Do you make your child eat funny things? Like you wouldn't eat?

[Mum2Romone]

My son loves Olives ,me , I don't even need to try them to know I won't like them

[Lisa]

I make my kids eat things that I don't like. I don't want them to have the same adversions to food that I have; I avoid certain foods because I have tried them and know I don't like them. If my older kids say the don't like something that I know they have tried, that's a different story and I would not make them eat it again.

[~me~]

I remember giving my DS1 mashed brains, it was a recipe for kids in the Robin Barker Toddler Meals. He loved it, I personally wouldn't eat brains Lol! My sister still loves crumbed brains.
I also gave him liver and apples. My DS1 loves peas...my DH and I do not ever eat a pea!

Give them whatever, just because we don't like it, doesn't mean they will.
I read somewhere on here, that fussy eaters are born, so I say just go for it.

[Cassius2]

we are serial "mash-it-up with yohgurt" monsters here LOL! we found that a dollop of yoghurt made most stuff go down with DD!

[~Hestia~]

we are serial "mash-it-up with yohgurt" monsters here LOL! we found that a dollop of yoghurt made most stuff go down with DD!

Same here! If he wouldn't eat something, try a bit of yogurt with it! ALWAYS ate it lol!

[rhyb]

I wont eat avocado but my kids love it

[willow5]

Yep why not? Anything healthy I'll give DS if he likes it there's nothing wrong with it at all, even if I think it's gross lol like plain Jalna yoghurt I just can't eat it even though I know how healthy it is, but he loves it. I think you're setting him up to have a really healthy and varied diet keep it up!

[Persephone1]

I'm a really fussy eater and I don't want DS to be the same. I hate capsicum, mushrooms, onion... so yeah, he'll be eating a lot of things that I don't like. As long as it's healthy, fresh and varied, I don't see the problem.

[Indadhanu]

I don't *MAKE* her eat anything she doesn't want to. I respect her choices, if she doesn't want to eat it, she isn't forced. I wouldn't want to be made to eat anything.

On the other hand, I do offer her food I don't like. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean she wouldn't. I think it's good to expose them to lots of different things. I do encourage her to try everything, and if she eats it then great, if not then oh well, maybe next time.
I find Jalna plain yoghurt disgusting, but Jazz loves it and I buy it just for her. Shel can't stand capsicum, but Jazz loves that too.

[~Hestia~]

LOL yep I do!
But he loves tuna (I think it's sooo gross!) especially mixed in veggies
He eats avocado and banana mashed together, probably his fav lunch of all time!
I hate peas and that's another of his fav foods
If we're having something for dinner I know he won't eat, I'll give him veggie mash that's pre made in the freezer. It's just whatever I had on hand at the time all cooked and mashed up together. In fact he had it for dinner tonight, was potato, pumpkin, brocolli, carrot, onion and cauliflower! He absolutely LOVES it and there is no way I'd eat all that together!