so...lily has been the pickiest eater since birth. actually, that's not true, she loved the boobie juice...but once real food came into play she just wasn't having it.
mike and i would do everything in our power to get her to eat - bribes, tastes, reenactments, massage, magic, costumes, interpretive dance - you NAME it.
never did any good.
i used to ENVY my friends that would complain, "all my kid eats is mac n' cheese! what do i do?"
FEED HIM MAC N' CHEESE!
please! i'd love it all lily ate was mac n' cheese. but she didn't even eat that.
or pizza or chicken nuggets or hot dogs...or any other food, good for you or bad for you, that every other kid on the planet would eat.
NADA!
she didn't want to even be near any of those things.
however...
as the years have gone by, she's gotten better and better.
she still has a VERY limited palate and isn't into trying new things...but she's healthy and we know the foods that she'll eat so we feed them to her all the time.
most of the time, she even does well at restaurants!
we've also discovered a boatload of healthy snacks (thank you trader joes and whole foods) that give her nutrition throughout the day.
but...
the other day i decided to try an experiment.
i told her that i had something GREAT for her to eat, but if she wanted to eat it she needed to wear a blindfold.
i just knew that if she took one look at the refried beans in the burrito i was gonna make, she'd gag and complain and the meal would be over with before it even started.
she agreed!
and she thought it was HYSTERICAL!
lily laughed...and tried to guess...and wiggled in her seat in anticipation.
and then...
SHE ATE IT!
she ate the whole freaking thing!
yes, lily ate a burrito with refried beans and spanish rice.
i cried. (well not really but it sounded dramatic, right?)
i'm sure you're probably all, "uh, you made me read this whole thing and all she tried was a burrito! i thought you were going to feed her fois gras or something!"
nope. just a burrito.
and it was major!
i plan to use the blindfold technique on some guacamole tonight.
if it works, i have to remember to bring my blindfold to chipoltle next time we go!
try it!
IT WORKS!
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