Today, its another parenting dilemma... How to get your kids to eat their vegetables without causing dinner table mass hysteria..Today's dilemma was only magnified by the "broccoli incident" last week. Tanner got 3 small pieces of broccoli to eat with his dinner and refused them. He got in trouble and had to stay at the dinner table until his vege's were all gone. He spent almost 45 minutes psyching himself up for the big green taste. Finally, he gave into the pressure of an immediate bedtime, popped some broccoli into his mouth... And then puked all over the table. And I'm not talking about some baby spit here.. This was projectile! So while his mother hauled him off to the tub and I spent some time with my friend the bleach bottle... I had to think of a new approach.
Tonight, it hit. I'd try to tackle his competitive side.. What if we had a vegetable eating contest? Dad vs. Son... Calvin vs. Little Calvin.. Who could eat the most in one bite. Yes, his mom posed some choking concerns.. But we're boys! (Insert Tim Tayler laugh here!)
Turns out... Competitive vegetable eating works... Quite well.. Between the two of us we polished off most of the can, trying to outdo one another. He finally got me with the "10 fork". What a competitor!
Let's just NOT do this on broccoli night!
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