Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
suggestions?

denise~* wrote:
> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> suggestions?

Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This is some
sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh berries. STOP the
sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > suggestions?
>
> Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This is some
> sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh berries. STOP the
> sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.
>
> Jill

It's kinda funny, but he doesn't get much sweets except for cereal in
the morning & an occasional dessert. He doesn't get dessert every day,
either, but I did make he mistake of serving him the cereal that I
like. :-/

jmcquown wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > suggestions?
>
> Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This is some
> sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh berries. STOP the
> sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.
>
> Jill

Also, he even requests no jelly on PB&J'S :-)

denise~* wrote:
> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> suggestions?

What about just sprinkling them with some powdered sugar or something
like flavored Carnation Instant Breakfast? I'm thinking if you add
moisture of any kind, they will just get yucky.

I once bought the yogurt covered Cheerios thinking they were
healthy....Ha! They're just coated in sugar. Ick! Even the ones with
the freeze-dried berries are coated in sugar.

-L.

denise~* wrote:
> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> suggestions?

Do you put sugar on the plain Cheerios? I'll eat Cheerios plain
straight out of the box as a snack but if I eat them with milk I have
to have a little sugar on them. You could either gradually reduce the
amount of sugar you put on the cereal until you're not adding any sugar
at all or you could allow the sugar at breakfast and then remove some
sugary food from a later meal.

wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > suggestions?
>
> Do you put sugar on the plain Cheerios? I'll eat Cheerios plain
> straight out of the box as a snack but if I eat them with milk I have
> to have a little sugar on them. You could either gradually reduce the
> amount of sugar you put on the cereal until you're not adding any sugar
> at all or you could allow the sugar at breakfast and then remove some
> sugary food from a later meal.

I give him milk in a cup & the cereal in a bowl. I never graduated him
to cereal with milk because he eats veeerrry slow. It would be a soggy
mess by time he ate a quarter of it.

FOOL ! People are supposed to crave sugar !
It makes brain and body work well .

Asians have a congenital deffect in carbs ( cant gain weight ) .
Many cant do starch or sugar very well , also
Lactose ( galactose IS brain sugar )

so their brain says:
" dont crave much carbs ..."
So they can't compete with top westerners for brain ....

Sucrose is table sugar and is taken into
the body easy , low cost , without any problems , nor
poisons of any kind .

Get over it ! Its science ....
____________________________________________
More science ...
the sweeter a sugar is , the worse tastes ..
Molasses ( less sweet) tastes better than sucrose
Maltose tastes better than fructose .
Corn syrup tastes better than HFCS .
Nutrasweet is NOT sugar , it is a deadly poisonl.....

Never sprinkle sucrose on food , always cook it in .
you can quickly make a syrup by boiling and adding vanilla.
and a pinch of salt or sodium +citric acid .

1) Brown Cherios lightly , take out of oven ,
2) drip butter ....
3) drip a little of above syrups on top , hot .
eat warm ..

I can't find good flavor in most Spaghetti sauce , or
i'd suggest drip a bit on the Cherrios . You'll need to
take out the water first , try slow cooking S' sauce
at below 150 F in open pan , in a vacumn chamber ...
Opps i went overboard ....

then adding butter , then dropping Cherrios in

If you add to much of any engredients , except butter
, you cover the taste of the fried Cherrios ....
If you dont get the moisture out of S' sauce , their soggy .


Notice how Cherrios , bread crumbs et al,
are fundamental flavor ?

Surprize , Its only fully cooked flour .

But the common complaint is UNDER cooked
flour .

So , toast bread , or use Cherrios when ya want this
great flavor .

Why can't we buy fully cooked flour in the store ,
after all were Americans and in a hurry !
Some expensive pan cake mixes cook the flour ,
thus a great flavor .
I want it cheap , in bulk !

Your body MUST convert all starch to sugar .
All starch is converted to sugar before your body can use it .
Your brain does NOT like the flavor of startch .
But brain likes it ONLY cause it remembers cooked flour
is easier to convert to sugar than raw flour
Same with meat and vegies , you have 'tricked" your brain
to falsely think meat and vegies are good for you , cause you read
from government stuff .

You get < .1% from meat
" " trace elemnts only from vegies
Carbs are 99% ... They will make you fat faster than any other
food .
Losing wt is impossible if you are normal and live in America ( over
eat )
You need to have the right genes to stay slim , so dont waste your
time
reducing ...
Asians dont eat less to stay slim , they dont have the genes , its
out
of their hands . Read above .







jmcquown wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > suggestions?
>
> Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This is some
> sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh berries. STOP the
> sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.
>
> Jill

denise~* wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> denise~* wrote:
>>> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used
>>> to only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind &
>>> we
>>> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at
>>> least 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody
>>> have any suggestions?
>>
>> Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This
>> is some sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh
>> berries. STOP the sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Also, he even requests no jelly on PB&J'S :-)

I never requested jelly on my PB sandwiches. Always took a thermos of milk
to school to go with. Of course things have changed since I was a kid. You
aren't allowed to take PB sandwiches anymore, are you? And god forbid
someone is lactose intolerant! I suppose a juice-box is more acceptable
even though it promotes the fast rotting of ones baby-teeth. I don't know
how you do it, denise!

Jill

wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
>> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
>> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
>> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
>> suggestions?
>
> Do you put sugar on the plain Cheerios? I'll eat Cheerios plain
> straight out of the box as a snack but if I eat them with milk I have
> to have a little sugar on them. You could either gradually reduce the
> amount of sugar you put on the cereal until you're not adding any
> sugar at all or you could allow the sugar at breakfast and then
> remove some sugary food from a later meal.

When we were in Davenport, Iowa, at the HyVee there was a woman handing out
samples of flavoured milk. There was vanilla, orange, a couple of others I
don't remember. She said the product was being introduced not so much for
drinking as to add something to plain cereals like corn flakes or Cheerio's.

To me it was just another way to sell us sugar - yes! Add it to milk! But I
suppose for those who want the taste without piling sugar on a plain cereal
it's a good idea.

Jill

wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
>> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
>> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
>> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
>> suggestions?
>
> Do you put sugar on the plain Cheerios? I'll eat Cheerios plain
> straight out of the box as a snack but if I eat them with milk I have
> to have a little sugar on them. You could either gradually reduce the
> amount of sugar you put on the cereal until you're not adding any sugar
> at all or you could allow the sugar at breakfast and then remove some
> sugary food from a later meal.
>

Me too, and there is already sugar in regular Cheerios. And there is
more of it than oat fiber according to the ingredients list.

In article . com>,
"denise~*" > wrote:

> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> suggestions?

Maybe you could try adding a little honey and crushed nuts to a bowl of
cereal to see if your kid will like it, or just mix in some diced fruit.

On 28 Sep 2006 23:01:14 -0700, "denise~*" >
wrote:

>Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
>only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
>just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
>'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
>suggestions?

Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.

:: sound from other room:: "Daddy, daddy, I'm getting dizzy!"
:: Daddy replies, "Shut up kid, or I'll nail your other shoe to the
floor." :x

--
Zilbandy - Tucson, Arizona USA >
Dead Suburban's Home Page: http://zilbandy.com/suburb/
PGP Public Key: http://zilbandy.com/pgpkey.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

> I never requested jelly on my PB sandwiches. Always took a thermos of milk
> to school to go with. Of course things have changed since I was a kid. You
> aren't allowed to take PB sandwiches anymore, are you? And god forbid
> someone is lactose intolerant! I suppose a juice-box is more acceptable
> even though it promotes the fast rotting of ones baby-teeth. I don't know
> how you do it, denise!

Listen, despite what Fox News tells you you can take peanuts to 99.9%
of schools in the US. Likewise for milk, which is also likely to be sold
to children from the school directly.
So, she "does it" quite easily. I guess the real question is how you
manage to get through life terrified of your own shadow and believing
every idiot rumor and lie on tv?

One time on Usenet, "jmcquown" > said:
> denise~* wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >> denise~* wrote:

> >>> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used
> >>> to only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind &
> >>> we
> >>> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at
> >>> least 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody
> >>> have any suggestions?

> >> Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This
> >> is some sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh
> >> berries. STOP the sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.

> > Also, he even requests no jelly on PB&J'S :-)

I agree with Jill. Buddy (now 9) was not a sugar fan until he
was in grade school. He didn't like candy (we stopped taking him
Trick or Treating from ages 2-5 because he didn't care about it
and his dad and I wound up eating the candy, which I don't need!
We just had to take him as a baby cause he was sooo cute), no jelly
or jams, no soda pop, no sugary cereal, no fruit juice (he's a water
drinker like his mom). Whether it's his age, exposure to other kids,
or what but he likes candy and sugary cereals now. If I were you,
I'd just quit the Cheerios altogether for a week or month. They've got
a shorter attention span at 4 -- eventually he'll forget all about the
sweeter ones if you don't eat them in front of him. I know, that's
easy for me to say, since I don't have to listen to him complain. ;-)
Then reintroduce him to the plain ones. You might try some other
cereal like rice chex in the meantime.

However, if you still want to do it after reading my sterling
advice -- I'd just make a light honey glaze of melted honey and a
bit of warm water, pour it over a few Cheerios in a bowl, mix until
cereal is coated, spread on a cookie sheet and bake for a few minutes
until dry. I'd think that's approximately the same thing.

> I never requested jelly on my PB sandwiches. Always took a thermos of milk
> to school to go with. Of course things have changed since I was a kid. You
> aren't allowed to take PB sandwiches anymore, are you? And god forbid
> someone is lactose intolerant! I suppose a juice-box is more acceptable
> even though it promotes the fast rotting of ones baby-teeth. I don't know
> how you do it, denise!

I'm not Denise (I don't think her child is in grade school yet), but
Buddy's school has no ban on peanut butter sandwiches and they serve
milk at lunch time...


--
"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

denise~* wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> > denise~* wrote:
> > > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > > suggestions?
> >
> > Wean him off the sugary stuff. This is cereal, this is milk. This is some
> > sliced fresh peaches or strawberries or add some fresh berries. STOP the
> > sugar craving before it gets a firm hold.
> >
> > Jill
>
> Also, he even requests no jelly on PB&J'S :-)

Mix them half and half to start, then cut back on the sugar coated a
bit at a time....Sharon

denise~* wrote:
> Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> suggestions?

What a retard you are. Just sit the little ******* down and tell him
to eat his damn cereal.

striped_shirt wrote:
> > I never requested jelly on my PB sandwiches. Always took a thermos of milk
> > to school to go with. Of course things have changed since I was a kid. You
> > aren't allowed to take PB sandwiches anymore, are you? And god forbid
> > someone is lactose intolerant! I suppose a juice-box is more acceptable
> > even though it promotes the fast rotting of ones baby-teeth. I don't know
> > how you do it, denise!
>
> Listen, despite what Fox News tells you you can take peanuts to 99.9%
> of schools in the US. Likewise for milk, which is also likely to be sold
> to children from the school directly.
> So, she "does it" quite easily. I guess the real question is how you
> manage to get through life terrified of your own shadow and believing
> every idiot rumor and lie on tv?

I nominate this for RFC post of the year!

> Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
> years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
> If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.

Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
like...

Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/

On 29 Sep 2006 10:12:41 -0700, "denise~*" >
wrote:

>Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
>like...

LOL, I remember. I couldn't deal with it now.

--
Zilbandy - Tucson, Arizona USA >
Dead Suburban's Home Page: http://zilbandy.com/suburb/
PGP Public Key: http://zilbandy.com/pgpkey.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

jmcquown wrote:

> > Also, he even requests no jelly on PB&J'S :-)
>
> I never requested jelly on my PB sandwiches. Always took a thermos of milk
> to school to go with. Of course things have changed since I was a kid. You
> aren't allowed to take PB sandwiches anymore, are you? And god forbid
> someone is lactose intolerant! I suppose a juice-box is more acceptable
> even though it promotes the fast rotting of ones baby-teeth. I don't know
> how you do it, denise!
>
> Jill

Well, he's 4 first of all... and just started preshool. They don't
have lunch, only a snack made by the co-op mom of the day, which does
have a no-peanut rule too. Regardless, I can feed my child anything I
want at home, but he really doesn't eat much sweets though. I've
offered him desserts before & some have been refused. Although those
refused are usually those he doesn't recognise as a familiar food item
to his 4 year old mind. Even after saying "it tastes like
chocolate/candy/etc..." things are still even refused. He's a weird
child.

biig wrote:
> Mix them half and half to start, then cut back on the sugar coated a
> bit at a time....Sharon

Ohh, good idea.

Actually, Is Honey nut cheerios 'coated'? I think it's just flavored.
doesn't really matter though.

projectile vomit chick, the chidless wonder wrote:

> denise~* wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> > only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> > just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> > 'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> > suggestions?
>
> What a retard you are. Just sit the little ******* down and tell him
> to eat his damn cereal.

And you don't think we haven't tried that? Just that statement alone
makes me realize you have never had or taken care of a toddler or
preschooler. really.

Little Malice wrote:

> I agree with Jill. Buddy (now 9) was not a sugar fan until he
> was in grade school. He didn't like candy (we stopped taking him
> Trick or Treating from ages 2-5 because he didn't care about it
> and his dad and I wound up eating the candy, which I don't need!

Hehe, DS loves to go T&T-ing, but he only gets about 1.4 of the candy
that he recives. DH & I are more than happy to polish off the other
3/4 :-). No, were not cruel, he just doesn't need that much candy, but
he goes T&T-ing with his cousins each year & has a blast doing it.

> We just had to take him as a baby cause he was sooo cute), no jelly
> or jams, no soda pop, no sugary cereal, no fruit juice (he's a water
> drinker like his mom). Whether it's his age, exposure to other kids,

I dunno, but I always figured that eveything in moderation is fine. DH
woulda fed him even less sugary stuff if it were up to him, but he's
the one that grew up with a nutritionist-home-ec-teaching-librarian
mom. What can I say, my mom was the polar opposite, so I think we are
somewhere in-between with raising our kids.

> or what but he likes candy and sugary cereals now. If I were you,
> I'd just quit the Cheerios altogether for a week or month. They've got
> a shorter attention span at 4 -- eventually he'll forget all about the
> sweeter ones if you don't eat them in front of him. I know, that's
> easy for me to say, since I don't have to listen to him complain. ;-)

Hehe

> Then reintroduce him to the plain ones. You might try some other
> cereal like rice chex in the meantime.

Ohh, I've tried that. I forget now who mentioned it (since I cannot
see the post in my composer) but mixing 50%honey nut/50%plain sounds
like a great idea.

Yesterday, found a new cereal called "Nemo O's" (from the cartoon
movie) & they look like cheerios and are Honey Nut flavoed. I haven't
showed it to DS yet. I was considering putting the plain cheerios in
that box so they seem more exciting, but I'm not su sure if that will
work beyond him just wanting them in his bowl. maybe I'll mix those
50/50.

> However, if you still want to do it after reading my sterling
> advice -- I'd just make a light honey glaze of melted honey and a
> bit of warm water, pour it over a few Cheerios in a bowl, mix until
> cereal is coated, spread on a cookie sheet and bake for a few minutes
> until dry. I'd think that's approximately the same thing.

That sounds like it would work Thanks.

> "Little Malice" is Jani in WA
> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

denise~* wrote:


>>>Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
>>>only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
>>>just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
>>>'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
>>>suggestions?

You can drizzle the cherios with honey and powdered nuts (use a coffee
grinder) and dry it in a warm oven, on a non-stick pan or a silpat.

Do small batches and mix it half and half with the plain ones.


Dawn

Dawn wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
>
>
> >>>Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios. Problem is, I used to
> >>>only buy Honey Nut & now my 4 year old wont eat the plain kind & we
> >>>just bought a huge box (costco sized) Anybody kow how I can at least
> >>>'bake' honey onto them? how would I go about it? Anybody have any
> >>>suggestions?
>
> You can drizzle the cherios with honey and powdered nuts (use a coffee
> grinder) and dry it in a warm oven, on a non-stick pan or a silpat.
>
> Do small batches and mix it half and half with the plain ones.
>
>
> Dawn

Sounds like something to try. Thanks.

On 29 Sep 2006 10:23:20 -0700, "denise~*" >
wrote:

>Well, he's 4 first of all... and just started preshool. They don't
>have lunch, only a snack made by the co-op mom of the day, which does
>have a no-peanut rule too.

Use up your Cheerios on your day to bring snacks -- make a big mix of
plain Cheerios, raisins, banana chips, and sunflower seeds.

Tara

denise~* wrote:
> > Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
> > years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
> > If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.
>
> Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
> like...
>
> Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
> attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/

I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
was taken away. Lunch and supper/dinner were put down with the same
policy. A kid won't starve himself....he'll eat when it finally dawns
on him that he won't get his way. Our other policy - everything has to
be tried before being rejected - 1 tablespoonful. If the child likes
it, he gets more. If he doesn't like it after eating the tablespoonful,
he doesn't have to eat it.

-SD-

-SD- wrote:
> denise~* wrote:
>>> Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
>>> years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or
>>> not. If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.
>>
>> Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
>> like...
>>
>> Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
>> attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/
>
> I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
> was taken away. Lunch and supper/dinner were put down with the same
> policy. A kid won't starve himself....he'll eat when it finally dawns
> on him that he won't get his way. Our other policy - everything has to
> be tried before being rejected - 1 tablespoonful. If the child likes
> it, he gets more. If he doesn't like it after eating the
> tablespoonful, he doesn't have to eat it.
>
> -SD-

EXACTLY! The child isn't the one in charge.

Jill

One time on Usenet, "-SD-" > said:
> denise~* wrote:

> > > Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
> > > years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
> > > If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.
> >
> > Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
> > like...
> >
> > Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
> > attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/
>
> I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
> was taken away.

Sorry, I'm not getting this sentence. Why take it away if they're
eating it? Or did you mean that if, after 20 minutes, the food was
NOT getting eaten, you'd put it away? I can agree with that kind of
thinking.

> Lunch and supper/dinner were put down with the same
> policy. A kid won't starve himself....he'll eat when it finally dawns
> on him that he won't get his way.

Yup.

> Our other policy - everything has to
> be tried before being rejected - 1 tablespoonful. If the child likes
> it, he gets more. If he doesn't like it after eating the tablespoonful,
> he doesn't have to eat it.

Total agreement, although one thing we do is reintroduce unpopular
foods once in a while. Buddy hated sweet & sour chicken wings (a
family favorite), and I do mean *hated* them. But we'd tell him to
take a "no thank you bite" anyway, and recently he's found them to
be tasty enough to eat 4 of them. As was discussed last week, we
all know how tastes change as we age...


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denise~* > wrote:
>Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios.

Uh, leave them in the store?

--Blair

Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "-SD-" > said:
> > denise~* wrote:
>
> > > > Pardon my grumpy mood, but it's just one of those days. The kid is 4
> > > > years old. Tell him that this is breakfast and he can eat it, or not.
> > > > If he doesn't, lunch is at noon. If he's hungry, he'll eat it.
> > >
> > > Ohh, you must have a 4 year old! :-) or just remember what it's
> > > like...
> > >
> > > Yes, this is a daily exercize, but I thought I'd make the futile
> > > attempt at getting him to eat his breakfast. :-/
> >
> > I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
> > was taken away.
>
> Sorry, I'm not getting this sentence. Why take it away if they're
> eating it? Or did you mean that if, after 20 minutes, the food was
> NOT getting eaten, you'd put it away? I can agree with that kind of
> thinking.

Typo,,,if it was NOT being eaten.

-SD-

Tara wrote:
> On 29 Sep 2006 10:23:20 -0700, "denise~*" >
> wrote:
>
> >Well, he's 4 first of all... and just started preshool. They don't
> >have lunch, only a snack made by the co-op mom of the day, which does
> >have a no-peanut rule too.
>
> Use up your Cheerios on your day to bring snacks -- make a big mix of
> plain Cheerios, raisins, banana chips, and sunflower seeds.
>
> Tara

Very true, we have "Parents Choice" days that I can sign up for.
'Gorp de Cheerios' Never thought of that. :-)

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> denise~* > wrote:
> >Does anybody know how to 'Doctor up' Cheerios.
>
> Uh, leave them in the store?
>
> --Blair

Too late if you have already purchased & opened. I didn't think he
would not eat them.

Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:

> I'm not a child expert but I agree with Jill that offering fruit is a good
> alternative. Don't get those pancreas all excited too soon
>
> Michael <- been there and done it

Well, I didn't adress that concern of her's becasue it's a non-concern.
He gets fruit at breakfast & lunch, every day. Typically; Cantaloupe,
Grapes, Apple. Today he got a pear with lunch. He loves fruit.

jmcquown wrote:

> >
> > -SD-
>
> EXACTLY! The child isn't the one in charge.
>
> Jill

Jill, Please get off your high horse.

I'm assuming you have had kids (maybe you haven't, I dunno) I know
that they try to be in charge, but I'm sure you must remember how hard
it was, especially if you have one as tenatious as mine is about food
and trying to be in charge. Please keep that in mind...we do our best
about being in charge. Most everything else he complies with,
eventually. Things like food is a tough one. We are definately not
his puppets. He knows where the power lies, but if it's a food he's
not familar with, tired of, or doesn't care for all that much, he
actually will say he wants to eat it but then doesn't. We will tell
him he is done & to get down, but he goes into a fit of "noooo, I want
toooo eeeeaaat" All along, I know he wont, but I give him the benefit
of the doubt. He will sit for over 30 min saying he wants to eat, but
doesn't touch it. OTOH, if its something he really likes, it's gobbled
up. Ohh, and we don't fix a new meal. He gets whats served & that's
it & if he doesn;t eat most of his dinner, no dessert or snack later.
I am learing to try to not sweat the small stuff, but I still want him
to eat. I know cheerios are good for him & if it means sweetening them
up a little to get him to eat it, then so be it. It's better than
"Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs"
http://blog.lauralemay.com/archives/000533.html or
http://www.lavasurfer.com/sugarbombs.gif

One time on Usenet, "-SD-" > said:
> Little Malice wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, "-SD-" > said:

<snip>

> > > I used to put the food down. In 20 minutes or so if it was eaten, it
> > > was taken away.
> >
> > Sorry, I'm not getting this sentence. Why take it away if they're
> > eating it? Or did you mean that if, after 20 minutes, the food was
> > NOT getting eaten, you'd put it away? I can agree with that kind of
> > thinking.
>
> Typo,,,if it was NOT being eaten.

Okay, thanks -- I was pretty sure that's what you meant, but wanted to
be certain...


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One time on Usenet, "denise~*" > said:
> jmcquown wrote:

> > EXACTLY! The child isn't the one in charge.

> Jill, Please get off your high horse.
>
> I'm assuming you have had kids (maybe you haven't, I dunno)

No, she doesn't have any kids. Just FYI. It's late and I
can't sleep.

<snip>

> I know cheerios are good for him & if it means sweetening them
> up a little to get him to eat it, then so be it. It's better than
> "Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs"
> http://blog.lauralemay.com/archives/000533.html or
> http://www.lavasurfer.com/sugarbombs.gif

Heh, Buddy (like his mom) loves "Calvin & Hobbes". Now I'll wait
for someone to tell me he should be reading Tolstoy rather than
cartoons... ;->


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~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "denise~*" > said:
> > jmcquown wrote:
>
> > > EXACTLY! The child isn't the one in charge.
>
> > Jill, Please get off your high horse.
> >
> > I'm assuming you have had kids (maybe you haven't, I dunno)
>
> No, she doesn't have any kids. Just FYI. It's late and I
> can't sleep.

Well, *that* might explain most of it.

Oh, & I'm feeding my 3 mo right now and typing 1 handed. :-)

> <snip>
>
> > I know cheerios are good for him & if it means sweetening them
> > up a little to get him to eat it, then so be it. It's better than
> > "Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs"
> > http://blog.lauralemay.com/archives/000533.html or
> > http://www.lavasurfer.com/sugarbombs.gif
>
> Heh, Buddy (like his mom) loves "Calvin & Hobbes". Now I'll wait
> for someone to tell me he should be reading Tolstoy rather than
> cartoons... ;->

Nah. C & H is much better ;-)

By the way, did I ever meet you at Ranee's? haven't been to one of her
shin-digs in years, but I know some of the local RFC'rs have been to
them.

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> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

One time on Usenet, "denise~*" > said:

<big snip>

> By the way, did I ever meet you at Ranee's? haven't been to one of her
> shin-digs in years, but I know some of the local RFC'rs have been to
> them.

No -- wish we had, but I've never been to a cook-in. Alan Zelt
invited me to one many years ago, but I was so new to RFC at that
time that I felt too intimidated. I wish I'd taken him up on it.
Maybe one of these days someone in this area will have another.
Can I assume you live in the PNW? I'd check the RFC map, but
it's down tonight... :-)


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