Picky Eater

Lately my oldest son Bradley has been a very picky eater. Tonight we made parasean pasta for a side with our meal. Well, the pasta has those little green leaves in it, and Bradley refused to eat it because it had "yucky green things" in it. Bradley then creativly used his pasta to build a mountain. LOL at least since he didn't eat it, he had fun with it....

Parker on the other hand has been a eating machine. Parker loves to eat, and almost always finishes his dinner. Parker is really surprising me as to how much he can consume in a meal. The other day we bought 3 double cheese burgers and 1 small fry for our 3 boys. Bradley and Dustin both split one double cheese burger, and ate a few fries. Parker ate an entire double cheese burger and a few fries. Parker then told me he wanted a second cheese burger! Our boys are all so different. Bradley is like me, and doesn't really care for meat. Parker is like his daddy, and loves meat & will gladly sit down with daddy and eat a steak (YUCK!).

I do feel that Bradley is not getting enough nutritional foods. Bradley is very picky, and it is hard to get him to eat healthy foods. A few mornings ago, I made all three boys bagels with grape jelly on them. Bradley refused to eat the bagel because he hadn't eaten one before. I assured Bradley he had eaten a bagel several times and he just didn't remember. Bradley then called his breakfast "yucky and gross" then refused to eat. I then told Bradley his bagel was round toast with jelly. Bradley looked at his bagel then gladly ate it. Bradley asked daddy why his toast was round, and daddy replied "they didn't have any squared ones left at the store". I could hardly hold back a smile. Once Bradley had finished eating his bagel, he came over and told me "mommy, that was some really yummy toast".