When I was growing up, we all ate the same thing for dinner and nobody ever asked us what we wanted to have for dinner unless we were going out.
I am gluten and dairy free so I do make exceptions for myself -- meaning, I will use GF pasta for myself and regular pasta for everyone else. But....should I make the entire family eat the GF pasta, too? Cooking different pastas requires using more utensils and pots and extra cleaning up. It's getting old.
Also, one of my daughter's is really too picky. I am tired of catering to her. She should eat what we all eat. Always. If we are having steak, she will have a hot dog. I find this strange since she likes hamburgers. Actually, it is amazing that she now eats hamburgers but we only make them with top quality, local beef. Lately she says she doesn't want chicken for dinner because it is boring. Well. Nobody else thinks it is boring. We don't eat chicken every day! Last night I made one of Barefoot Contessa's lentil salads, chicken apple sausages and potato salad. So good. All of it. My daughter had leftover sloppy joe instead. I don't like making sloppy joe but I make it from scratch for her. I really wanted her to eat what we all ate.
And one more thing....she takes forever to eat. The rest of us are not fast eaters except DH......but my daughter is taking eating slow to a new level. What should I do about this? She gets up from the table many times and I keep telling her to sit back down and finish. It's becoming ridiculous.
Yesterday we went out to lunch with Grandma. Grandma even eats faster than our daughter. It was painful. The server was like, "Can I get you a box for her?" And were like, "no, she is still eating."
My daughter is 9. I need to lay down some laws. Help.
I am gluten and dairy free so I do make exceptions for myself -- meaning, I will use GF pasta for myself and regular pasta for everyone else. But....should I make the entire family eat the GF pasta, too? Cooking different pastas requires using more utensils and pots and extra cleaning up. It's getting old.
Also, one of my daughter's is really too picky. I am tired of catering to her. She should eat what we all eat. Always. If we are having steak, she will have a hot dog. I find this strange since she likes hamburgers. Actually, it is amazing that she now eats hamburgers but we only make them with top quality, local beef. Lately she says she doesn't want chicken for dinner because it is boring. Well. Nobody else thinks it is boring. We don't eat chicken every day! Last night I made one of Barefoot Contessa's lentil salads, chicken apple sausages and potato salad. So good. All of it. My daughter had leftover sloppy joe instead. I don't like making sloppy joe but I make it from scratch for her. I really wanted her to eat what we all ate.
And one more thing....she takes forever to eat. The rest of us are not fast eaters except DH......but my daughter is taking eating slow to a new level. What should I do about this? She gets up from the table many times and I keep telling her to sit back down and finish. It's becoming ridiculous.
Yesterday we went out to lunch with Grandma. Grandma even eats faster than our daughter. It was painful. The server was like, "Can I get you a box for her?" And were like, "no, she is still eating."
My daughter is 9. I need to lay down some laws. Help.