Parenting, Picky, Picky, Quick Tips
Chopsticks: Easier Than They Look
All it takes is a rubber band at the top, and even a four-year-old can swing a pair. Sorta. Until he decides it’s easier to just eat ...
Baby Food, Mains, Pantry Cooking, Parenting, Picky, Picky, Quick Suppers, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Bribery, Phase II: With a Recipe for Quick Pasta with Browned Butter, Corn & Almonds
The briberyâexcuse me, encouragement via promise of rewardâcontinues anew. Three weeks after our initial breakthrough, when Harry ate a new vegetable every day for fourteen ...
Newsflash
Harry likes sugar snap peas. Like, really likes them. Ate one after another last night at dinner, and demolished the supply I sent in his lunchbox today.
I just had to ...
Parenting, Picky, Picky, Quick Tips
I BribedâExcuse Me, Encouraged Via the Promise of RewardâMy Child to Eat Vegetables
Itâs true.
Harry ate vegetables.
For fourteen straight days.
Do you understand how momentous this is? The kidâs been so challenging to feed for so long, I actually got ...
Baby Food, Nutritious Nibbles, One-Handed Meals, Parenting, Picky, Picky, Snack, Weight Watchers
Taking Green to a Whole New Level
Harry loves the color green. Actually, âloveâ might be too gentle a word; âobsessedâ is probably a better choice. From the very first time he was asked ...
Baking, Dessert, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Parenting, Snack
I Gave Him My Heart (now give me a pen)*
Iâm not gonna lie: These Chocolate Whole Wheat Sandwich Cookies with Raspberry Filling are a production. It took me the better part of an afternoon to ...
New York, Parenting, Recommendations, Snack
Attention, Williamsburg Parents: Adorable Japanese Foodstuff, Now at Midoriya
I went for a walk today. This is news, somewhat, since lately it feels like I hardly ever leave our apartment. Ahh, the glamorous life of a writer…
Anyhoosie. I went ...
When Does That Whole Meticulously-Decorated Thing Kick In?
Four-year-olds, it seems, aren’t much more interested in precision than two-year-olds.
I don’t think they minded.
Got a pickyâmake that discerningâeater?
An essay I wrote about my adorable child and his extremely sophisticated palate (so sophisticated that he can tell just by looking whether or not he’ll like something, and ...
Misc, Parenting, Recommendations
Holiday Goodies Week: Shirts That Go
This here is one vehicle-loving kid. Note that he’s holding trains while wearing a fire truck, and behind him are a crane, a dump ...