Carl Newlen

Eat Your Spaghetti

- January 29, 2010, 3:27 pm | Raising Children

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Bayley Rainer - Picky eater

Me: Bayley, you need to start eating your spaghetti. 
Bayley - age 5: I`m not hungry. 
Me: Do you want some cake? 
Bayley: Yes! 
Me: So you are hungry, now eat. 
Bayley: Can I have some cake?
Me: When you are done eating your spaghetti. 

(3 minutes later) 
Me: Bayley, you promised me you would start trying new foods. You can`t just eat chicken nuggets and fries all the time. So you better eat. 

(1 minute later) 
Me: Bayley, come on. Just take a bite. If you don`t like it you can spit it out. 
Bayley: I don`t like it. 
Me: You never tried it. You used to love spaghetti when you were little. And I even let you pick out the spaghetti at the store. 

(1 minute later) 
Me: Look, Bayley, Tristen is eating his dinner. Just try it . . . Okay, I didn`t want to tell you this. (whispered) If you don`t eat at least a little bite I am going to have to take you to the hospital. They are going to have to give you three shots. You will get one in the middle of your eye, one in the ear and one in your belly. Do you really want to do that? 

(pause) 
Me: Where do you think you are going? 
Bayley: I am going to get my shoes.

 

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