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Being that her appetite has waned, and she’s eating less now than she did eighteen months ago, I’m happy for any food that I can convince Grace to put in her belly.
I’ve even resorted to silly noises and saying things like, “Feed your belly!” and “Grace! Your belly is hungry!” Use your imagine to hear the goofy voices that might go with those. I’m not making a video of that.
There are a scant few foods that Grace will willingly eat almost every time. One of these foods is the incredible, edible olive and the other is yogurt.
The third is chocolate, but let’s pretend she has never tasted chocolate, okay?
I have come up with a trick for convince Grace to eat the yogurt. I freeze it.
Grace thinks she’s getting ice cream, and I’m totally okay with that for now. The “ice cream” is sweet and creamy and full of fruit and the calcium that she needs.
They contain a lot of added sugar, but I have been freezing Gogurt yogurt pops often. They’re easy, and Grace can feed them to herself. We have been doing frozen Gogurts for an after school snack. I usually cut them in half so that she has two smaller servings, and she gobbles the half down in no time.
What are your kids snacking on these days?
Grace’s Kitchen Friends
Please join in Grace’s Kitchen Friends! To play along, all you have to do is fill out Mr. Linky below. (If Mr. Linky isn’t there, leave your link in the comments.) You can link up any post that talks about kids and food:
- feeding kids
- cooking with kids
- play with food or play kitchens
- crafts with or about food
- and probably a lot of other kids and food things I can’t think of now.
I’m easy like that, Dear Reader. The only thing I ask is that you link back here to Grace’s Kitchen Friends in your post. I can’t wait to see what your kids are doing!
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Hey, I’m glad to hear you mention that Grace’s appetite is waning. For the past two weeks, Noah’s eating practically nothing, and we’ve been wondering what’s wrong. He had such a huge appetite before. You’ve reminded me that this is probably totally normal and maybe we don’t need to always find a REASON!
Carol’s last blog post..What a steal!
Hey, I’m glad to hear you mention that Grace’s appetite is waning. For the past two weeks, Noah’s eating practically nothing, and we’ve been wondering what’s wrong. He had such a huge appetite before. You’ve reminded me that this is probably totally normal and maybe we don’t need to always find a REASON!
Carol’s last blog post..What a steal!
Those days wee tough for me. I recall one daughter only eating orange food for weeks — cantaloupe, cheese, carrots. Interesting diaper changes…
Musings from Me’s last blog post..Packing a Lunch for Earth Day or Channelling Ma Ingalls
Those days wee tough for me. I recall one daughter only eating orange food for weeks — cantaloupe, cheese, carrots. Interesting diaper changes…
Musings from Me’s last blog post..Packing a Lunch for Earth Day or Channelling Ma Ingalls
Ladybug learned to say chocolate this week. Uh-oh! I really have been trying to keep her exposure to sweets to a minimum.
I like the idea of frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. I know that will be a nice treat this summer!
I’m playing along again this week.
Heather @ Not a DIY Life’s last blog post..My Toddler’s Nutrition – Beverages
Ladybug learned to say chocolate this week. Uh-oh! I really have been trying to keep her exposure to sweets to a minimum.
I like the idea of frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. I know that will be a nice treat this summer!
I’m playing along again this week.
Heather @ Not a DIY Life’s last blog post..My Toddler’s Nutrition – Beverages
What a great idea to freeze yogurt. I buy yogurt all the time and my daugther can really make a mess with it!
Great tip.My Grace loves yogurt,too. I need to freeze it!
Lisa@Blessedwithgrace’s last blog post..ALL CLEAR, the lump is BENIGN!!
Great tip.My Grace loves yogurt,too. I need to freeze it!
Lisa@Blessedwithgrace’s last blog post..ALL CLEAR, the lump is BENIGN!!
What a great idea to freeze yogurt. I buy yogurt all the time and my daugther can really make a mess with it!
TJ loves yogurt, thankfully. The list of foods he’ll willingly eat seems to shrink constantly. This week, it’s yogurt, Chicken McNuggets, pizza, jelly sandwiches, corn, and mashed potatoes.
Christina Gleason @ Cutest Kid Ever’s last blog post..First Ever Family Fondue Fest
TJ loves yogurt, thankfully. The list of foods he’ll willingly eat seems to shrink constantly. This week, it’s yogurt, Chicken McNuggets, pizza, jelly sandwiches, corn, and mashed potatoes.
Christina Gleason @ Cutest Kid Ever’s last blog post..First Ever Family Fondue Fest
We went to a pizza/salad buffet place for dinner tonight… and some people were looking at me strange when I was piling food on my plate – black olives, mushrooms, garbanzo beans, green beans, kidney beans, tunafish, and shredded mozzarella cheese. I can imagine they were probably thinking, “What weird diet is she ON?!” Actually it was all for my toddler. And she devoured every last bit!
Mariana’s last blog post..Sightseeing Sunday: Frying Pan Farm Park
We went to a pizza/salad buffet place for dinner tonight… and some people were looking at me strange when I was piling food on my plate – black olives, mushrooms, garbanzo beans, green beans, kidney beans, tunafish, and shredded mozzarella cheese. I can imagine they were probably thinking, “What weird diet is she ON?!” Actually it was all for my toddler. And she devoured every last bit!
Mariana’s last blog post..Sightseeing Sunday: Frying Pan Farm Park