I must say now that it's been several days that I am EXTREMELY glad I fought that fight. We haven't had any dinner issues at all since then. He has eaten everything that I have put on his plate and then some. He even ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (and entire one) yesterday without me prodding him. He also ate the crust. That's never heard of before! I tell him what's to eat and he simply responds "okay, mommy" or "yes, mommy."
Looking back, it was a tough fight but I'm so thankful that God gave me the wisdom to know ahead of time that it was worth it in the end. Not to say that we won't have some bumps in the road and I'm sure I'll face this again. However, I will at least know that it does pay off.
Now I leave you with a picture of my two precious kiddos that love to play with each other, as much as they can at least.
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We aren't short order cooks at this house either. Liam will sometimes say he is done with his dinner, but we leave it there for about an hour after, just in case he changes his mind. Sometimes, he chooses not to eat what we are eating, sometimes he gets mad because he wants something else. That's okay. I never force him to eat anything. I do ask that he take a bite and he is okay to spit it back out if he doesn't like it. A few times, he has discovered that something is not as bad as he thinks it is.
When he is bigger, he will have the choice, just like I did, to make himself something else to eat if he doesn't like what he made.
I'm sure there will be more battles in your future with both kiddos, but remember that we've all been there and hold firm but with understanding and grace. Sometimes, kids inherently know that they shouldn't eat because they aren't feeling well, but just can't express it to us yet.
We have food drama more than I would like. Daniel will refuse to even try stuff. I do not think he should have to like everything or clean his plate but I do certainly think he should try foods.
I think each and every kid is different and parents that have this struggle and ones that don't do not necessarily do something right while the other something wrong. Wesley would eat gravel if I put it on his plate. He is certainly different than Daniel, who refuses many, many, many things. I just keep offering it, praying for patience. Turns out, 95% of the time he ends up liking it.
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