I think the best advice for your picky kids is 1. plan the meals for say a week ahead of time with their help. Make it fun. Adding new foods often. 2. Sit down together as a family to eat. You are the best role models for healthy eating. I also never suggest asking your kids each day what they want for dinner.
Every child is different, but what worked really well for my son was two things. He had to try one bite, but if he didn't like it, he didn't have to try it again for a 'whole' month. I explained to him that as we get older, how things taste to us changes, so it's important to give it another chance. Mommy also had to follow this rule of trying one bite. The second thing was once a week we would go to the produce section and he could pick out anything he wanted to try (fruit or veg)... it just had to be something we had never had before. He ended up a very adventurous eater, and I'm picker than he is now, lol.
Smoothies but call them milkshakes. You can put veggies in them & always add a banana to hide the taste of everything else. Put it in cups they can't see through with lids and straws the same. Works well
I had a thought. If you feel like you have a surplus of polished rocks you could LITERALLY decorate your yard with them and the sea glass 💗. Like how people use rocks white rocks to line flower beds.
When it comes to trying new foods for little kids sometimes exposure is key! If you present kids with a new food along with all the foods theyre comfortable with on their plate and do it often they will likely at one point get curious and try the new thing on their plate even if they don’t the first time. If your kid doesn’t show interest in a food first time don’t immediately add it to the list of foods they don’t like cause they might just see it as something unfamiliar and new that they’re not comfortable with yet, kids also like to eat what their parents eat so you could try just feeding them the same meals you have and when they see you eating it they might be more encouraged to eat it alongside you,not making a big deal of these new foods and treating them just as regular fuel for your body might help, however every kid is different so they might just be going through a picky eater phase that they’ll eventually grow out of, nothing is ever really a miracle fix for picky eating but I hope you find something that helps!
Research says it takes eight to 15 times to introduce a new food before your child will accept it. Sadly one of my kids is still a picky eater at 17 so I don’t have any tips!
I grew up in a haunted house. All my life this stuff was going on, so I talked to the ghosts. They never answered, but I felt better. We had a den where we watched tv, and all of a sudden there would be a cold spot next to me and I'd have goosebumps. I could smell perfume. I'd say, "Hi! Do you want to watch tv with me?" Weird, I know. I told my boyfriend about this and he never believed me. After we got married we were staying in that house again and we were in the den. Three books levitated out of the bookshelf, hovered for a second, and dropped to the floor. My husband was freaking out. I just said, "I told you so."
You should get a Geiger counter to see if you have any radioactive rocks. So many types of glass light up under UV so a geiger would definitely pick up if that sea glass is uranium. You should also point the UV at your pink sapphire. I had a custom made wedding ring that is pink sapphire and green uranium glass. That sapphire lights up like a hot coal!
Advice for picky eaters. My son’s steams from scenery input from the food so he went to OT but this will probably work for anyone. I feel like I should make a video about this. If you want me to I will. But here goes. First they had him exposed to a bunch of foods with no explanation of tasting it. His OT played games with the food I brought in, paint pictures with it, mold it, do anything with it. When he was comfortable with that they then gave him the option of either touching, tasting or eating the food. Only one at a time and any choice was the right choice. This when on until he was choosing to either taste or eat the food. Another thing that worked was to limit the amount of food on the plate to 2-3 bites worth of a preferred food and 1 bite of a non preferred food. When they ask for more give them more. A full plate of food, even preferred, is overwhelming for a little kid and their natural response is to shut down and not eat any of it. One more tip: make food a neutral topic, not positive or negative. They taught me to not give praise for eating a food but at the same time don’t get upset if they do not. This one I think helped the e most for my son. He is now 10 and I would not classify him as a picky eater now but he does still have his challenges with food. No one is perfect. I hope this was helpful. Good luck!
My son is autistic, and we would have troubles eating more than a handful of things. We got help from a nutritionist, we tried one aliment at a time, ask just for one bite and if he doesn't like it try at another time. We tried a few each week until we found 1 or 2 more he liked, it's important to follow their cues. He would starve himself if he didn't have his safe food, so don't feel bad if they eat better some weeks. Buying fruit pouch with veggies in it and other products like that worked. Including the kids in food preparation, letting them play with it, can also help, I know you already do that. Making like a buffet with a few plates that they can choose and pick a few options, and eating with them.
Just keep introducing food with no expectations nor judgement (of the food “value”). Patience. And know that in the long run it really doesn’t matter. That one thing you can never control is what your child chooses to put in their mouth. Any attention to this is a potential for trouble. Make it available (calibrating the amount you prepare to eliminate known waste) and let the proverbial chips fall where they may. Mealtime is the LAST place to have a pressure situation. You will always lose. I’m certain your kiddos are getting the nutrition they need. Check this worry off your list. ❤
Long time Mom (36 years of active parenting). My advice for picky eaters is to let them eat what they want. My mother, retired Dietitian and Nutritionist, said tastes change over the years, as they get older. You can offer a nutritional drink, like Ensure or a multivitamins if they aren’t eating a well balanced meal. Let them explore new foods by putting some on their plates. Don’t force them to eat it. Let them be curious. When introducing new food to my kids, I always ask for a “no thank you” bite. That way they are introduced to a new food or preparation to expand their tastes further than Cheerios, chicken nuggets, pizza and macaroni and cheese. 😂 Good luck and don’t fret. Things do change. ❤ 💜💜💜
When my oldest was little he was so picky I was begging him , worrying. We went to his 3 or 4 yr old appointment and his pediatrician said he “he doesn’t look malnourished , he will eat when he gets hungry enough “. He is 31 now and he is still pretty picky but he survived.
OH! MY! GOSH! I do everything on the floor too! Do my makeup while the TV is on, look at my phone, etc...AND I never sit on a chair the proper way!! If I have to sat at a table for a family game night or dinner at somebody's house, I totally sit on one leg exactly (sometimes both legs) like you did!! I will say, at restaurants I do not sit on my leg/legs. By the way, I love the unedited, longer videos. 😊
I always sit with my legs up / crossed too-even in the car, right foot on the gas, left foot bent up on the seat. I’ve always wondered why I can’t sit with my legs dangling down.
I babysat twins and they were picky eaters their mom would tell them they have to take one “no thank you bite” of each food they have never tried before. And tell them if you don’t like it then you say no thank you and you don’t have to eat anymore. I was 10 when we started watching them and I just turned 29 and I still do that to this day. They were super kind and nurturing about it and help teach manners too
I saw a TikTok once of someone explaining that young children's taste buds change every two weeks or something like that (no idea what the age range is and how true it actually is), so saying something like "I wonder if my taste buds have changed today, maybe they'll like this food now" or "I didn't like this food last time we had it, but my taste buds might have changed, so I'm going to try it again" might pique their interest and encourage them to try things that they previously haven't liked. As an Early Childhood Educator, I've been using this strategy in my toddler classroom, and it definitely intrigues the kiddos!
TTQ: Can you PLEEEEASE show us every night (on the days you go to the beach) when you and Eric go through your treasures of the day together?? I find it so exciting to see you both react together! The cute bantering and all….It will neverrr get old…I PROMISE. 😜 Also, I live nowhere close to a beach, (I’m in utah) have you ever tumbled LAKE rocks? I’m so interested in this now because of you! It’s one of my favorite portions of the vlogs! Keep up the good work! I’m so proud of how far you’ve come, and how you’ve handled yourself during such a hard time. Thank you for continuing to make videos and sharing your life with those of us who see who you really are. You’re a badass, and I’m so so proud of you. Love you! 💜💜💜
I personally love the wild rocks. There are so many different kinds - and the colors and the shapes - it's astounding who those rocks become after tumbling. I like the sea glass - but the rocks have my heart.
Trying new foods with kids: I work with kids who have challenges around food. It could work well if you try introducing new/non-preferred foods in a game. You could use a spinner with colors. Take turns spinning. Each color corresponds to a food. What you land on (the color) you eat or bite into/taste (the corresponding food).
Tortilla Talk: first, we always had our son pick the fruits and veggies for the week, explaining that his body needed different vitamins from different plants. He seemed to try more food if he knew why his body needed it. If he ever went through a picky stage, we read Bread and Jam for Francis to him. We would have him help cook and we would try to do simple dinners with a variety of choices (sandwiches made to order, letting him choose which meat, cheese and veggies he wanted), spaghetti with options of meatballs, beef hot dogs pieces, marinara or Alfredo sauces or just butter). You can also try cutting food into smaller pieces or into shapes so it's less intimidating. Even noodles were daunting for George and needed to cut into much smaller pieces. Occasionally we would have a week of everyone's choice, where each of us would get our favorite food made for everyone for dinner one day of the week, made (or at least helped to be made) by the person who loved it. (and we ate the leftovers on the extra days). Do the twins like the beach? We are family of beachcombers! Every summer we would try to make it to a beach to look for seaglass, fossils and shark teeth. We've ended up with thousands and thousands of shark teeth and other fossils in all kinds of apothecary jars and vases (watch for a sale at hobby lobby on glassware and voila, beautiful display jars. I recommend lids to key the dust out and protect them a bit.) Our home in TN will be super confusing to an archaeologist someday in the future 😂. Anyway, when our son was little and not quite old enough to train his eye for beach treasures yet, we would send his dad up ahead of us with a handful of treasures to drop as he walked so our son could find his own treasures and show them off during our family show and tell each night. Just wait until you realize that you can buy an intact version of a bottle piece you've found on the beach and fill the bottle with seaglass for an amazing display piece! (You're welcome ;) ❤ you and thank you for sharing your adventures with us!!
My son, now 13, and myself are neurospicy, and food is always hard. We go through phases of the foods we want, and anything else is very repulsive. That being said, when he was young, we wanted to at least expose him to different foods, so we did "no thank you" bites. We'd ask him to take just a little taste, and that way he'd know his options. If he wanted more, cool, if not, also cool. Sometimes he would hate it, but then two days later he'd want some. We still do this if we go out to eat and he hasn't tried something we've ordered. Good luck!
One of my grateful affirmations today was, I’m grateful Colleen vlogs again. You have no idea how much you brighten my day and bring a sense of peace to my life.
Tortilla Talk ??: Can you talk about how Eternal Sunshine made you feel and what your favorite song off of it is? Someone articulated Eternal Sunshine so well, it’s such new level of maturity for Ari’s music and it is so refreshing because it is just SOOOO raw and authentically expressive. “I wish I hated you” is my favorite because, and it makes me cry just thinking about it, like a lot of hurt people hurt people but as a cancer queen myself, I can never hate anyone no matter how dirty they do me and it’s almost to a fault so sometimes you just wish you could so it doesn’t hurt you to think about them you know? Ugh, I love this album. 😞 I wanna cry about it with you cuz it’s so good.
Hey, Colleen! I’m not a parent but I am autistic and have a lot of food aversions (in other words, I’m picky). I don’t know anything about parenting but I know what works for me so here you go!: First, always be understanding that not liking a certain food might be more of a texture thing than taste and that not liking it is usually not on purpose or to be stubborn! People always blame my picky tendencies on me when I WISH I could eat anything! Secondly, always try to have the option of a safe food (something you know they always like) when trying something new in case they do not like it. Make sure they know that if they don’t like it, it’s no bother. I have gone 19 years eating the same thing at every restaurant because I did not want to try new things in case I didn’t like it and couldn’t eat it because I didn’t want my mom to waste her money. Another tip is to make it FUN and an experience (have them help prepare what you’re making or take them to the store and have them help you pick out something new to try). This will hopefully decrease any anxiety they have about trying something new. Something that helps me is knowing exactly what is in a dish (might not work for little ones since it might scare them off, though). You can also try to prepare new things in a familiar way (with similar ingredients/seasonings or even just served the same way). And I’m sure you already do this but try things WITH them!! That always helped me! Hope this helps a bit!! ♥️
My mom used to do candle lit dinners when introducing a new food. It always was SO exciting and we didn’t have the immediate ewwww when looking at a new food that we were uncomfortable with. It made us so happy we would forget it was a new food. Then we would all vote on if it was a thumbs up dinner or thumbs down dinner. If it was a thumbs up dinner then the next time we would eat it normal with the lights on and my mom would remind us how much we liked it with the candles. It worked great!
regarding picky eaters... maybe it would help eating as a family. feed them the same foods you and Eric eat so they will want to imitate you. try new recipes together and ask them for help picking some ingredients at the supermarket or farmers market to plan a meal around it.
im not a mum but i am a very picky eater and have been my whole life (I'm 25) for me i find its the texture of foods that puts me off eating certain things (like mash makes me vomit). so maybe its a texture thing.
You and I sit the same. One time I was sitting crisscross, applesauce in my English class in the eighth grade. My teacher stopped mid sentence, looked at me, and said “we’re not in kindergarten.” I was so embarrassed. It still haunts me to this day almost 20 years later
The fact you opened the door and walked outside is wild to me ! When I hear those things I just don’t move hoping that whatever’s out there won’t know I’m here and attack me (I’m 25 it’s embarrassing) 😂 you’re one brave woman Colleen
Mom of three picky eaters, who are also on the autism spectrum here 🙋🏻♀️ 1. Occupational Therapy saved my sanity. 2. There are so many tips and tricks, but every kid is different. Be patient with yourself and your kids *easier said than done*. 3. Vitamins and supplements. 4. Having your kids help you cook and plan meals or snacks 4. Smoothies! My kids don’t love these, but it’s a quick way for them to get fruit, veggies, and protein in. It’s a lot easier to reason with them on this since they’re older. Hang in there! You’re doing great!
My daughter is in feeding therapy for her picky eating and they teach exactly what you are doing. Food is neutral, start with the new food on their plate and slowly work towards touch, smell, lick, etc. We are learning that out situation is more a sensory thing, and we are finding what textures to avoid. Also, if you are worried about nutrients, smoothies or juices with hidden veggies are your friend. I know it's hard when you do it all and they still aren't trying things but just keep trying
Also I know you already do this but involving them in making the food is really helpful, my daughter is the same age as flynn and has never tasted cheese before because she refuses and she tasted some when we made mac and cheese together!
I have three daughters who are all 2 years apart. They’re grown now but for most of time when they were growing up I was a single mom. Two food related we had was we always ate together at the table as a family and they at least had to try whatever I cooked. If they didn’t like it then fine, they didn’t have to eat it. My parents made us eat meals whether we liked them or not and I swore I wouldn’t do that to my kids and I didn’t. I didn’t eat stuff I didn’t like so why would I force them to do so? I just made them take a bite of new foods and a lot of times they liked it and sometimes they didn’t.
Tortilla talk response: Speaking as someone who started Good Trouble from the beginning when I found out Erik was going to be on it, then went back and watched all of The Fosters, Now I'm sitting here heartbroken because it's all over. Of all Davia's love interests, Matt was my favorite, but I love that she ended up with Dennis. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for a Matt reunion, though. The video call from your ACTUAL bedroom was so funny to me.
Kid-Food advice: When introducing a new food to your child, act excited! My 5 year old is a bit funky with textures mostly, but if I introduce the food to him with, "Hey, Johnny! I want to share this with you!!!", the results go much better... he'll even follow his first bite with "ooh, thanks Mumma. Can I have my own plate?"
We have rainbow dinners, monday will be red and you can be creative ( decorate and wear red) then everyone picks an item or you pick foods to serve that all are red, and you go through the rainbow!!
Probably not the help you were hoping for but I feel the way you are already approaching the boys picky eating is the best way to be; keep doing what you’re doing and they will probably become more adventurous with food when they are older. Be relaxed about it and lead by example; you are an amazing mama!😘
Advice for picky eaters, try getting some fun truck food picks or forks and encourage them to play with the food. The trucks can also “taste” the food or “lick” the food and it might encourage the kiddos to try it as well
hi colleen!! i just joined my first play! i’m officially a theater kid! any tips? i’m kinda the outsider and they all know each other already :). love you and your vlogs
Teach them about their taste buds! Talk about how our taste buds are constantly changing, and it’s fun to try food to catch them changing. You can model how you taste food. Example: eat a grape and say something like “ hmm last time I thought grapes were more sour but now it taste more sweet. My taste buds like them more” or vis versa to foods you don’t like.
My mom used to have us try one bite of everything. If we didn’t like it we didn’t have to have more and even if we didn’t like it last time “you might like it this time”. And honestly I still have that motto in my life - I still just try a bite of anything and see how it goes
I was very picky when I was a kid. To get me to try new foods they always said they’d give me something I wanted in exchange for simply trying the food. Most of the time I liked it. Most of the time the incentive was a treat or a dollar lol. But also when it came to finishing food on the plate, we had those school lunch tray type plates that had the dividers. They’d say if I finished a certain amount of the dividers I could get something I wanted. Most of the time it was something I’d normally get like TV time, or could stay up a little later, or we’d do something fun that weekend. So even though the incentive was stuff I’d already be getting, they made me think that getting the thing was contingent on eating the thing. My mom said I grew out of pickiness after that because I learned that when my parents wanted me to try something I usually like it. And if I didn’t oh well because I’d get a treat. I hope that made sense!
I am not sure that you guys all have dinner together, but them seeing you eat the same foods is good. I am all about trying at least some of everything on the plate. Currently my 20 year old is what I would consider "picky", but it is mostly a meat texture, she doesn't like certain meats, she was also my child that went through a vegetarian phase. My 15 year old is a very adventurous eater, she loves to try all sorts of different things, so I try to incorporate a new recipe almost weekly or at least every other week.
For the picky kids: we always offered two options, "Would you like this or that?". It gives them a choice and some control over their diet, and gives you a binary set of options to offer. Good luck in the New Hunger Games!! 😂
My daughter is almost 2 years old and it’s a struggle most days to get her to eat (which is stressful because she’s a tiny child 😅) but my mother in law taught me a trick to get extra veggies in her belly! When you make spaghetti, add a couple of cans of carrots to the meat while you brown it and break them all up. It makes the sauce sweeter too! I actually prefer the taste of it this way now. My daughter devours it too. ☺️
I’m not one to comment on videos normally. When my daughter was 6 months old we did baby lead weaning, she was a great eater when she was younger ate pretty much everything we would put on her plate. She became a toddler and became a little more picky, what I do in our home is I only make 1 meal, and if it’s a new food I’m introducing I make sure I’m pairing it with something I know she’ll eat. The other night I made rapini to go along side Italian sausage and pesto pasta. I knew she’d eat the pasta and sausage no problem but she’s never tried rapini. She saw that my husband and I were eating it, asked us what it was we told her explained that it tasted really good and asked her if she wanted to try it to. She ended up eating a couple of pieces and we asked if she liked it and she said it kind of tasted like broccoli which is something she knows and is familiar with already. So it ended up being a win, when introducing new foods we always ask if she’d like to try it instead of telling her she needs to try it. Normally works out, but not always. I don’t know if that helps at all, being a parent is hard and it’s pretty much just a guessing game most days lol.
Picky eaters…something we found helpful is to serve all foods on fun plates. We have colorful cupcake tins that are SOLELY used for her plates. She’s eats more, asks for seconds and is willing to try new things. We have a rule…”you don’t have to eat it but it does stay on the plate” which has helped AND she usually ends up trying the things without pressure to try them.
I think it just depends on the kid like you said. When I was a kid I was a super picky eater, but I did grow out of it eventually. I definitely think eating together as a family really helps, that’s what my parents did, it’s good to see your parent being the example ❤
I’m of course not a parent so I’m not sure what will work for my future kids, but I know growing up my mom just simply didn’t take no for an answer when it came to trying food. We all ate the same food for dinner as a family, and there was no separate option just because I didn’t want to eat the chicken or whatever she made. If I complained, she’d say “that’s fine” and let me not eat during dinner time, and then I’d always end up going back and eating it on my own when I got hungry. I think as long as you don’t cater to their picky eating, they’ll eventually grow out of it!
When my kids was little, I used to incorporate a protein supplement shake intended for little ones. It helps boost up the areas that they might be lacking in if they’re not eating a full variety of everything on the food pyramid
Fussy eater advice, 2 things that worked for me, get the kids (include Maisy even although the she’s the obliging child lol) to plan a meal, go to the shops for it and help prepare it. The other thing is to just serve the food, only refer to it as dinner and only tell them what it is if they ask, you and Eric also have to be eating with them too. Good luck.
We would make food fun, cutting it into different shapes or making faces or animals. Also our son, who is now 11 and also ASD, we get him to help us cook dinner, so he knows what’s in it and also getting him to have input in what we eat
For awhile it was helpful for me to have taught my kid that our taste buds change regularly. Like every 7 days. So he was more likely to try things because even if he didn’t like it last week. Maybe his taste buds changed their minds. And the phrase -you can do hard things- just made him feel brave enough to try new things. Just a bite off of our plates.
I was just talking to my mom about picky eater kids and she was a nutritionist and had a lot of experience with this. She would recommend always giving the kid two options of different new foods to try and then also starting really slow. Just have them try one bite for awhile. Apparently some kid's taste buds develop more slowly and that is the main reason they are picky and so if you slowly introduce new foods to them it will help their taste buds develop and they will get used to new foods.
When my nephew was the same age as the twins, I discovered that whenever I cooked anything with sauteed vegetables (cut into small chunks), he would eat a whole plate. Things like ground beef, small pieces of chicken (on the fattier softer side), or just veggies alone, cooked in butter.
I literally love you SO MUCH!!! I have been here for 8 YEARS!! and I have a tortilla talk question: it would be ADORABLE if you remade "My family" now that you have kids too now and you're brothers kids are all grown up it would be amazing!
This is old school because I'm a Grandma but from when my kids were about 6mths old we always had dinner together and we all had the same thing. The kids had a mushed up version of our dinner that got less mushed up as they got older. They were all pretty unfussy eaters❤
Another OT here, it can take 18 different exposures to a food to determine if they like it or not. Keep presenting things with no pressure. Hang in there momma!!
Have you tried putting the food in silicon cupcake liners? I tried this and it worked really well. You can give them a few choices while also making it fun and colorful! TTQ: Also can you read some diary entries in the next tortilla talk? Those are probably one of my favorite things to listen to:)
I love seeing your rock content! Like you, I don’t have greatest amount of patience & seeing your rocks gets me through until my rocks are done with their cycle.
One of the foods my son liked as a toddler was fresh spinach leaves dipped in a raspberry vinaigrette. (Trader Joe’s has a good one) spanakopita is good too.
Hey Colleen. I’m not a mom but I was a very very picky eater. By the time I was in my 20s I never tried like orange juice or anything with more ingredients than like butter anyway. The thing that my boyfriend helped me with is letting me watch everything that goes into the food that I’m eating. He would have me in the kitchen understanding that I like the ingredients separately so I’m probably going to like it together and I do. It’s helped me get over the fear of trying new things
When our kids were little we told the chicken drumsticks were called chicken with the handle. They thought it was kind of cool that they had a handle to hang onto while eating the chicken. They also liked string cheese. It was some thing they could pull apart and eat.
Eating is one of the only activities that includes all our senses - taste, sight, smell, feel etc Take time to do activities with food that don’t just focus around eating it. Maybe it’s always presented on the plate, maybe you play with it abit to get use to the feel, etc
Just wanted to say as a picky eater, I’m now 20, it wasn’t easy for my parents. But it’s good you do not force them to try something or finish a plate or anything like that. My parents tried to teach me to try new things and finish all my food even when I said I was full and it ended up giving me a bad relationship with food. Honestly they just eventually realized I liked what I liked. As my taste buds changed I liked more but there are still things I don’t eat and wouldn’t have eaten when I was younger
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I think the best advice for your picky kids is 1. plan the meals for say a week ahead of time with their help. Make it fun. Adding new foods often. 2. Sit down together as a family to eat. You are the best role models for healthy eating. I also never suggest asking your kids each day what they want for dinner.
Every child is different, but what worked really well for my son was two things. He had to try one bite, but if he didn't like it, he didn't have to try it again for a 'whole' month. I explained to him that as we get older, how things taste to us changes, so it's important to give it another chance. Mommy also had to follow this rule of trying one bite. The second thing was once a week we would go to the produce section and he could pick out anything he wanted to try (fruit or veg)... it just had to be something we had never had before. He ended up a very adventurous eater, and I'm picker than he is now, lol.
Smoothies but call them milkshakes. You can put veggies in them & always add a banana to hide the taste of everything else. Put it in cups they can't see through with lids and straws the same. Works well
Okay but please make a video where you bring a medium/ghost hunter person to your house
I had a thought. If you feel like you have a surplus of polished rocks you could LITERALLY decorate your yard with them and the sea glass 💗. Like how people use rocks white rocks to line flower beds.
When it comes to trying new foods for little kids sometimes exposure is key! If you present kids with a new food along with all the foods theyre comfortable with on their plate and do it often they will likely at one point get curious and try the new thing on their plate even if they don’t the first time. If your kid doesn’t show interest in a food first time don’t immediately add it to the list of foods they don’t like cause they might just see it as something unfamiliar and new that they’re not comfortable with yet, kids also like to eat what their parents eat so you could try just feeding them the same meals you have and when they see you eating it they might be more encouraged to eat it alongside you,not making a big deal of these new foods and treating them just as regular fuel for your body might help, however every kid is different so they might just be going through a picky eater phase that they’ll eventually grow out of, nothing is ever really a miracle fix for picky eating but I hope you find something that helps!
Research says it takes eight to 15 times to introduce a new food before your child will accept it. Sadly one of my kids is still a picky eater at 17 so I don’t have any tips!
I grew up in a haunted house. All my life this stuff was going on, so I talked to the ghosts. They never answered, but I felt better.
We had a den where we watched tv, and all of a sudden there would be a cold spot next to me and I'd have goosebumps. I could smell perfume. I'd say, "Hi! Do you want to watch tv with me?"
Weird, I know.
I told my boyfriend about this and he never believed me. After we got married we were staying in that house again and we were in the den. Three books levitated out of the bookshelf, hovered for a second, and dropped to the floor. My husband was freaking out. I just said, "I told you so."
You should get a Geiger counter to see if you have any radioactive rocks. So many types of glass light up under UV so a geiger would definitely pick up if that sea glass is uranium. You should also point the UV at your pink sapphire. I had a custom made wedding ring that is pink sapphire and green uranium glass. That sapphire lights up like a hot coal!
Maybe this drums/ghost sound could be your dryer? Mine sounds exactly like that thumping with rhythm I can hear in yours
Advice for picky eaters. My son’s steams from scenery input from the food so he went to OT but this will probably work for anyone.
I feel like I should make a video about this. If you want me to I will. But here goes.
First they had him exposed to a bunch of foods with no explanation of tasting it. His OT played games with the food I brought in, paint pictures with it, mold it, do anything with it. When he was comfortable with that they then gave him the option of either touching, tasting or eating the food. Only one at a time and any choice was the right choice. This when on until he was choosing to either taste or eat the food.
Another thing that worked was to limit the amount of food on the plate to 2-3 bites worth of a preferred food and 1 bite of a non preferred food. When they ask for more give them more. A full plate of food, even preferred, is overwhelming for a little kid and their natural response is to shut down and not eat any of it.
One more tip: make food a neutral topic, not positive or negative. They taught me to not give praise for eating a food but at the same time don’t get upset if they do not. This one I think helped the e most for my son.
He is now 10 and I would not classify him as a picky eater now but he does still have his challenges with food. No one is perfect.
I hope this was helpful. Good luck!
My son is autistic, and we would have troubles eating more than a handful of things. We got help from a nutritionist, we tried one aliment at a time, ask just for one bite and if he doesn't like it try at another time. We tried a few each week until we found 1 or 2 more he liked, it's important to follow their cues. He would starve himself if he didn't have his safe food, so don't feel bad if they eat better some weeks. Buying fruit pouch with veggies in it and other products like that worked. Including the kids in food preparation, letting them play with it, can also help, I know you already do that. Making like a buffet with a few plates that they can choose and pick a few options, and eating with them.
Not me always looking for ghosts behind Colleen 😂 I literally heard the drums!
Just keep introducing food with no expectations nor judgement (of the food “value”). Patience. And know that in the long run it really doesn’t matter. That one thing you can never control is what your child chooses to put in their mouth. Any attention to this is a potential for trouble.
Make it available (calibrating the amount you prepare to eliminate known waste) and let the proverbial chips fall where they may. Mealtime is the LAST place to have a pressure situation. You will always lose.
I’m certain your kiddos are getting the nutrition they need. Check this worry off your list. ❤
I kinda like it better when Colleen just lets us hear what’s going on instead of the music montages
You missed the prime opportunity to name your daughter Maisy Day 🤣
That intro gets stuck in my head. I’ll be randomly singing it during the day😅🤣
All night last night for me 😅
i always giggle about the toot at the end 😂
Daisy's on a whole nuther level of comprehension. ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
Long time Mom (36 years of active parenting). My advice for picky eaters is to let them eat what they want.
My mother, retired Dietitian and Nutritionist, said tastes change over the years, as they get older. You can offer a nutritional drink, like Ensure or a multivitamins if they aren’t eating a well balanced meal. Let them explore new foods by putting some on their plates. Don’t force them to eat it. Let them be curious.
When introducing new food to my kids, I always ask for a “no thank you” bite. That way they are introduced to a new food or preparation to expand their tastes further than Cheerios, chicken nuggets, pizza and macaroni and cheese. 😂
Good luck and don’t fret. Things do change. ❤
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When my oldest was little he was so picky I was begging him , worrying. We went to his 3 or 4 yr old appointment and his pediatrician said he “he doesn’t look malnourished , he will eat when he gets hungry enough “. He is 31 now and he is still pretty picky but he survived.
OH! MY! GOSH! I do everything on the floor too! Do my makeup while the TV is on, look at my phone, etc...AND I never sit on a chair the proper way!! If I have to sat at a table for a family game night or dinner at somebody's house, I totally sit on one leg exactly (sometimes both legs) like you did!! I will say, at restaurants I do not sit on my leg/legs. By the way, I love the unedited, longer videos. 😊
I always sit with my legs up / crossed too-even in the car, right foot on the gas, left foot bent up on the seat. I’ve always wondered why I can’t sit with my legs dangling down.
I babysat twins and they were picky eaters their mom would tell them they have to take one “no thank you bite” of each food they have never tried before. And tell them if you don’t like it then you say no thank you and you don’t have to eat anymore. I was 10 when we started watching them and I just turned 29 and I still do that to this day. They were super kind and nurturing about it and help teach manners too
I saw a TikTok once of someone explaining that young children's taste buds change every two weeks or something like that (no idea what the age range is and how true it actually is), so saying something like "I wonder if my taste buds have changed today, maybe they'll like this food now" or "I didn't like this food last time we had it, but my taste buds might have changed, so I'm going to try it again" might pique their interest and encourage them to try things that they previously haven't liked. As an Early Childhood Educator, I've been using this strategy in my toddler classroom, and it definitely intrigues the kiddos!
My dad used to collect sea glass he would find while snorkelling! He also collected marbles, he has a whole nearly 2L jar full of them!
Regarding the ghost: sounds like older pipes or water heater...?
Do you have a jumanji board in your house somewhere? 🤔
Did you mean Ouija board?
I just wanted to say you are amazing. Your videos always make me so happy.❤
The chair thing is SO relatable. It’s actual torture trying to sit “normally” in a chair.
TTQ: Can you PLEEEEASE show us every night (on the days you go to the beach) when you and Eric go through your treasures of the day together?? I find it so exciting to see you both react together! The cute bantering and all….It will neverrr get old…I PROMISE. 😜 Also, I live nowhere close to a beach, (I’m in utah) have you ever tumbled LAKE rocks? I’m so interested in this now because of you! It’s one of my favorite portions of the vlogs! Keep up the good work! I’m so proud of how far you’ve come, and how you’ve handled yourself during such a hard time. Thank you for continuing to make videos and sharing your life with those of us who see who you really are. You’re a badass, and I’m so so proud of you. Love you! 💜💜💜
Your kids look like they are thriving, healthy and happy so you can’t be doing too bad of a job. Well done mama ❤
“Hold on” Tortilla Colleen to the Rescue lol ❤❤❤❤❤🦸♀️
Jumanji? lol
I personally love the wild rocks. There are so many different kinds - and the colors and the shapes - it's astounding who those rocks become after tumbling. I like the sea glass - but the rocks have my heart.
Trying new foods with kids: I work with kids who have challenges around food. It could work well if you try introducing new/non-preferred foods in a game. You could use a spinner with colors. Take turns spinning. Each color corresponds to a food. What you land on (the color) you eat or bite into/taste (the corresponding food).
Tortilla Talk: first, we always had our son pick the fruits and veggies for the week, explaining that his body needed different vitamins from different plants. He seemed to try more food if he knew why his body needed it. If he ever went through a picky stage, we read Bread and Jam for Francis to him. We would have him help cook and we would try to do simple dinners with a variety of choices (sandwiches made to order, letting him choose which meat, cheese and veggies he wanted), spaghetti with options of meatballs, beef hot dogs pieces, marinara or Alfredo sauces or just butter). You can also try cutting food into smaller pieces or into shapes so it's less intimidating. Even noodles were daunting for George and needed to cut into much smaller pieces. Occasionally we would have a week of everyone's choice, where each of us would get our favorite food made for everyone for dinner one day of the week, made (or at least helped to be made) by the person who loved it. (and we ate the leftovers on the extra days).
Do the twins like the beach? We are family of beachcombers! Every summer we would try to make it to a beach to look for seaglass, fossils and shark teeth. We've ended up with thousands and thousands of shark teeth and other fossils in all kinds of apothecary jars and vases (watch for a sale at hobby lobby on glassware and voila, beautiful display jars. I recommend lids to key the dust out and protect them a bit.) Our home in TN will be super confusing to an archaeologist someday in the future 😂.
Anyway, when our son was little and not quite old enough to train his eye for beach treasures yet, we would send his dad up ahead of us with a handful of treasures to drop as he walked so our son could find his own treasures and show them off during our family show and tell each night.
Just wait until you realize that you can buy an intact version of a bottle piece you've found on the beach and fill the bottle with seaglass for an amazing display piece! (You're welcome ;)
❤ you and thank you for sharing your adventures with us!!
Whoa!! Miranda's sudden appearance in the background startled me for a second!! 😮😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same 😂😂😂
My son, now 13, and myself are neurospicy, and food is always hard. We go through phases of the foods we want, and anything else is very repulsive. That being said, when he was young, we wanted to at least expose him to different foods, so we did "no thank you" bites. We'd ask him to take just a little taste, and that way he'd know his options. If he wanted more, cool, if not, also cool. Sometimes he would hate it, but then two days later he'd want some. We still do this if we go out to eat and he hasn't tried something we've ordered. Good luck!
One of my grateful affirmations today was, I’m grateful Colleen vlogs again. You have no idea how much you brighten my day and bring a sense of peace to my life.
Tortilla Talk ??: Can you talk about how Eternal Sunshine made you feel and what your favorite song off of it is? Someone articulated Eternal Sunshine so well, it’s such new level of maturity for Ari’s music and it is so refreshing because it is just SOOOO raw and authentically expressive. “I wish I hated you” is my favorite because, and it makes me cry just thinking about it, like a lot of hurt people hurt people but as a cancer queen myself, I can never hate anyone no matter how dirty they do me and it’s almost to a fault so sometimes you just wish you could so it doesn’t hurt you to think about them you know? Ugh, I love this album. 😞 I wanna cry about it with you cuz it’s so good.
Hey, Colleen! I’m not a parent but I am autistic and have a lot of food aversions (in other words, I’m picky). I don’t know anything about parenting but I know what works for me so here you go!:
First, always be understanding that not liking a certain food might be more of a texture thing than taste and that not liking it is usually not on purpose or to be stubborn! People always blame my picky tendencies on me when I WISH I could eat anything! Secondly, always try to have the option of a safe food (something you know they always like) when trying something new in case they do not like it. Make sure they know that if they don’t like it, it’s no bother. I have gone 19 years eating the same thing at every restaurant because I did not want to try new things in case I didn’t like it and couldn’t eat it because I didn’t want my mom to waste her money.
Another tip is to make it FUN and an experience (have them help prepare what you’re making or take them to the store and have them help you pick out something new to try). This will hopefully decrease any anxiety they have about trying something new. Something that helps me is knowing exactly what is in a dish (might not work for little ones since it might scare them off, though).
You can also try to prepare new things in a familiar way (with similar ingredients/seasonings or even just served the same way).
And I’m sure you already do this but try things WITH them!! That always helped me!
Hope this helps a bit!! ♥️
Playing the muffin man was comedic gold 2:11
My mom used to do candle lit dinners when introducing a new food. It always was SO exciting and we didn’t have the immediate ewwww when looking at a new food that we were uncomfortable with. It made us so happy we would forget it was a new food. Then we would all vote on if it was a thumbs up dinner or thumbs down dinner. If it was a thumbs up dinner then the next time we would eat it normal with the lights on and my mom would remind us how much we liked it with the candles. It worked great!
regarding picky eaters... maybe it would help eating as a family. feed them the same foods you and Eric eat so they will want to imitate you. try new recipes together and ask them for help picking some ingredients at the supermarket or farmers market to plan a meal around it.
im not a mum but i am a very picky eater and have been my whole life (I'm 25) for me i find its the texture of foods that puts me off eating certain things (like mash makes me vomit). so maybe its a texture thing.
You and I sit the same. One time I was sitting crisscross, applesauce in my English class in the eighth grade. My teacher stopped mid sentence, looked at me, and said “we’re not in kindergarten.” I was so embarrassed. It still haunts me to this day almost 20 years later
The fact you opened the door and walked outside is wild to me ! When I hear those things I just don’t move hoping that whatever’s out there won’t know I’m here and attack me (I’m 25 it’s embarrassing) 😂 you’re one brave woman Colleen
Where is the pickle sweater from???
Mom of three picky eaters, who are also on the autism spectrum here 🙋🏻♀️ 1. Occupational Therapy saved my sanity. 2. There are so many tips and tricks, but every kid is different. Be patient with yourself and your kids *easier said than done*. 3. Vitamins and supplements. 4. Having your kids help you cook and plan meals or snacks 4. Smoothies! My kids don’t love these, but it’s a quick way for them to get fruit, veggies, and protein in. It’s a lot easier to reason with them on this since they’re older.
Hang in there! You’re doing great!
My 4 and 5 year old are picky, too! What works for us is we google what benefits the food we are eating at the time does to your body.
My daughter is in feeding therapy for her picky eating and they teach exactly what you are doing. Food is neutral, start with the new food on their plate and slowly work towards touch, smell, lick, etc. We are learning that out situation is more a sensory thing, and we are finding what textures to avoid. Also, if you are worried about nutrients, smoothies or juices with hidden veggies are your friend. I know it's hard when you do it all and they still aren't trying things but just keep trying
Also I know you already do this but involving them in making the food is really helpful, my daughter is the same age as flynn and has never tasted cheese before because she refuses and she tasted some when we made mac and cheese together!
I have three daughters who are all 2 years apart. They’re grown now but for most of time when they were growing up I was a single mom. Two food related we had was we always ate together at the table as a family and they at least had to try whatever I cooked. If they didn’t like it then fine, they didn’t have to eat it. My parents made us eat meals whether we liked them or not and I swore I wouldn’t do that to my kids and I didn’t. I didn’t eat stuff I didn’t like so why would I force them to do so? I just made them take a bite of new foods and a lot of times they liked it and sometimes they didn’t.
Having my kids involved in the meal prep has helped me
Tortilla talk response: Speaking as someone who started Good Trouble from the beginning when I found out Erik was going to be on it, then went back and watched all of The Fosters, Now I'm sitting here heartbroken because it's all over. Of all Davia's love interests, Matt was my favorite, but I love that she ended up with Dennis. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for a Matt reunion, though. The video call from your ACTUAL bedroom was so funny to me.
Kid-Food advice: When introducing a new food to your child, act excited! My 5 year old is a bit funky with textures mostly, but if I introduce the food to him with, "Hey, Johnny! I want to share this with you!!!", the results go much better... he'll even follow his first bite with "ooh, thanks Mumma. Can I have my own plate?"
TT just wondering if Eric is still auditioning for shows / movies since the move
We have rainbow dinners, monday will be red and you can be creative ( decorate and wear red) then everyone picks an item or you pick foods to serve that all are red, and you go through the rainbow!!
Probably not the help you were hoping for but I feel the way you are already approaching the boys picky eating is the best way to be; keep doing what you’re doing and they will probably become more adventurous with food when they are older. Be relaxed about it and lead by example; you are an amazing mama!😘
Advice for picky eaters, try getting some fun truck food picks or forks and encourage them to play with the food. The trucks can also “taste” the food or “lick” the food and it might encourage the kiddos to try it as well
hi colleen!! i just joined my first play! i’m officially a theater kid! any tips? i’m kinda the outsider and they all know each other already :). love you and your vlogs
Teach them about their taste buds! Talk about how our taste buds are constantly changing, and it’s fun to try food to catch them changing. You can model how you taste food. Example: eat a grape and say something like “ hmm last time I thought grapes were more sour but now it taste more sweet. My taste buds like them more” or vis versa to foods you don’t like.
My mom used to have us try one bite of everything. If we didn’t like it we didn’t have to have more and even if we didn’t like it last time “you might like it this time”. And honestly I still have that motto in my life - I still just try a bite of anything and see how it goes
I was very picky when I was a kid. To get me to try new foods they always said they’d give me something I wanted in exchange for simply trying the food. Most of the time I liked it. Most of the time the incentive was a treat or a dollar lol. But also when it came to finishing food on the plate, we had those school lunch tray type plates that had the dividers. They’d say if I finished a certain amount of the dividers I could get something I wanted. Most of the time it was something I’d normally get like TV time, or could stay up a little later, or we’d do something fun that weekend. So even though the incentive was stuff I’d already be getting, they made me think that getting the thing was contingent on eating the thing. My mom said I grew out of pickiness after that because I learned that when my parents wanted me to try something I usually like it. And if I didn’t oh well because I’d get a treat. I hope that made sense!
I am not sure that you guys all have dinner together, but them seeing you eat the same foods is good. I am all about trying at least some of everything on the plate. Currently my 20 year old is what I would consider "picky", but it is mostly a meat texture, she doesn't like certain meats, she was also my child that went through a vegetarian phase. My 15 year old is a very adventurous eater, she loves to try all sorts of different things, so I try to incorporate a new recipe almost weekly or at least every other week.
For the picky kids: we always offered two options, "Would you like this or that?". It gives them a choice and some control over their diet, and gives you a binary set of options to offer. Good luck in the New Hunger Games!! 😂
My daughter is almost 2 years old and it’s a struggle most days to get her to eat (which is stressful because she’s a tiny child 😅) but my mother in law taught me a trick to get extra veggies in her belly! When you make spaghetti, add a couple of cans of carrots to the meat while you brown it and break them all up. It makes the sauce sweeter too! I actually prefer the taste of it this way now. My daughter devours it too. ☺️
tortilla talk question: whats the most romantic experience you've had?
I’m not one to comment on videos normally. When my daughter was 6 months old we did baby lead weaning, she was a great eater when she was younger ate pretty much everything we would put on her plate. She became a toddler and became a little more picky, what I do in our home is I only make 1 meal, and if it’s a new food I’m introducing I make sure I’m pairing it with something I know she’ll eat. The other night I made rapini to go along side Italian sausage and pesto pasta. I knew she’d eat the pasta and sausage no problem but she’s never tried rapini. She saw that my husband and I were eating it, asked us what it was we told her explained that it tasted really good and asked her if she wanted to try it to. She ended up eating a couple of pieces and we asked if she liked it and she said it kind of tasted like broccoli which is something she knows and is familiar with already. So it ended up being a win, when introducing new foods we always ask if she’d like to try it instead of telling her she needs to try it. Normally works out, but not always. I don’t know if that helps at all, being a parent is hard and it’s pretty much just a guessing game most days lol.
Picky eaters…something we found helpful is to serve all foods on fun plates. We have colorful cupcake tins that are SOLELY used for her plates. She’s eats more, asks for seconds and is willing to try new things. We have a rule…”you don’t have to eat it but it does stay on the plate” which has helped AND she usually ends up trying the things without pressure to try them.
I think it just depends on the kid like you said. When I was a kid I was a super picky eater, but I did grow out of it eventually. I definitely think eating together as a family really helps, that’s what my parents did, it’s good to see your parent being the example ❤
I’m of course not a parent so I’m not sure what will work for my future kids, but I know growing up my mom just simply didn’t take no for an answer when it came to trying food. We all ate the same food for dinner as a family, and there was no separate option just because I didn’t want to eat the chicken or whatever she made. If I complained, she’d say “that’s fine” and let me not eat during dinner time, and then I’d always end up going back and eating it on my own when I got hungry. I think as long as you don’t cater to their picky eating, they’ll eventually grow out of it!
When my kids was little, I used to incorporate a protein supplement shake intended for little ones. It helps boost up the areas that they might be lacking in if they’re not eating a full variety of everything on the food pyramid
Fussy eater advice, 2 things that worked for me, get the kids (include Maisy even although the she’s the obliging child lol) to plan a meal, go to the shops for it and help prepare it. The other thing is to just serve the food, only refer to it as dinner and only tell them what it is if they ask, you and Eric also have to be eating with them too. Good luck.
Totally heard that rhythmic beat. Gave me chills. That was not the same sound you would hear if it was produced by a person in the house.
We would make food fun, cutting it into different shapes or making faces or animals. Also our son, who is now 11 and also ASD, we get him to help us cook dinner, so he knows what’s in it and also getting him to have input in what we eat
Tortilla talk question.....this is a fun one. If you could be a flower, which one and why. Lilacs and stargazer lilies are my favorite!
For awhile it was helpful for me to have taught my kid that our taste buds change regularly. Like every 7 days. So he was more likely to try things because even if he didn’t like it last week. Maybe his taste buds changed their minds. And the phrase -you can do hard things- just made him feel brave enough to try new things. Just a bite off of our plates.
I was just talking to my mom about picky eater kids and she was a nutritionist and had a lot of experience with this. She would recommend always giving the kid two options of different new foods to try and then also starting really slow. Just have them try one bite for awhile. Apparently some kid's taste buds develop more slowly and that is the main reason they are picky and so if you slowly introduce new foods to them it will help their taste buds develop and they will get used to new foods.
I love Erik in Good Trouble. I really wish he was in it longer
When my nephew was the same age as the twins, I discovered that whenever I cooked anything with sauteed vegetables (cut into small chunks), he would eat a whole plate. Things like ground beef, small pieces of chicken (on the fattier softer side), or just veggies alone, cooked in butter.
I literally love you SO MUCH!!! I have been here for 8 YEARS!! and I have a tortilla talk question: it would be ADORABLE if you remade "My family" now that you have kids too now and you're brothers kids are all grown up it would be amazing!
I can hear the thumping you're talking about when you rewatch and turn the volume up! That is wilddd!
Look into or follow feeding littles. They give great, very realistic and kind approach to food for kids of all ages.
What in the inception is going on at 7:12??? Not you matching your computer screen in the background, to a T! Even the hand placement 😂
Picky eaters? Just have Erik tell them it's time to eat their food, like he does with bedtime lol 😁
This is old school because I'm a Grandma but from when my kids were about 6mths old we always had dinner together and we all had the same thing. The kids had a mushed up version of our dinner that got less mushed up as they got older. They were all pretty unfussy eaters❤
Haha Daisy blends right into that rug how many times have you tripped over her 😂😂
Speaking of Eric. I was obsessed with Mistresses back in the day. I remember him on that.
They use hounding because Blood Hounds look for things.
Another OT here, it can take 18 different exposures to a food to determine if they like it or not. Keep presenting things with no pressure. Hang in there momma!!
Have you tried putting the food in silicon cupcake liners? I tried this and it worked really well. You can give them a few choices while also making it fun and colorful! TTQ: Also can you read some diary entries in the next tortilla talk? Those are probably one of my favorite things to listen to:)
Jessica Seinfeld bought out a great cookbook maybe like 15 years ago for picky eaters. It takes some prep work, but great for sneaking veggies etc
At restaurants I take one shoe off and sit on my foot ALWAYS
I love seeing your rock content! Like you, I don’t have greatest amount of patience & seeing your rocks gets me through until my rocks are done with their cycle.
One of the foods my son liked as a toddler was fresh spinach leaves dipped in a raspberry vinaigrette. (Trader Joe’s has a good one) spanakopita is good too.
Hey Colleen. I’m not a mom but I was a very very picky eater. By the time I was in my 20s I never tried like orange juice or anything with more ingredients than like butter anyway. The thing that my boyfriend helped me with is letting me watch everything that goes into the food that I’m eating. He would have me in the kitchen understanding that I like the ingredients separately so I’m probably going to like it together and I do. It’s helped me get over the fear of trying new things
When our kids were little we told the chicken drumsticks were called chicken with the handle. They thought it was kind of cool that they had a handle to hang onto while eating the chicken. They also liked string cheese. It was some thing they could pull apart and eat.
I’m 39 and I’m a picky eater, I only eat certain foods
That cutout is in the most perfect position 😂
Eating is one of the only activities that includes all our senses - taste, sight, smell, feel etc
Take time to do activities with food that don’t just focus around eating it. Maybe it’s always presented on the plate, maybe you play with it abit to get use to the feel, etc
Just wanted to say as a picky eater, I’m now 20, it wasn’t easy for my parents. But it’s good you do not force them to try something or finish a plate or anything like that. My parents tried to teach me to try new things and finish all my food even when I said I was full and it ended up giving me a bad relationship with food. Honestly they just eventually realized I liked what I liked. As my taste buds changed I liked more but there are still things I don’t eat and wouldn’t have eaten when I was younger