My Two-Year-Old Eats Octopus: Raising Children Who Love to Eat Everything

Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
CHAPTER 1: “Mmmmm . . . Octopus!"......Page 10
What, Me Worry?......Page 12
What This Book Is, and What It Is Not......Page 17
CHAPTER 2: So What’s the Problem?......Page 26
“But I Don’t Like That”......Page 31
Teaching vs. Tricking......Page 33
The Big Three......Page 36
But That’s What Kids Want to Eat, Right?......Page 43
What Makes It Harder Today?......Page 45
America vs. the World: Are Our Kids Behind in the Flavor Game?......Page 48
What I’ve Learned......Page 58
CHAPTER 3: You Can’t Start Too Soon......Page 60
It Starts With an Attitude......Page 62
Live a Little!......Page 64
Mom-to-Be: You (and Your Child) Are What You Eat......Page 67
From Day One: A Milk Diet......Page 71
Spin the Bottle......Page 79
Breastfeeding: A Final Encouragement......Page 80
What I’ve Learned......Page 84
CHAPTER 4: “Into the Mouths of Babes”: First Foods......Page 86
Open Wide......Page 89
Moving On to the Tasty Stuff......Page 92
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat......Page 96
Baby Foods: Yours or Theirs?......Page 100
Who Is Feeding Our Babies?......Page 105
The How-Tos of Making Baby Food......Page 109
Infant Mini-Meals......Page 111
She’s So Sweet!......Page 113
Improving Flavor......Page 116
So What About Organic? Is It Fresh?......Page 118
What I’ve Learned......Page 124
CHAPTER 5: The Toddler Years: Time to Expand the Palate......Page 126
A Toddler at the Table......Page 129
The Menu, Please......Page 137
“But She’ll Only Eat . . ."......Page 144
A Carrot or a (Fish) Stick?......Page 150
Here Come the “Kid-Friendly” Foods!......Page 153
Morning Wake-Up Call......Page 155
Cute, Cute, Cute......Page 165
What Else Is on the Pantry Shelves?......Page 168
Special Toddler Foods......Page 174
On the Road with Toddler in Tow......Page 176
Make It Fast......Page 179
What About Juice?......Page 181
What I’ve Learned......Page 190
CHAPTER 6: The Preschooler: A Real Little Eater......Page 192
But What Does It Taste Like?......Page 193
Imparting Flavor......Page 196
Someone’s in the Kitchen......Page 203
“It’s Time for a Snack!”......Page 207
Snacking vs. “Grazing”......Page 211
From Madison Avenue, with Love......Page 213
Play with Your Food......Page 217
One Plus One Is Two Candy Bars......Page 219
Please, Please, Please, Please, Please......Page 222
Bringing It Back to Taste and Flavor......Page 224
All About Beverages......Page 227
It All Adds Up to Picky Eating......Page 233
What I’ve Learned......Page 234
CHAPTER 7: When Problems Start......Page 236
What Is That on That?......Page 238
How Can I Get My Child to Eat Vegetables?......Page 241
A Hot Dog by Any Other Name......Page 245
“Sit Down!”......Page 247
“Will you Please Hurry Up and Finish Eating?”......Page 251
“I Am Not a Short-Order Cook”......Page 253
“And I Am Not a Waitress”......Page 255
“Ew, Gross, Yuck, Disgusting”......Page 256
What Happened to Number Two?......Page 260
When the Problem Is Really Serious......Page 262
What I’ve Learned......Page 264
CHAPTER 8: Chefs Speak: Practicing What They Preach......Page 268
A Fine Palate: Is It Born or Bred?......Page 270
Thanks, But No Thanks......Page 274
What’s in That Brown Bag?......Page 275
Welcome to My Restaurant: What We Wish Parents Knew......Page 276
And for the Children This Evening?......Page 280
What I’ve Learned......Page 283
CHAPTER 9: Restaurant Dining......Page 286
“Oh, Great! Here Come Some People With a Kid”......Page 287
Restaurant Dos and Don’ts: You Can Do It!......Page 290
Please Be Seated......Page 295
Super Success Stories......Page 301
CHAPTER 10: Cheers!......Page 308
Can You Take This Too Far?......Page 310
Where Does It All Lead?......Page 314
Let It Be......Page 316
NOTES AND REFERENCES......Page 320
INDEX......Page 326