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When I was growing up, my Mom cooked one meal; which was what we ate. If I didn’t like it, too bad, so sad. Somehow, I’ve been come a short-order cook for my kids. It’s frustrating because I’ll work on a meal only to have them complain they don’t like it.
Yesterday, the boys got home from school. After showing me their wonderful artwork, I asked, “Do you want leftover chicken or hot dogs for lunch?”
Andy: “Hot dog.”
Alex: “Chicken.”
Me: “Alex, are you sure you want chicken?”
Alex: “Yeah.”
I know better, he hardly ate it for dinner the night before, why would he want it now, so I throw an extra hot dog in the water.
Me: “Alright guys, lunch is ready.”
Andy: “I want chicken.”
Me: “You want this?”
Andy: “NO, I said sandwich.”
Alex: “I said I wanted a sandwich.”
Me: “You did not! You know what guys? I’m going to sit down and eat, when you get hungry, your hot dogs will be here.”
Andy: “There’s no bun.”
Me: “We don’t have any buns, but we can use bread.”
Andy: “I want butter on it too.”
Me: “You really want butter on your bread.”
Andy: “Yes.”
Alex: “I want just like Andy.”
We sat down and ate our lunch. Alex finished his hot dog and said, “I want another one.”
All that and they ate what I had fixed… now, if I could only get my daughter to do that. The problem with her; however, is that she’ll get up and fix her own sandwich. Oh well, as long as I don’t have to fix it…
August 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I have the same attitude about meals, there are two choices: take it, or leave it. But i a child can make their own PBJ, I sometimes pretend not to notice…
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
We are struggling with this and it is just ONE child. lol
But I am getting better at standing my ground. He’s almost five… enough is enough.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
We only have leftovers. With Lisa working two jobs, and me having a 8 hour day plus 6 hours of commuting we only cook on the weekend. So if there were choices it is only out of the two or three dishes that were made on Saturday or Sunday to cover the week.
We don’t have the short order cook syndrome to get rid of, at least for dinner, so we have never needed to break that habit. The closest we get is when friends come over for dinner and want something different. Again we don’t fix anything new and when the kids go home I sometimes get a call asking why the kid is hungry. I usually say somethng like they didn’t like the Salmon or whatever veggie we had and then the parent understands. I just don’t like people thinking I am starving their child when mine asks them over for dinner.