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<\/a><\/p>\nDan and I are very lucky.\u00a0 Though we haven’t worried much about it, we always wondered if Jaia would be a good eater.\u00a0 The Fullertons love their food, and we don’t take breakfast, lunch or dinner lightly around our house.\u00a0 And it turns out, that jaia is just like us.\u00a0 Surprise, surprise.<\/p>\n
Growing up I was afraid of food.\u00a0 Not in any sort of ‘disorder’ way, just afraid to try new things, or slimy things, or spicy things, or wiggly things or jiggly things.\u00a0 Veggies, I was all over them, but fish or seafood or any strange meat and I pretended to not like it, even if I had never even tasted it.\u00a0 It looked gross and that was enough.<\/p>\n
Then I met Dan.\u00a0 And me saying, ‘ummm, not interested’ was never enough.\u00a0 He’s big on trying anything once, and he somehow convinved to do the same.\u00a0 Since meeting him I’ve tried sushi (still not a fan, but at least I tried), fish including salmon, trout, halibut, etc., all of which I actually like, Indian food (ADORE), Thai food (YUM!)…and I could go on.\u00a0 I eat so many more things than I used to and am so thankful for it.<\/p>\n
And then we had a baby.\u00a0 She moved from milk, to purees to simple, bland solids.\u00a0 And now, at 20-months old, she eats almost everything we do.\u00a0 Her plates, once organized with small bite-sized pieces of a meat, a veggie, a grain and a dairy now look exactly like ours, only smaller.<\/p>\n
I can’t remember it happening, but I’m pleased.\u00a0 I love that she eats what we do and that she isn’t going to wait until she’s 28 to try new and different things like I did.\u00a0 And I’ve made a promise to myself that my own apprehension about some (gross) foods will stay in the vault.\u00a0 I don’t want to be responsible for influencing her one way or another.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The other night we made a curry\/rice\/veg dish.\u00a0 I didn’t think about having an exit strategy if Jaia turned her nose up at the semi-spicy meal,\u00a0 I just put it in front of her and hoped for the best.\u00a0 Success.\u00a0 She immediately went to town.\u00a0 And asked for more once her plate was clean.<\/p>\n