https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:24:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-160013 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:07:42 +0000 DillonLion 160013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't think so! I had to join the Clean Plate Club at the end of meals....which I don't plan on repeating with my kids. Now, I have trouble walking away from a plate of food if there's anything left on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-160011 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:03:51 +0000 MrsBrewer 160011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: My mom did the same thing!! If we didn't like what she cooked for us that night, she always said we had to find our own dinner. Cereal was always my go-to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-159972 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:17:16 +0000 SugarplumsMom 159972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a picky eater. My mom says she'd have to buy separately prepared meals for me and even then, I wouldn't eat. </p> <p>DH as a child ate anything and everything. I'm hoping LO takes after her daddy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-159960 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:05:44 +0000 Sammyfab 159960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was totally a picky eater! A favorite story of my parents is the time I refused to eat scrambled eggs and kept a bite in my mouth for 2 hours. Ew!!</p> <p>I also really disliked rice growing up which, being Chinese, was probably more an act of rebellion than an actual dislike!</p> <p>Now, I eat pretty much anything except for onions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-159806 Tue, 15 May 2012 21:08:18 +0000 mrs. wagon 159806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was incredibly picky growing up. My poor parents. They always said I ate like a bird. Not so anymore ;)</p> <p>My parents cooked Korean food every day, and I refused to eat most of it. Sometimes I'd eat it if it were grilled fish, but I have never been able to stand spicy foods, so I couldn't eat most of the stews and things they made. So they'd give in and make me a frozen lasagna or something. I ate a lot of frozen dinners. Kid Cuisines were my favorite. </p> <p>When we went to Korean restaurants, we'd stop at McDonald's on the way and I'd eat my Happy Meal in the restaurant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-159774 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:36:16 +0000 Minnie_Girl 159774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was super picky! When I hit 20 that completely disappeared and now I eat all the icky "adult" foods. :P </p> <p>Thankfully my parents never forced me to clear my plate, and I could stop whenever I was full. I'm still a grazer (and still skinny, haha). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-159759 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:11 +0000 808love 159759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I finally grew out of it in my 20's and 30's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158414 Mon, 14 May 2012 18:59:15 +0000 mrs. bird 158414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was &amp; still kind of am:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158376 Mon, 14 May 2012 18:29:41 +0000 chopsuey 158376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents made us eat EVERYTHING. I'm glad they did though because I'm not a picky eater now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158374 Mon, 14 May 2012 18:27:11 +0000 banana 158374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. My mom made us eat everything on our plates. Sometimes she would pay us to eat stuff we didn't like! haha. I remember getting 5 cents for each celery stick I ate. I think it worked cause I ended up being ok with celery after a while. I used to HATE it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158210 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:49:04 +0000 heffalump 158210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was and still am. My poor mother cooked for me who doesn't eat fruits or veggies, my brother whose lactose intolerant, and my sister who's a vegetarian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158180 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:28:08 +0000 mrsjyw 158180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope not at all, but Dh was when he was younger </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158176 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:25:44 +0000 PitBulLover 158176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I wasn't. I really hope I don't have a child that is a picky eater because I just won't understand it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158159 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:46 +0000 Alivoo01 158159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm similar @Leialou:, not a picky eater as I eat everything, but have certain dislikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158153 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:15:24 +0000 yoursilverlining 158153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was not a picky eater, but my parents wouldn’t have put up with it if I had been. They made one dinner (no special dinner for kids), and we were expected to eat it. Sure, we could eat more of what we liked and less of what we didn’t like, but we were expected to try everything. Also, they fed us normal “adult” foods from the get-go and didn’t make a big deal about it (i.e., no “wow, that’s so great you like green veggies so much! So many kids don’t!”). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158126 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:58:52 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 158126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a never a picky eater. There were a couple of things I didn't like (mayo and onions) and my parents were ok with me not eating them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158122 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:56:12 +0000 MamaMoose 158122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still am : (</p> <p>We will have rules that our kids have to at least try everything on their plate. And they either eat what's for dinner or they don't eat. But we won't force them to clear the plate. I've heard that's bad for kids because then their bodies don't learn to know when they are full. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158120 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:54:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 158120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a pretty picky eater, if we didn't like what mom was cooking we had cereal, she did not switch the menu for us! I will do the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158114 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:52:50 +0000 mediagirl 158114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: haha I had to stay at the table until my plate was clear, as well. If I wanted to get up and go to my room, that was okay but my plate stayed in the fridge in case I needed a snack later. Ugh. My parents were awesome. I WILL be like them someday. :)</p> <p>I learned all about my cat's likes and dislikes:<br /> likes; corn, meat, rice<br /> dislikes: green vegetables (sigh), bread, potatoes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-you-a-picky-eater#post-158102 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:48:37 +0000 autumnlove 158102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have been a picky eater but my parents had zero tolerance. They would always give me small portions that I had to finish or else I would have to stay at the dinner table! I remember staring at a plate of tomato beef over rice for hours...</p> <p>Were you a picky eater? </p>