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From the mouths of babes

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Doug McCaughan

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preparing the sandwich

Upon returning home from getting Amy to Zoocamp, I see a large bowl of Cool Ranch Doritos on the kitchen table. Noah comes in and snatches one.

Dad: "What did you eat for breakfast?"
Noah: "A cup of milk."

Noah’s eating habits become worse everyday. I battle in my head different ways of changing his diet because I feel strongly his diet is having a significant impact on his well being. Right now though, I am allowing that path of least resistance on the premise that he will eventually start trying vegetables and more interesting foods of his own accord. I fear I am wrong.

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6 responses to “From the mouths of babes”

  1. Mushy Avatar
    Mushy

    Looks good to me!

    My son is 35 years old and still will not eat most vegetables…he turned out smart and produced a great little granddaughter, so it didn’t hurt him much.

    All the times I spent trying to get him to taste something was for naught!

  2. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    Well that’s reassuring.

    It looks like Sarah will end up vegetarian, Noah will be a carnivore, Tommy omnivore, and its too early to tell on Amy and Evan.

  3. Jonny Priestley Avatar
    Jonny Priestley

    My parents policy with me was that of;

    “You will eat what you’re given or you won’t eat”

    Which sounds harsh, but all my food was freshly cooked and good for me. As a result today there’s not a great deal I won’t eat.

    Nowadays i’d rather have some good quality food than a McDonalds. I reckon my parents did a good job.

    I realise that today the situations are different, but I still think it’s important to eat well. 🙂

  4. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    I was raised similarly. We at least had to try everything twice. The first bite is the shock of something unfamiliar and the second bite is a chance to try it honestly. I love trying new foods!

  5. Jonny Priestley Avatar
    Jonny Priestley

    Absolutely, it’s totally a familiarisation process with these things, and getting used to trying new things.

    There’s so many different flavours out there, it’s such a shame to only experience a small percentage of them!

    Good call on the new site by the way Doug, I like it a lot. I’ll try and jump into #coldfusion when I get a chance!

  6. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    Look forward to seeing you there. trac, svn, and drupal have pulled me into freenode a bit here of late and I always pop in the #coldfusion there to see if you are about.

    Thanks re site. If I can ever get some downtime, I want to actually write my own theme from scratch and limit the quantity of js and other weighty stuff on the page.

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