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AIBU to think DD is having me on??

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Nquartz · 07/03/2019 15:55

DD always used to eat potatoes in any form then she went off mash last year but would still eat roast/chips/smiles/homemade wedges.

Then she would only eat chips/smiles/homemade wedges and roast potatoes if they were chip shaped.

Now she's decided she likes chips (chippy or oven) and smiles.

Is she having me on? Surely chips are the same as roast potatoes really?

Not sure whether to just keep putting them on her plate and her not eat them or give in and give her an alternative!

OP posts:

Sirzy · 07/03/2019 15:56

Chips and roast potatoes don’t taste the same.

TheInvestigator · 07/03/2019 15:57

When I was a kid I would only eat mashed potatoes. Any other kind and I refused... It's just a thing kids do!

Keep trying other types, but don't make a huge drama out of it if she doesn't finish her plate.

TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 07/03/2019 15:58

What kind of chips/ roast potatoes are you eating that taste the same??

Mmmhmmm · 07/03/2019 16:01

I believe some adults used some of that "logic" to try and get me to eat scalloped potatoes as a child. It didn't work and actually I'm still not a fan.

Th1me · 07/03/2019 16:04

I’ve a 15 year old that won’t eat potatoes full stop, never has. Not even crisps!!

adaline · 07/03/2019 16:06

Chips and roasties don't taste at all the same! What are you doing to them?!

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 07/03/2019 16:06

Of course they are not the same. I see your logic as they are both potato but in different forms. However if you use that logic surely chips and a packet of crisps are the same thing?

NoParticularPattern · 07/03/2019 16:07

Where can I find a recipe for chips that taste like roast potatoes? Asking for a friend....!

Miffymeow · 07/03/2019 16:07

Definitely not the same, I would eat chips at any age (very picky eater as a kid, would only eat the very skinniest of chips much to my mother's frustration, the mcdonald kind of style ones, even some of those I didn't like!!), didn't like roast potatoes at all until I was in my early twenties, even then it was only chips or roast potatoes, no other type of potato. Started to like boiled baby potatoes around 25, only started to like mash at 30 (and then only if very thick, with no milk, and only if garlic in it) Some of us are just annoying haha. Also as a kid I would suddenly go off certain foods as well, I think it's just one of those things!

If it helps, I got a lot less picky as I grew older, same with a lot of kids I grew up with.

A girl I went to school with was such a picky eater that when she came over for dinner she would bring a jar of marmite with her, because she only really liked marmite on toast...

mynameiscalypso · 07/03/2019 16:20

I like most forms of potato but I hated chips when I was a child. I only learnt to tolerate them when I found out you could dip them in mayo. I'm still not overly fussed though. Roast potatoes, on the other hand, are sent from heaven.

RandomWok · 07/03/2019 16:28

I've got one like that. Roast potatoes are a no but potatoes cut into chip shapes cooked in with roast potatoes are acceptable. Mash is not acceptable even as a cottage pie topping. Nor are new potatoes or boiled. Except at Nanny's house where she'll eat all of the above. Funny little things aren't they?!

pitterpatterbaby · 07/03/2019 16:35

How old is DD?

Limensoda · 07/03/2019 16:36

If it were my DD she would have been having whichever I was cooking or none at all seeing as she had happily eaten all before.
Taking the piss, not having you on. I'm surprised when people accommodate this sort of crap from their kids.

EstrellaDamn · 07/03/2019 16:37

I would keep serving the full range of things you want to; not every member of the family is going to love every ingredient of every meal, but that's just life!

PeanuttyButter · 07/03/2019 16:37

I don't like mash potato but I like other forms of potato things. 😁

DGRossetti · 07/03/2019 16:38

What kind of chips/ roast potatoes are you eating that taste the same??

Very occasionally I've thought that Farmfoods frozen roasties had a "chippy" edge. Maybe the potatoes used ?

Fabaunt · 07/03/2019 16:39

Im a grown adult and I will only eat carrots shaped in batons. I would balk at the thoughts of having to eat round carrots or mashed carrots.
I only like mashed potato, not jacket potatoes, not roast potato.

MrsJBaptiste · 07/03/2019 16:39

Why? I don't want to eat things I don't like so why should my kids? I'm happy to accommodate us all when cooking, even if it means four slightly varied meals

Ilnome · 07/03/2019 16:44

For some children picky eating can be a symptom of another problem- for some its the only control they can excert

Purpleartichoke · 07/03/2019 16:46

Dd requires particular prep methods as well. My mashed potatoes are preferred. Most restaurants fail. Thick cut steak fries from restaurant a are adored, from restaurant b are rejected. She has since been diagnosed with sensory issues. She can even tell if I bought a different brand of milk and will refuse to drink it. My DH can too and I always thought he was making it up, but dd is the same way.

I started out with baby led weaning. She munched on veggies and steak at 6 months old. I thought I was raising a great eater. Once food became sustenance and not experimentation, that all changed.

Limensoda · 07/03/2019 16:46

Why? I don't want to eat things I don't like so why should my kids? I'm happy to accommodate us all when cooking, even if it means four slightly varied meals

Because the child has suddenly decided she doesn't like certain potatoes she previously liked which is just being fickle.

anniehm · 07/03/2019 16:50

Just insist she eats all kinds of potatoes. Letting them be fussy over one kind gives them licence to dictate about other foods. We allow 5 things you don't like, that's a maximum;dh eats everything, he knows he's lucky never to need to cook!) oh and being veggie counts as all 5 choices as it's hard enough coming up with ideas!

Limensoda · 07/03/2019 16:51

For some children picky eating can be a symptom of another problem- for some its the only control they can excert

OP didn't mention any other problems. If so, sort out the other problem. It's more likely a sign of trying to control a gullible parent.

EwItsAHooman · 07/03/2019 16:54

Just keep putting them on her plate, OP, alongside foods you know she will eat so that she is at least eating something of her meal. Don't make it a big 'thing', don't turn it into a battle, and don't pass comment on whether or not she eats the potatoes.

I have a DC with a very restricted diet so every meal of his includes a little bit of a food or two he will eat alongside food he might/will refuse. Food he doesn't eat (i.e., whatever the rest of us are eating) is to build his acceptance, if he tolerates it on the plate then he gets used to it and eventually may try a taste of it. Food he does eat is so that he's not leaving the table hungry and associates meal times with eating rather than arguments.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 07/03/2019 16:54

Letting them be fussy over one kind gives them licence to dictate about other foods. We allow 5 things you don't like, that's a maximum

That is exactly what not to do. I mean seriously how many adults do you know who only have 5 foods maximum that they don't like. Its not always about being fussy, over time taste buds change your not giving them a licence to dictate you are allowing them to discover their own likes and dislikes.

Just give her what she will happily eat and don't make a fuss. If she wants to expand her diet later then great if not it doesn't matter as long as she is eating something.

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