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

[Bloom]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to know if you think this is mean.... I feed my DS (13 months) things that I myself (and most normal adults) wouldn't eat. For instance, last night we tried cannelli beans as finger food (as well as a selection of other savory bits and pieces). DS didn't seem to like the beans so I took what he hadn't eaten and mashed them up in natural yoghurt (as he loves yoghurt). He ate this cold, gross, mush up no worries.

But my mum was here and she said it was "terrible" and asked me if I would eat this. Of course I wouldn't, but he was happy to, so I don't see a problem....

Am I setting my DS up to have terrible tastes?

[Little Chicken]

oh no, no way are you mean.

I fed DD1 chicken liver and apple casserole, would never eat it myself. She loved it. Mind you she also ate a whole gherkin at 9 months as well as pickled onion and anchovies, so not sure she has taste buds anyway!

[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!

[~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!

[~Kim~]

we subscribe to a 'you can't say you don't like it until you actually try it' policy here, and it applies to everyone. We figure we can't expect them to try new things as in actively choose to, if they don't see it modelled.

So if there's something I want the kids to try, I try it myself....have learned that I actually like a few things I wouldn't try pre kids.