FOOD FOOD AND FOOD

I was just going back at the time that passed by and I felt that through out my journey of motherhood I did most challenging job on my own very well and I feel satisfied about it.And yes it was only my decision what should be fed to my child Infact I have not just planned his daily meal, I have fed him with my fingers.(I mean not even sarang n set of mums).:)and that makes me feel pretty satisfied. I think “how to feed kids, what and when to feed kids” is the most toughest  job for all moms.In my case I suffered many times on different stages for dhyey’s poor diet, needless to say, dhyey was unwell at that time, it may be the reason but now I am quite satisfied with his diet.in short I have not much complains regarding his diet except milk.

I have never forced him to eat. But milk is something thats vital. So sometimes he drinks with incentives like new cups , different glass, some chocolates, some stories, outing, changed flavours and all that. Before few days I was going through some articles they mentioned a food chart for toddlers . I was really shocked really kids eat this much as per they described in chart? Or is it their wish to eat them? One thing I all the time believed was that I cannot, could not and should not follow any meal plan or diet chart available on internet. Yes sometimes I pick up some healthy recipes or new ideas from some sources(I read plenty of material on baby feeding) but I never really got stuck to one. I just grabbed whatever I liked from each of them. And one thing that I grabbed was that we should try and include all the different food groups in every day’s diet. I just consider the foods are rich in carbohydrates ,fats , protiens and includes veggies and fruits (seasonal).

These days I include (uttapam, rotis or parathas with chocolate-dryfruit spread, with chessy creamy spread, variation in rice –pulao and khichdi, different pancakes, pasta, Maggie with multigrain,dairy product(curd,yoghurt, sliced cheese,butter), upma,poha, some dryfuits, milk-oats, thepla, stuffed parathas, different kind of dals, soups,some row fruits and veggies as much as possible) with some variation in his weekly plan or diet. I try to make balance between taste, health and possibility.
It doesn’t mean I don’t respect my child’s preferences and I go through this only but I do it and try to introduce healthy foods to him, and never force him to complete it, I believe if he is hungry he would have it and one day of hunger or junk food doesn’t mean to the end of his growth.

He eats what I prepare for us, and on weekends sometimes we go out then he also enjoys burger or fries or anything we eat, be it junk foods at a times.:) And I think kids are really not mistaken all the time, they need variety in food too, if I get bored of same stuff daily so will he.Tthey follow by example like if I indulge into lots of junk food or frozen or ready to eat food, so would they, they should get it slowly and steadily I think so. In all I am happy with the way I am doing at least in this field of parenting. Touch wood ….. :-)
Its not that feeding him has been easy like it seems in this post. I have my own bad days ,he literally does not want to eat or takes his plate and goes to neighbor’s home and then becomes too cranky and fuzzy eater.(esp last year) but then I have learnt to live with them.
Thank you dhyey for inspiring my cooking art...!!