Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
> This is interesting. Would you say your son's peer group was more picky
> than he is so he's picking up the trait from them? I would have guessed
> it worked in reverse, that your son would see his peers eating odd foods
> and would try them because the other kids were.
>
>
> When I was in my young picky years, my parents would tell me that some
> day I'd be hungry and I'd see other people taking all the food and I'd
> get over my pickiness at that moment as I joined the fray to get
> something to eat. (Their scenario often involved wars or famines where
> I'd be the first to die because I was too picky to eat available food.)
>
>
> --Lia
>
I think he does have some peers that are more picky than he is and he is
picking up on that. Sometimes I think it's just the words that he is
picking up. His peers are probably not eating odd foods in front of him
is my guess for the most part, except at the caregiver's house. He is
still in pre-school, so snacks there are the same for all.

He did surprise me the other week when we went on a field trip to the
market and they offered up some steamed shrimp to sample. Very few kids
took some, but my son did and ate it happily. I was impressed with him.
He didn't even eat the tail, but found the sample lady and put it back
in her hand.

I think having the food out there on the table and our eating it and
saying how good it is might entice him more. Sometimes it does,
sometimes not. But he does try things.

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Caryn
Caryn Nadelberg - Mommy to Sam and Queen of the May
www.carynen.blogspot.com