, 23:35:44 pm »
LOL!!!
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #82 on: July 24, 2012, 13:17:02 pm »
Quote from: amayzie on Today at 10:47:09 AM
you do know where the tooth fairy money comes from don't you
the tooth fairy
OBVIOUSLY!

maybe we could get a bonus
I've put in a request to get my bonus off the Sandman.
:)

I should balance up our progress report with what he DIDN'T eat - Morrocan lambs heart kebabs for our picnic at the weekend.  Even DP was suspicious of these, he's not an offal lover, but did eat them and decided very tasty.


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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #83 on: July 25, 2012, 10:43:10 am »
Morrocan lambs heart kebabs for our picnic at the weekend.

hmm... i'm pretty suspicious of these too! I'm sure it was nice... No way i could get MY DH to eat it though!
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #84 on: September 14, 2012, 15:25:39 pm »
Morrocan lambs heart kebabs
Okay, there's having high expectations and then there's off the charts. 
I am not a fussy eater but to me that's in the category with eating bugs or cow's eyes- I'd probably do it if we were starving but not till then.
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #85 on: September 14, 2012, 16:10:24 pm »
Wow!  Lots of things I've not even tried my adventurous sort on!  But my little man does love his mussels! 
Here's my blog which is focussed on simple food for babies, toddlers and families http://mamacook.blogspot.com/

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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #86 on: September 14, 2012, 20:20:37 pm »
The lambs heart isn't something we eat every week, it was a one off.

He'll now eat a few bites (say 2 or 3 pieces each 1cm square, very thinly sliced) of lamb or chicken, no crumb, just like mine.
Sprats are a winner, he's had them a few more times and eats 1.5 - 2 full ones (and they are quite big really), he makes the fish sound just before eating them :)
Garlic prawns, no crumb, will eat about 2 - they have to be fresh raw prawns that I cook, not the pre-cooked wet tasteless ones.

He is still rejecting pan fried smoked sardines.  Doesn't even acknowledge they are on his plate.

All in all there is steady progress.  Every now and then he still gets a fish finger or sausage if I feel like he's been several days without a decent bite of protein but he will also take eggy bread for breakfast most mornings now which means half an egg (or up to a full egg) going in, so I am far less concerned about his protein.


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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #87 on: September 14, 2012, 20:45:50 pm »
FWIW, I just re-read my post above and it was meant to be jokey but did not come off that way.
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #88 on: September 14, 2012, 21:07:52 pm »
 FWIW is was British lamb in a Moroccan marinade.  Not actual Morrocan lamb from Morroco.
So, not quite as off the charts as you might have assumed
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Re: Why do toddlers prefer processed food?!
« Reply #89 on: September 14, 2012, 21:57:45 pm »
Hey, I may be squeamish but i am not prejuduced! ;)
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