The trials of feeding a toddler have been recorded here before, as have the wonders of YouTube. But in the interest of not forgetting the sweet moments of my sons' childhoods, here's another note...
Our friend Philip passed along this link yesterday to the 1973 CBS animated version of "Green Eggs and Ham."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqXBZFZ6OA
Now, we have channeled Dr. Seuss at mealtime before. Blake might not completely grasp the try-it-and-you'll-like-it moral of "Green Eggs and Ham," but he does respond to silliness and rhymes. Thomas has been especially successful in quoting from "Green Eggs" to get him to eat.
I had imagined that Dr. Seuss would be pleased to see his story from 1960 still working on picky little children in 2009. Hard to imagine, tho, that he would have guessed that these same kids would be watching the cartoon on the computer at their dining room table.
Today we had scrambled eggs for lunch. Even with ketchup, they're a hard sell. But we put the laptop in the middle of the table, launched YouTube, and Blake was sucked in. He ate every bite as if in a trance.
This feeding approach, of course, defies TV warnings and the idea of setting a good eating example. You don't like it? Well, try it, try it, and you may! Try it, and you may, I say!
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(For more food/TV fun, see my friend Leslie's blog...
http://eatinginfrontofthetv.blogspot.com/)
