Nowadays, mommy is trying to introduce wholegrain bread into her diet. A few days ago, mommy bought some cookie cutters from the store, thinking that it might be a good idea to cut the bread into interesting shapes, which will hopefully arouse little girl's interest in eating it. Today, mommy decided to give the cookie cutters a try. After she woke up from her nap, she went scampering into the kitchen. Mommy told her that she was preparing 'animal bread' for her tea-break. The reason mommy used the phrase 'animal bread' was because I was trying to cut the bread into shapes of animals and since our little girl knows that cookies that are shaped like animals are called 'animal cookies', the phrase 'animal bread' will enable her to understand that she will be eating bread that are shaped like animals for tea-break. Mommy decorated the bread with peas, corns, crasins and cheese.
To my disappointment, our little girl could not tell mommy what those animals were on the plate. "Is my artistic skill so bad that she could not identify the animals?", mommy wondered deep down in her heart.
Anyway, she started by eating the peas, corns and crasins and she finished all of them except the bread. In order not to waste the bread, mommy torn the bread into small pieces and fed her bit by bit. She did finish eating all the bread in the end.
At this point of time, I can only conclude that cutting the bread into animal shapes only makes it more visually appealing, but I'm not too sure if it will sustain her interest in eating it. I guess mommy needs to look into getting some bread dippers or spreads. Hopefully, that will make it even more appealing to our little girl.
2 comments:
haha, sounds very similar to me. We do lots of such attempts of cutting the food into all sort of cute shapes to get Althan to try new food too :)
Maybe you can try this. Althan saw Pa Pa dip his bread into some runny egg yolk and found that very appealing (Althan is an egg lover, is Sheri?) Since then Althan follows this way of eating bread and egg. He can eat one slice of bread every morning now :)
If Sheri is not an egg eater, then try to dip the bread into something she really likes. But you have to demo to her consistently first and make it really appealing...
Oh yah, what about cheese? She loves cheese right? Try to melt a slice of cheese onto the bread in the oven or microwave.
Lots of experiments to do :D
Yes, Sheri is an egg lover too. She eats a boiled egg for breakfast. I usually mix it with milk and Gerber oatmeal cereals and she likes it alot.
She used to be a cheese lover when she was younger. Nowadays, her interest in cheese is dwindling even though she still eats them once in a while. I guess their eating habits do change with time. I may try melting the cheese on the bread. Thanks for your wonderful suggestion. It's good to share ideas with other parents to feed our picky eaters.
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