Giving New Meaning to Parenting

Tonight I offered my two-year-old one-hundred dollars if she would just eat one noodle.
She didn’t bite.
We’ve entered a battle of wit during meals.  There’s whining and firm exclamations of “DON’T WANT IT!”.  There’s begging and pleading and bribery I’m not proud of.  There’s kicking and head tossing and food throwing.  There’s crying.
And that’s typically in [...]

Over the weekend, we took the kids to the local Natural History Museum to view the dino skeletons and other items of history. They had a great time.
We were pleasantly surprised to find that a heath care event was going on with all sorts of crafts and displays for kids to learn about healthy [...]

Here’s a link to a step-by-step program for slowly adjusting home dinners prepared for your picky eaters. As the mom of a picky eater, I frequently search for these types of articles. Here’s one that came to my inbox today:
Dinner Makeovers For Picky Eaters

*Note* – [This morning it was announced that the plagiarism suit against Jessica Seinfeld was dismissed. As such, it seems appropriate to repost this fantastic review of Jessica's book by the very talented Wacky Mommy (whose original post appeared here back in the latter half of 2007]
My 8-year-old daughter’s review “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to [...]

I’m just back from an amazing VIP bloggers trip to Disney World, Florida. Here are the top tips for parents I picked up during the trip, tips that I wanted to share with all of you. Feel free to add your own in the comments, ’cause you can never have too many tips [...]

Let me start off here by stating for the record my bias, that breastfeeding my children was something I found not only personally fulfilling but also a one of the most important things I have done as their mother. I did so, even though I was working full time and had to pump milk [...]

Last week I mentioned how often I get bored with food. It’s bugged me all week, quite frankly. I don’t like sounding so ungrateful. There are people right in my area who struggle to put food on the table each day, and here I am complaining about variety. With colder weather coming [...]

Do you ever get bored with food? I get bored with food. And yes, you may call me a picky eater. Or maybe… I’m a fad eater. I get hooked on one recipe or another and enjoy it for a while, then I don’t want to make it [...]

Yet another strategy for saving money on food is to make it yourself. Whenever you purchase something pre-made at the store, you’re going to pay for someone else’s labor.
Earth-shattering revelation, no?
Never mind, don’t answer that.
My boys are currently fond of the Lunchables brand of ummm, lunch thingies. I only buy [...]

We interrupt this saving money/food organizing series to examine an important question.
Do you ever feel like people are judging you based on the food you serve your family?
I know I do.
And let’s face it, most of us have probably looked at the eating habits of at least one other family and ummmm, drawn some conclusions.  [...]