Yesterday I made the kids eat two slices of cucumber and a slice of mushroom with ranch dressing before they ate the rest of dinner. Enoch ate it no problem and proceeded to eat the rest of dinner. Michael refused. I didn't give in, and he didn't get any dinner. Afterwards, he was happy to get down and play with his toys. He didn't wake up during the night hungry, either. You would never have known he skipped his dinner. I think he has no regrets about it. For him, the independence of not having to eat his cucumbers and mushrooms was much more important and gratifying than eating the rest of dinner. We've got a determined 22 month old!
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