https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:41:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405204 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:26:12 +0000 PinkElephant 2405204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've called a number of things (ham, prosciutto, pepperoni...) "bacon" to placate my LOs....I also tell them lasagna is "pizza pasta", and that makes them happier than calling it lasagne. </p> <p>I can't ever say soup is soup....they're weird like that. They'll eat "black beans" or "lentils" but call it soup and they won't touch it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405198 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:23:24 +0000 travellingbee 2405198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost all meat is chicken. And lots of things are tacos :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405192 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:16:01 +0000 Charm54 2405192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents used to tell me every meat was "baby steak" growing up or I wouldn't eat it. Wtf is baby steak?! Lol </p> <p>For DD I tell her the Snap Pea Crisps I give her are chips so she gets all excited </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405180 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:05:04 +0000 yoursilverlining 2405180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh totally! Broccoli are tiny miniatures trees, cauliflower are the same but Elsa zapped them with ice which is why they are white, she asked for a donut once so I cut a piece of bread with a biscuit cutter and told her it was a "flat donut". Meh, whatever works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405179 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:03:46 +0000 blackbird 2405179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes anything non chicken becomes "sausage", which she immediately eats. *shrug* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405169 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:56:35 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2405169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not that I recall. I've probably said spaghetti squash is noodles before but it didn't work. We used to tell my nephew peas were called "ball beans" to get him to eat them. Totally worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405158 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:45:21 +0000 littlebug 2405158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Ha ha, I thought scallops were marshmallows! </p> <p>I don't rename things, necessarily. But I will "leave out" information, like forget to mention that chicken is in a casserole we're having. And I've definitely told him spaghetti squash is spaghetti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405127 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:27:42 +0000 Bao 2405127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: haha omg! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405113 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:18:31 +0000 yin 2405113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to believe that liver was chocolate as a kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405111 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:16:47 +0000 nana87 2405111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have to do this with lo yet, but salmon was "pink fish" to my oldest niece for a long time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405027 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:27:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 2405027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fish sticks are "special chicken nuggets" in this house. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2405017 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:19:39 +0000 Boogs 2405017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO calls vegetable tempura (when we go out for sushi) shrimp...I don't tell him otherwise lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2404979 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:47:14 +0000 erinbaderin 2404979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom did the opposite of this once accidentally - I really loved tapioca and then one day she said growing up she's always called it "fish eye pudding" and I never ate it again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2404933 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:19:07 +0000 Cherrybee 2404933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mum used to do this! She said chicken was rooster and told me she went to Blackpool to get fish every time we had it because I would only eat Blackpool fish. Blackpool is about 70 miles away from where we live! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2404904 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:57:37 +0000 autumnlove 2404904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I lie by omission? I was eating cottage cheese and they wanted some of my pudding. Also, they told me that they really liked the "pink chicken" aka salmon and I did not correct them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-rename-foods-so-your-lo-will-eat-it#post-2404895 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:51:05 +0000 Bao 2404895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find that if I call certain foods different things than my LO's will actually eat it. For example, today I made cheese quesadillas for lunch. I told the girls this is what we were having and my 3 year old immediately said she didn't like them. I finished cooking and then said it was inside out cheese pizza and they ate it. </p> <p>Do you ever change the names of things to "trick" your LO? </p>