Once upon a time when my kids loved doing the grocery shopping with me and I strategized to keep them from begging for every sugary thing they saw, I was in the habit of saying, “No,” “No,” and “No,” to most every request. One time we five (maybe there were only four of us at the time) walked in the door of the store, got our cart, and proceeded to fill it. I was heavily armed with automatic No’s. “Mom, can we have pop-tarts?” “No.” “Can we get colored marshmallows?” “No.” “Mommy, can we get some Oreos? Pleeeease?!” “No. Come on, keep walking.” I typically save the produce section for last so that my peaches and bananas and tomatoes don’t get squished, and as we walked past the fresh vegetables one of my girls begged, “Oh, Mom, look! Can we get some broccoli??” “No.” And then I thought, What am I SAYING?!?! They are asking for VEGETABLES!!! Needless to say, we got the broccoli. Lots of it. It is one of the few vegetables that everyone in my immediate family likes (I see you, Dad. We know all about tasters and non-tasters!), and besides that, broccoli is very good for you.
Well, that was a long time ago, and I have had a few other requests for strange grocery items through the years, but last night the kids actually asked their dad to make a special trip into the store for some ASPARAGUS! (They also asked for some ice cream, and probably the asparagus request helped them to get a “yes” on the ice cream :o) Now, I do not feed my family whole grain everything. I do not own a Bosch machine or a juicer, we do not eat Barley Green or even take vitamins regularly. Hmmm… do you think maybe they are craving vitamins and minerals? Is this like when kids eat paper or paste or dirt, and the doctor says it is because they are craving something that is missing from their diet? Hmmm. Could be a possibility... or maybe they are just weird. Who ever heard of such a thing?
I think you seem very balanced in your family diet, not wierd at all!
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Melissa from kaysmarmey here. Ditto on that "Christianity" thing! They are not at our church, there are a couple of other churches in our area that are like minded, maybe they are at one of those?
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My oldest is like that too. Her and I love asparagus. And even though there is a lot of junk food in the house, she is eatting an orange right now. I try to have a lot of healthy stuff around, but somehow the candy keeps coming. My dh is a stictly Mt. Dew & Pop Tarts man and my youngest takes after daddy in that respect.
ReplyDeleteMy children will often times ask for uncommon items when we are at the grocery store. Of course there are the usual requests for sugared cereal (which I do buy on occasion), Pop Tarts or gum. But every now and then, a sliced, juicy- looking pink grapefruit, or pile of corn on the cob will cause them to salivate. I ALWAYS say yes to these yummies when I can!
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That is good they are asking for veggies. Your positive response will probably help them ask for it again. my kids will ask for veggies sometimes. But mainly they ask for cheese :)
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