Did you guys hear about McDonalds?

my kids will only eat.... is a crock.

seriously!!! if you give them a nutritious tasty meal, and they don't eat it, fine, they starve, until the next meal, where they will be served the same thing again, eventually they will get hungry enough to eat.

OR....you could avoid McDonalds altogether?

p.s. my kids eat the apples! hah. and actually prefer them.

We don't often take our kids to MacDonalds but when it do i'm happy for them to have fries. My son didn't like chips before he started school so we did used to get the apple slices for him instead of fries but they did taste really strange, he didn't seem to notice but i couldn't eat them yuk!

Here in the UK i don't think the size of the fries in the happy meals are too big, my kids manage to eat the full portion.

I babysat a 2 year old last month. In the morning, I sliced him up some bananas and got some cheerios for him. He shook his head and got out of his chair. I felt bad and tried several more times to try to get him to eat before his parents got back. I offered him scrambled eggs with some chopped up ham-steak and he shook his head and went and sat down. So i gave him juice and let him watch a movie. When his parents got back I apologized that I couldn't get him to eat.

She says "Oh that's alright, he only eats McDonalds" and laughs like it was funny.

O_o

Ok, this is making me feel better about my super picky 2 1/2 year old. He'll only eat the pre-packaged Gerber Graduate meals and mac & cheese, but he loves fruit and mixed veggies. If I were to even take him to McDonald's he's probably throw a fit.

My oldest is super picky. My 10 year old and 3 year old will eat almost anything. Or at least try it. I am doing BLW with my 8 month old and he will currently try just about anything.
If it doesn't look good to her she won't eat it. End of story. She's always been that way. She doesn't really eat junk food though. And I refuse to make her something extra. However, if we are having say spaghetti and I know she isn't big on sauce I just give her more noodles. Or if we have broccoli she knows she has to eat more salad.
Her step sister will only eat breaded chicken tenders. So that's what they feed her. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I've started sending my kids to their Dad's with fruit lol.

I can't imagine why a 2 year old would ever have been to a McDonalds. I can understand it as an adult "treat" (for treat read weirdness), but I can't think of a single reason to take a baby there.

How many 2 year olds have you raised?

it's strange but i feel about kid's eating habits the same way i do about my puppy. there is no excuse for them not to eat well or being overweight. i have control over what my puppy eats and i take it seriously. i would expect that parents are equally responsible for what goes in their kid's mouths.

it's my dream to have someone take care of my meals and snacks and put it in front of me :-)

and when i hear parents say he/she won't eat that....really? since when do you let kids dictate what they will/won't eat. there are so many choices, and cooking and meals are the best opportunity to get kid's introduced to good food in a positive way to save them from a life of struggle and poor health.

This! Grow a pair and be a parent.

This! Grow a pair and be a parent.

I do think there is a difference between a child having a little problem with eating and one that WILL NOT eat. It does happen and you have to try different things to figure out which your child is... but, how exhausted do you think you'd be arguing with your kid 3 or more times daily?

I've found that the phases change off and on.

but, how exhausted do you think you'd be arguing with your kid 3 or more times daily?

It's still called being a parent. Raising a child is a choice.

it's strange but i feel about kid's eating habits the same way i do about my puppy. there is no excuse for them not to eat well or being overweight. i have control over what my puppy eats and i take it seriously. i would expect that parents are equally responsible for what goes in their kid's mouths.

it's my dream to have someone take care of my meals and snacks and put it in front of me :-)

and when i hear parents say he/she won't eat that....really? since when do you let kids dictate what they will/won't eat. there are so many choices, and cooking and meals are the best opportunity to get kid's introduced to good food in a positive way to save them from a life of struggle and poor health.

I love this! I have a 4 year old and he eats very healthy. One of my good friends has a 5 year old girl and she asks me all the time "how do you get him to eat that" I give it to him, and tell him that is dinner. He doesn't get soda he gets veggies, water, milk, and on a rare occasion tea, fruit and juice are snacks we don't have a lot of the crap food. If they don't taste it they don't know they want it... That's my stance on it. There are some things that he does not like, but overall he eats what I give him and he doesn't eat the junk because we don't have it and he has no idea what it is...

I do think there is a difference between a child having a little problem with eating and one that WILL NOT eat. It does happen and you have to try different things to figure out which your child is... but, how exhausted do you think you'd be arguing with your kid 3 or more times daily?

I've found that the phases change off and on.

i agree kids go through food phases.

i have found the best phrase is 'johnny, i love you too much to argue. you may try three bites and get down from the table if you have decided you don't like it.' they will eat when they get hungry enough and aren't filled up with juice or other fillers.

it also helps to give picky eaters options. 'johnny, would you like to eat from the red plate or the blue plate? would you like half of the sandwich on there or the whole thing? do you want broccoli and carrots or just broccoli? would you like to eat now or in 20 minutes?'

and i'm a big fan of grating veggies into anything with a sauce.

i agree kids go through food phases.

i have found the best phrase is 'johnny, i love you too much to argue. you may try three bites and get down from the table if you have decided you don't like it.' they will eat when they get hungry enough and aren't filled up with juice or other fillers.

it also helps to give picky eaters options. 'johnny, would you like to eat from the red plate or the blue plate? would you like half of the sandwich on there or the whole thing? do you want broccoli and carrots or just broccoli? would you like to eat now or in 20 minutes?'

and i'm a big fan of grating veggies into anything with a sauce.

So agreed.

The McDonalds i Hawaii give you a fresh serving of pineapple with every order. We went to Mcds just for that.

Yummy! I love pineapple!

I guess this is a good idea (although, as others have said, the preservatives in the apple slices are a bit odd and the caramel negates the health aspect), but I kind of think McDonalds is missing the point. When I was a kid, my parents took me to McDonalds as a treat. Sure, the food was unhealthy, but I guess I thought it tasted good. But to be honest, I recall just wanting the toy in the happy meal and then to play in the kid's section of the restaurant. No kid ever got fat from eating a McDonald's Happy Meal once in a blue moon. The problem is when parents take their kids there once or twice a week coupled with the kids sitting on their bums all day in school and then playing video games when they get home. I was watching my little cousins recently sit outside on their front porch playing individual video games. This was in the middle of a gorgeous day when they could have been running around outside! These kids then grow up and order the large fries or supersize meals. The size of the fries themselves in the happy meal is not horrendous... I just think McDonald's is missing the point and this is just more for show.