So as you can see from the title tonight's "sneaky" meal was a bust. The Hubs and I enjoyed the Treasure Stuffed Shells but the wee-one wasn't so sure. We did manage to get him to take two bites of it after Hubs told him it was "Yummy"...then wee-one had to check it out for himself. Like I said at least we got him to take a few bites. I guess that's a start :)!
I know a lot of it has to do with appearance of the meal. Well how in the world can a toddler eat a stuffed shell?! He is good with his fork but hasn't quite mastered the ability to cut things up. So needless to say I end up cutting his food up and we have learned he doesn't respond well to that. I suppose I could have let his stuffed shell cool off a bit more and then let him use his hands but I didn't go that route. Maybe next time. I will be making these again. It's just a matter of figuring out how to present it to wee-one and having him like the looks of it enough to at least taste it.
I also served garlic toast and cooked baby carrots. Again I made the mistake of cutting up the carrots so of course those were a no-go. You think I would have learned by now...ha :)! He took a few bites of garlic toast and then wanted a left over Doughnut Muffin from last night. So yes we caved and he had that for supper :)! I must have made his night though because wee-one said to me "Thank you for supper Mommy". Melted my heart because Hubs didn't even have to prompt him tonight. LOVE IT :)!!
Tomorrow night we are having Chicken and Wild Rice Soup and biscuits. Of course when I planned my menu's I had no idea that it was going to be 85 degrees. Yes in October that is almost unheard of! I asked Hubs if he would mind having soup on such a hot day and he said it wouldn't bother him any. I'm pretty sure wee-one isn't going to care either :). So that's my plan and I'm stickin' too it :)! I've made this a few times and it's always been a hit. Again with a toddler a meal he liked last week (or even yesterday for that matter) could be totally rejected the next time. I'm prepared for that...it's happened a time or two (or three or four) :)!
Wee-one had a break through of sorts tonight in another "tricky" area of toddler-hood. He asked (oh yes he did) to go poop on the potty. He even said please! We were shocked to say the least because after thinking the potty was the greatest thing ever at 18 months, he totally abandoned it and refused (and I mean refused...cried, screamed, you name it) to sit on the potty. So tonight when he proclaimed he had to poop and started running around the living room doing the poop dance (yes he has a poop dance and boy is he going to hate reading this when he's 18...ha) I mentioned the potty and wee-one was all for it. He sat on the potty, goofed around for a bit, told me he was done a few times and then got down to business. The reward for doing his job...3 pieces of Candy Corn :)! Yup, that's my boy :)!! We'll see if this continues...no pressure because I think that backfires. We'll all know when he's ready.
I'll post some recipes tomorrow and I'm also going to start posting my upcoming weekly menu's, recipes, and grocery lists. Lots of exciting stuff to come...so stay tuned :)!
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