Comments on Our Dongguan Baby: Confessions of a frustrated cook

I feel your pain too. Emilia loves to cook too, b...

2010-05-10T22:01:31.388-07:00

I feel your pain too. Emilia loves to cook too, but not eat. Like J she at least likes fruit (likes edamame and tofu too). Every once in a while she will get up the courage to try something and will actually like it, so there is hope. I think I read you sometimes have to introduce something 20 times before a kid will try it, so keep it up!

Morning Monica - happy mothers day!! Jas and I wou...

2010-05-10T04:22:51.685-07:00

Morning Monica - happy mothers day!! Jas and I would get along great - convenience food works for me - and the only things I can cook are made from eggs and generally some kind of meat that is bad for you - Goetta being the all time fav - but at least that's whole grain! ;)

hugs - it'll pass!

aus and co.

I can totally understand your frustration as well....

2010-05-09T16:06:05.393-07:00

I can totally understand your frustration as well. While I do like to cook on occasion, more so I am rather neurotically obsessive about trying to get nutritious foods into my girls' bodies. I know I am spoiled by having my mom living with us, so she cooks most of the weeknight dinners. She cooks a number of vegetables Hungarian style, (you know, starting with a roux), and that flavoring seems to give veggies that extra something which make them gobble up dishes like zucchini, cauliflower, green beans and spinach. Maybe you've tried already, but I figured worth a shot suggesting it. Hope you are having a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Oh Monica, I feel your pain!!!! In my pre-kid lif...

2010-05-09T06:04:52.485-07:00

Oh Monica, I feel your pain!!!! In my pre-kid life, I catered and cooked meals for clients and I really enjoyed it. Enter kids - 5 kids and my former claim of, "I will never serve up a meal from a box," went down the drain! Kraft Mac and Cheese is a fav around here. Sigh! I have tried!! Oh how I have tried, but they finally just wore me down. Hehe!! Just for some hope though, as a kid, I used to be just as bad and now, I don't like food from a box and I did grow up to enjoy food and cooking. Hang in there! I am still very picky but I do love to cook (just not for my kids right now - LOL)! She will come around - eventually!!