[RosieCotton]

Hey, there IS something I don't like. Canned peas are icky.

Like I said, my family never really did the "you must eat this before you can have dessert or leave the table" thing. But if they had...I'd STILL be sitting at the table when it came to those things. They made me literally gag.

I can eat them now if I have to, but I don't care for them.

[SuziQ]

After the carrots episode with #1 son, I decided I'd never force foods on the kids again. Somehow, I forgot, and when Clare came along, I tried the 'you don't leave the table until you eat it' routine again. She spent an entire afternoon there, and frankly I had other things to do.

I decided that this battle was puny in the grand scheme of things, and I didn't need to fight it. She was old enough at that point that if she wanted something different than we were eating, she could fix it herself. Since that time, she's become a little more daring in her food choices, but I haven't pushed them. Someday she'll eat more veggies and fruits. Until then, I just make sure she takes a phyto-nutrient supplement, and a multi-vitamin.