09/10/2020
A lot of people who have been following Jelly Bean's eating have Commented that "I'm lucky to have a child that's not picky". And while I am, I do believe that there are a lot of things we can do to encourage our angels not to be picky. This video demonstrates a number of them. 1. I think I let jellybean play with food a lot more than most others do. Yes I have to scrub down the counter a lot more but she's more willing to eat stuff when she can eat with her hands and sit on the counter for some reason. 2. I never flip out, get angry or frustrated or force her to eat anything if she doesn't. 3. You hear her say it's a "two-try". There are many things she hasn't liked at first. I sometimes offer her a sticker to "take one bite" of some thing especially if I believe it's something she'll like. She goes in waves. She gagged on avocado, then loved it, then hated it. Now avocado toast is her favorite breakfast! 4. I "sell" things with the genuine belief that she'll like them. When I pulled these out of the refrigerator this morning I asked her if she wanted "to try a new candy?". 😉 Heck, if you think about it, they look like jellybeans. So why not pitch it that way? 5. I'll try them again later in a completely different way, probably with a dressing she loves. And, if I was a huge fan (I LOVE many veggies, though have never been a big fan of edamame), I would've been gobbling them up making noises as if I was eating chocolate cake. And, if we weren't in the middle of a pandemic, I'd find a friend whose child she adores who likes them and ask them to eat them in front of her (that works often). All of this said, I am really lucky, because Gives us tons of amazing produce Including the popsicle that was homemade from a watermelon (with NOTHING In it but watermelon puréed in my blender). That gift definitely gives me the ability to have Jelly Bean try new things all the time without leaving my house since they literally plunk boxes on my doorstep. But even when that ends, I am committed to continuing to go to a farmers market or to doing what it takes to make sure she always has an array of fresh fruits and vegetables.
