I plan to use my powers of manipulation to get Lyla to eat vegetables. Phase one started today. The whole plan happens to coincide with Lent, so I suppose I'm giving up my failure to get Lyla to eat vegetables.
I have a bag of frozen corn, peas, and carrots, so today I arrived home with Lyla and boiled up a small bowl of that crap. Once it was done, I put Lyla in the highchair and listened to her say "No-no" when she saw what I had.
Then I started eating it with a baby spoon right in front of her and acting damn excited about it. I didn't urge Lyla to try it or anything, but when she looked interested, I put the spoon and bowl on her tray. A pea entered her mouth and exited. So did a corn kernel. Then I begged her to feed some to me, so she picked up little pieces and put them in my mouth, and I pretended to love it.
Within five minutes or so, I had eaten the whole bowl. The way I figure it, I'm a pretty cool guy, so day after day when Lyla sees me eating those little pieces of flavorless blah, her resistance to vegetables will slowly erode. Pretty soon she'll be begging for vegetables in order to be just like Dada. "Vee-vees!" she'll say.
"No Lyla, we're having chocolate cake for dessert."
"VEE-VEES!"
Just you wait.
My daughter now begs and begs for red peppers - so you never know!!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard black olives are usually a hit with the little ones (probably because they can put them on their fingers!). I know they are not technically a veggie, but still could be worth a try!
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