to think it's time to eat crusts?

[RichTeas]

At eight years old DS still refuses to eat crusts on bread or toast. We thought out grow this awful habit when he was six or seven, but he's such a fussy eater that we haven't insisted yet. Are we being to lax or do all kids go through this phase?

You could bag up the crusts and go to the seaside

When you get there, silently follow people with hooded jackets

Carefully place the crusts inside their hoods and watch the seagulls swoop and attack the shit of them.

Many a jolly afternoon has been spent in this way.

DD1 won't eat crusts if they're attached to the sandwich. She has on more than one occasion though, watched me make the sandwich, cutting crusts off, then proceeded to eat said crusts and declare how much she likes them..

Sparkling My ds does that with cheese! PITA!

Yes do Worra's suggestion!

WorraLiberty I think you've got ! Good lateral thinking !

Well you've got to do something during the summer holidays

Hee hee, this has reminded me from when dd was very small she refused to eat bread rolls 'because they're all crust '.

Tbh I think you've left it a bit late. They only need crusts and skins on things removing until they cut molars. Try getting him to make his own sandwiches (supervised of course), maybe some involvement would help and/or try different breads, the novelty factor could be a distraction.

Worra that's the perfect solution! I think I'll start saving crusts just to do that and see what happens.

We had this issue a while ago. I believe it is good to get kids to think about not being wasteful and used it to start talking about opportunity cost - a bag of crusts is a bag of bread, and that wasted money could be spent on ice cream/comic/load of books from the charity shop, never mind how lucky they are to have bread in the first place. I didn't make a fuss at mealtimes, just served toast only with soup for dipping and then threatened no more picnics if they weren't going to eat properly. Never had a problem with rustic type rolls and breads.

Worra, I don't eat crusts and if anyone comments I say it's because I don't want curly hair!

I never eat the crusts and my hair is completely straight.
My ds has always eaten the crusts and his hair is a mass of curls.
Coincidence?
I think not.

I always eat the crusts and my hair is a massif curls too. :)

Instead of knitting your hands into a frenzy of fingery crochet about starving kids being dissed by your DC not eating crusts how about you buy one less loaf of bread per week and send the £1.50 to Oxfam? Or something. Not liking crusts is the same as not liking anything really - what in the bloody hell is the point of forcing someone to eat something they don't like?