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My 2.5 year old LOVES spinach, broccoli, squash, cauliflower, carrots, eggs, cottage cheese, and basically everything healthy, and we took him the other day with his big brother to get his first ice cream cone, and he just would not eat it. Do I try again, or just embrace his natural affinity for a clean diet and get him swoled up ASAP?
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What did you do to get your kid to not enjoy sugar?
Absolute concur, assuming a very long timeline.
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Well he loves all fruit as well, so he does enjoy sugar, we just never gave either of them candy or much sweet stuff. We figured if they didn’t know it existed, they wouldn’t miss it. My oldest likes watermelon for a treat, and the youngest likes blueberries. We do give them candy on Halloween, but they honestly just don’t ask for it the rest of the time.
This is the only form of social media I use. I have Facebook haven’t been on it for over a year and don’t miss it, I keep it open for the password log in verification. Still have Instagram too but I don’t post or look at people’s crap unless somebody close to me says I should add them or wants to follow me. But these requests are done in person because I don’t check lol.
I’m more eager to open the forums than my Facebook account
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I confess that I have this sense of pride when the gym bros literally can’t unscrew the J hooks that I screwed in and I have to unscrew it for them, considering how lanky I am. Initially it was to really secure the J hooks…now I love the feeling of seeing them struggle to unscrew them. It’s happened so many times now.
My son was the same (except eggs and cheese). My wife, for some inexplicable reason, decided to start feeding him crackers (like European mother force feeding lol). It has been a downward spiral since then.
Eventually, they will come to the Darkside through school and other social mediums so hang on while you can lol
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I confess that this is the darkest thing I’ve read in a long while. Pretty sobering.
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I just forced my vegan wife to sample the t-bone steak I grilled. She liked it.
And I’m actually talking about food. Get your mind out of the gutters, perverts!
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Not sure how to interpret this:
the t-bone steak I grilled.
With a gutter mind…
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All three of my kids were similar to this. We didn’t give them lollies or sweet stuff when they were little so the first time they had it they all didn’t like it. It took my eldest daughter till she was 7 to eat a jelly lollie like a gummy bear. But now all three of them smash lollies and sweets with the best of them. I would keep them off it as long as you can because their love for sugar will develop no matter what you do.
Case in point- offer my son a plate with 80% fried chicken and 20% steamed broccoli and he’s just eating the broccoli.
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You know, I was about to commend your parenting skills, then I read the post of your kid preferring broccoli over fried chicken.
I think your kid has some strange taste buds.
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My one niece was like this and it lasted a long time. She just really didn’t like anything sweeter than baby carrots, and it lasted a pretty long time. Like into her early teens. Even now (mid teens) she doesn’t really go for junk.
My kid is a whole different ballgame. He loves carbs and sweets.
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My younger son loves sweets but as toys. Gingerbread Men and Lollipops top the list. The last Gingerbread Man was floating around the house for 4 days before I “accidentally left the door open and he ran away”. Sometimes he will eat them but not after playing with them for a few days.
I have to say, I’m not holding out a lot of hope for that one. Could end up being a sociopath, could end up being the foreplay guru of the universe at best.
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My kids are similar. They’ll eat broccoli over chips (fries) and other junk food. Act like your kid’s the normal one. The moment kids think they are the odd ones out they’ll change.
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I’m pretty sure the little bastards are just playing us all for fools and having a great laugh about it.
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I confess to occasionally manipulating my parents to getting stuff I want
The scary part is that it actually works most of the time…
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