10 Tips to Get YOUR Child to Eat Veggies

If your children are anything like mine, eating vegetables are a huge problem. They simply think veggies are the worst food on the planet! It has been a constant battle to get my children to eat their veggies. .

But, I have came up with a list of 10 tips on how to get my children to eat those veggies! With these simple tips, war with your children and veggies can come to an end!

1. Disguise those veggies. I have made little animals with vegetables. For instance, make a carrot into a chicken. I even saw a cute "craft" project where a mother made an hard boiled egg, cheese, and some other veggies into a mouse and her children loved it!
2. Have a variety available. When I serve my children vegetables, I have atleast 4 different types available for them to eat. They always eat atleast one of the four.
3. Eat with them. If they see you eating a carrot, apple or whatever then more than likely they will eat it too.
4. Don't let them know they are eating vegetables. Make a meal and add some vegetables into the meal...Then don't tell them!
5. Make snacks time to vegetable time. If you substitute those snacks that you know are not good for your children with vegetables then your children can get use to being served vegetables.
6. Always make sure to serve a vegetable with lunch and dinner. This way they will get use to eating vegetables with the main meals.
7. Make eating vegetables fun for them. One time I put on a play with a carrot and apple and they loved  it.
8. Let your children pick out vegetables they would like to try at the grocery store. If Haley and Amberly pick out a vegetable themselves they will eat it.
9. Let your children help prepare vegetables to eat. I let Haley help peel apples. I let Amberly help prepare vegetable trays.
10. Be patient. It does take time for kids to get use to the taste of vegetables. It can take a long time to get your child to eat a certain kind of vegetable. It could simply be because they are going through a "I can't eat anything green" phase.

It can be difficult to get your children to eat their veggies, but it is possible. If you sit back and remember how you felt when you was forced to eat your vegetables when you was younger, you will remember you dreaded it. Making it fun for your children will ensure that they will want to eat vegetables!

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Haley's Sense of Style

Haley is starting to get into picking out her own clothes and telling me what she wants to wear. She will be six in February and really is becoming a big girl. As you can tell from the picture, she loves to look just right. Her hair can not be out of place. She loves having her hair braided or put up in a pony tail. She loves anything that is pink and with puffy sleeves. She calls puffy sleeves "Feathers." She is becoming more and more aware of what she likes and don't like. Let me tell you, she will let you know if she does not like something!

I have noticed that Haley is into the brighter colors. She wants to be noticed. The outfits have to have something girly. For instance, a butterfly or a flower. Haley also has to match. If she has blue on her shirt, she HAS to have blue on her pants. She also loves it when her finger nails and toe nails match her outfits.

I have also been letting her shop for herself. We have began the process of school shopping. She will be starting Kindergarten this year. This is a huge year for her! So, for this big occasion I have decided to let her pick out her own clothes for school...with my supervision.

So far she has picked pink sparkly shoes, blue, pink & green shirts. She has picked out shirts that have the big puffy sleeves. She wants to dress like a princess. It is really cute to see her personality start to show in her clothes. One of her favorite characters is Aeriel from the Little Mermaid. Anything that has to do with a mermaid she is down for. She also loves short pants and wearing sandals. Her shoes have to have color on them. If they are just a plain color, then she will not wear them.  Haley loves it when I paint her toe nails a bright pink color. She is such a girly girl!

Her outfits have show that she is growing up and wanting to become independent. It has been hard on me as a mother to see my daughter grow and wanting to pick out her own clothes and develop her own sense of style. I am also excited to see how her style is going to change over the years. What will she like when she is 10? 13? 16? Having two little girls, I am in for it with clothes!

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