Imagine eating pasta every night. I think if I ate pasta everyday, I would just get sick of it, really. Well, not for my 17-month old. He seems to just want to eat pasta. Occasionally, he would eat little pieces of protein-rich food here and there but veggies are out of the question. I know I shouldn't worry too much and that one day, he will outgrow this habit (I hope!) but trying to come up with meals for N is such a challenge and I worry that he may not be getting good nutrition for his age. When we go out to see the grandparents, I have to bring some pasta as back-up because they make 'real food' for adults and they don't bother asking me what N likes to eat. Of course, that's another issue altogether for another blog. My mom pretty much does a good job of cooking something for him whenever we are over and she is quite talented in putting stuff in his mouth.
N's fave food pretty much sums up to: pasta, pomegranates, raspberries and mangoes. I've sneaked in veggies in the pasta sauce and tried different pasta shapes but that's about as creative as I can get with pasta dinner!
I was thinking last night while we were having dinner, that perhaps N would prefer to eat with us. If he eats with adults eating, he seems to eat more but during the week, we prefer to put him to bed first before we eat our dinner.. a bit more relaxing that way.
So how are your tots taking up eating these days?
C.
