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    They're not fussy until they're fussy!

    I think generally the GDs are not fussy eaters, but today I may have just changed my mind.

    Last night their mum had made a very nice gluten-free loaf and GD1 asked if she could have some for lunch, so I decided we'd have sandwiches and I'll cook tonight.

    Me: GD1, what would you like on your sandwiches?

    GD1: Just bread, please.

    Me: Would you like cheese with it?

    GD1: No thanks - I don't like cheese. (She's been eating all sorts of cheese since she was a toddler.) Have you got ham?

    Me: No, sorry, but would you like smoked salmon?

    GD1: <Big grin> Yes, pleeeease, Grandma.

    Me: GD2, what would you like on your sandwiches?

    GD2: I don't like the bread, can I have Thins instead, please? (Thins are like chewy cardboard, but she likes them.)

    Me: OK, with cheese?

    GD2: Grated cheese? Yes, but let me show you which side of the grater to use. (Words failed me at this point )


    Fast forward - all plates of sandwiches are on the table, GD1's being the deconstructed one as requested.

    GD1, with a puzzled, sad face, pointing at the smoked salmon, What's that, Grandma?

    Me: Smoked salmon, sweetheart.

    GD1: Oh (sigh) I thought you said bacon.

    Fortunately everyone liked the strawberries with chocolate ice cream!!
    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

    (Marianne Williamson)
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    Very frustrating Daisy
    What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare

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      #3
      Its amazing how they love something one day and think your trying to poison them the next ,
      But remember being the same when I was little , I wouldn't eat Jam and bread at home but would pop over the road to our neighbour and eat her door stop Bread with jam on , drove my mother mad

      Did she eat her smoked salmon then or did you have to make bacon
      Im not fat just 6ft too small
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        #4
        Awww bless em Daisy.
        When GD2 was little,she would eat anything. Dinner,pudding or sandwiches.
        She's nearly 17 now. She will eat anything you serve you dinner,but not when it comes to puddings.
        All she will have for pudding is ice cream in some shape or form.
        Sandwiches have to be on plain white bread. No brown bread,seeded bread or seeded bread rolls.
        When i once mentioned to her that she would eat allof the above when she was little.
        Her reply,i know.but i've gone of it/them now.
        Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.
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          #5
          β€œA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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            #6
            Oma - no, I didn't cook bacon for her - hard hearted, I know, but I wasn't going to let her starve. She eats loads of fruit and had a bigger portion of strawberries and ice cream than I did. Plus home grown tomatoes straight off the plants, and over half of a packet of grapes. Mum was going to cook pasta this evening. You must have tried your mum's patience with the bread and jam.

            Nanto - it's amazing what they 'go off'. This same GD when she was a baby would eat anything and everything including such delights as pureed swede, cauliflower cheese and other things most babies would spit out!
            "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

            (Marianne Williamson)
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              #7
              How smoked salmon can sound like bacon I do not know 😁 Kids!!

              GD loved olives as a baby and toddler, but has turned her nose at them for years now
              β€œA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                Gem - in her head I think GD focused on 'smoked' with bacon as the obvious next word!
                "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                (Marianne Williamson)
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                  #9
                  My eldest two GC have always eaten pretty much anything you put in front of them. They still do (ages 17 and 19) They are both really good cooks and I have enjoyed some lovely meals prepared and cooked by them.
                  The youngest however is VERY fussy. It is not just what he likes, but also how it is prepared and served. He does eat healthy food and much prefers fruit to any sweet or biscuit. (With the exception of ice cream.) It is just that his so called β€˜likes’ change on an almost daily basis. I get round this by offering him a choice of just two options eg ham or cheese, bagel or sandwich, meatballs or bolognese, pasta or rice. This way he feels in control and I get to make him something to eat without too much fuss.
                  Always face the sunshine and the shadows fall behind you.

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                    #10
                    Sunshine - a good strategy. I always get caught out but not realising they've 'gone off' what they loved yesterday. Was his Daddy a bit like that at his age? I can remember having quite a discussion with him once about lamb chops!
                    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                    (Marianne Williamson)

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                      #11
                      My two GS ate anything and everything , GS2 is still the same but GS1 is a bit fussy now , he loves trying things but sometimes its the texture that puts him off

                      Im a bit the same and the one thing I love but cant have on a plate with other food is Mushrooms , I have to have them in a little Ramakin dish on the plate strange isn't it
                      Im not fat just 6ft too small

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                        #12
                        Yes Oma
                        β€œA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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