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AIBU?

To be so fucking sick of cooking food that my DS's don't eat...

86 replies

GoofyIsACow · 23/10/2013 17:55

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhh

Is all

Angry

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FlapJackOLantern · 23/10/2013 17:56

What do you do when they won't eat it?

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moogy1a · 23/10/2013 17:57

what was it?

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ancientbuchanan · 23/10/2013 17:58

How old are they?

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moogalicious · 23/10/2013 17:59

How old are they?

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lifeinthefastlane1 · 23/10/2013 17:59

welcome to my world what a pain it is! got a lovely shepherds pie sat here getting faffed about with grrrr!

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Sirzy · 23/10/2013 17:59

Depends how old and what you are making really.

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TheSurgeonsMate · 23/10/2013 18:03

YANBU. Don't do it!

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SinisterBuggyMonth · 23/10/2013 18:12

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MrsBucketxx · 23/10/2013 18:13

Yanbu I feel your pain too.

Even stuff my dc have eaten lots of times before.

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ohmymimi · 23/10/2013 18:15

Are you Ria Parkinson by any chance?

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CaptainSweatPants · 23/10/2013 18:16

was it oysters Grin

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FruitSaladIsNotPudding · 23/10/2013 18:19

Yep. I used to love cooking before I had children.

Anyway, I've decided the only way forward is not to give a shit - I make healthy food, put it on the table, and the rest is up to them. Basically take it or leave it, just don't whinge about it!

And no pudding unless you've eaten a decent amount/been polite etc. Probably bribery, but never mind.

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MoominsYonisAreScary · 23/10/2013 18:20

Me too, if one its it the other two wont. Today it was lasagne

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MoominsYonisAreScary · 23/10/2013 18:21

And what fruitsalad said

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RedPencils · 23/10/2013 18:28

I go through for phases of 'thinks what I've made, eat or go hungry' but I always cave in the end and go back to eleventy million variations of the same meal.
I hate family cooking.

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sparkle12mar08 · 23/10/2013 18:32

I'm hardcore with along with FruitSalad. Eat it or not, I don't care, but there's nothing else and no whinging. Makes life much easier. Yes I try to cook meals they will each eat at least a good part of, but I will not tolerate silliness about foods I know they have eaten in the past.

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specialsubject · 23/10/2013 18:37

house not restaurant. sparkle has it in one.

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sherbetpips · 23/10/2013 18:44

I am hard core with eating now, sick of him rejecting different foods dependent on the day. He knows he has to just get on and eat it now and I have conceded that he hates mash potato and roast potato so I don't stick it on the plate anymore (although I am adept at hiding mash).

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MaryZombie · 23/10/2013 18:45

Just mark time.

Mine are teenagers, and will eat anything and everything.

Now I'm just sick of cooking.

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HappyMummyOfOne · 23/10/2013 18:49

I dont cook foods we dont like so dont have this but know friends do as they believe it will make their children less fussy. It doesnt, just means life is harder and more unpleasant.

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CustardOmlet · 23/10/2013 18:53

Mine won't eat banana. He clearly does not appreciate the suffering I go through to peal that banana, the rancid smell and dirty mush on my hands, all for him to reject it. I thought all children liked banana?

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bearsmum123 · 23/10/2013 19:06

I'm a massive believer in not banning something from ever entering a kids line of sight again just because they announce they hate it now. Its a good exercise in learning to get a grip around foods you think you don't like, to try something, politely decline and eat around it is as much a table skill as using a fork IMO.
Cant be arsed begging him to try but wont watch soppy antics either (cant eat that cos it touched a bean....)

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Topseyt · 23/10/2013 19:09

I am of the take it or leave it camp too. In this house they have what I provide or they get nothing. That is the choice.

When they were younger I had to harden up when they whinged about what was provided. This is not a restaurant. Oddly enough, none of them has starved yet. Grin

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bearsmum123 · 23/10/2013 19:10

Read something recently where someone said each child in their family is allowed three foods they absolutely don't like and don't get given, any new ones and they have to take another off the list.
Can't remember who said it but I think its a good idea ion theory.

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3asAbird · 23/10/2013 19:12

feel your pain my 3 are fussy

lunch made raveli on toast they liek pasta they like tomato sauce they like toast-would they eat it.

Tonight did cheesey pasta with mixed veg and sliced ham hardly touched it picked out few veggies, asked for extra grated cheese and few vegetables yet they like pasta and they like cheese.

unless its chips with ketchup or roast they not interested.

They not totally i love with pizza, hardly touch potatoes they sometimes like spag bol/lasagne which we dont have much due to money also they like a mild curry with rice but finding they getting pickier and feel stuck on budget and time.

they 7, 4 and 2.5

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