5 peas...

I've been trying to get K (3) to eat more foods. She's been rather obstinate. Her favorite dinner of late? Tortilla and mayonaise. On the bright side, it's a whole grain tortilla. The other night, I lost it when she was dipping her fingers in the mayonaise and eating it straight. Ugh.

Sigh.

I waffle about the best approach to take to get her to eat better.

Option 1) Ignore the problem and she'll eat better eventually.

Option 2) Bribe/threaten her to get her to eat better.

Option 3) Try to figure out how to mix tasty shakes that include things like peas or spinach.



Tonight, I got her to eat to 5 peas through a series of threat and bribes. Now, she says, she'll eat 4 peas every day. If she did that, I'd be thrilled. That's 28 peas in a week. I'm guessing that's close to a serving!

Any one out there reading who has a terrible eater?

Here's the list of foods she will eat. Pretty much, this is it.

1. tortilla (whole grain, so at least I can feel good about that) but we lose points because it's with mayonaise
   
2. occasionally she'll eat peanut butter (less than once a week)
   
3. occasionally she'll eat an apple (about once a month)
   
4. mac-n-cheese or pasta with butter and cheese
   
5. corn tortilla chips
   
6. guacamole (sometimes--always from our favorite restaurant--rarely now from anywhere else)
   
7. the tomato juice from salsa (with tortilla chips)
   
8. bread/bagel (sometimes)
   
9. whole grain waffles
   
10. yogurt
    
11. cheese (usually)
    
12. cookies (always)
    
13. chocolate (always)
    
14. eggs (about once a month)
    
15. Fruit e.g., strawberries, cherries and bananas (all 3 at least twice a week mixed in a smoothie with yogurt and soymilk)
    

On a daily basis she will drink carrot juice, soymilk and regular milk. (Usually all 3, but sometimes just 2 of the 3.)

No meat... I'm okay with that.

I'm sure it could be worse. Thoughts on how bad it is? Any tricks to get her to eat better? Miss N (5) and Miss T (21 months) are both GREAT eaters. Veggies, and everything.