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I must be the biggest freak 🤪 as I cannot stomach to eat most of the food left behind by my kiddos (I make them wash their hands but still ... EWWW!. DD bites her nails which is uber gross and plays with her hair all day AND DS is germy little beast of a boy! I. JUST. CAN'T!) Besides that, I have to eat keto due to my seizures so the yummy fries, potatoes, tater tots, fruit "squishies," and most left over meal side dishes are ALL OFF LIMITS to me anyway. All of that stated; If my little lovies DO leave seasoned broccoli, parmesan squash, mozzarella mushrooms or the like, I am SERIOUSLY TEMPTED to nibble it up ... until I think of all of the nail biting, booger picking, hair twirling, and hand feeding our dogs which makes me pass 🤣. So, I guess I am heavily tempted but can not stomach (or have) most of their left overs. Honestly, I do not mind bc were I leftover meal "snacker," I'd be over 300 lbs (on a 5 ft 2-1/2 frame!)!

Also saw this today.

My son is a pretty neat eater so if it’s something I want vs throwing it away I will go ahead and eat it. Sometimes that’s leftover frozen peas or like tonight an apple slice. I threw away his half a meatball that was sliced because it’s just not tasty in my opinion, but it wasn’t gross and already dipped in CFA sauce. I will always polish off his bacon unless he does one of those numbers where he begins to chew just to remember he’s full and takes the whole thing out of his mouth. My son will ask for two cups of yogurt and typically can’t finish the second cup and that goes in the trash. Eating behind him when it comes to wet stuff seems gross. I totally will eat something “wet” that he simply did not eat like there’s a microwaveable Mac & cheese by Main Street Bistro that’s amazing, but he just doesn’t it eat. Honestly I put some on his plate just as a way to get seconds without feeling guilty.

Anything that's not chewed OK, anything except baby cereal, but no one's eating that at the moment.

I don’t do this at all, I’ve always been disgusted by watching children eating and I hate pictures of kids with food all over their face. With my own son, I graduated to enjoying feeding him and feeling happy and satisfied to see him eat healthy food—but I’m still grossed out by his plate afterwards. My husband will eat almost anything he leaves behind.

I don't want the extra calories so I never eat her leftovers.
https://www.njherald.com/20170525/nibbling-on-your-childrens-leftovers-can-pack-on-6-pounds-a-year#

I try to limit it, not out of grossness but out of not wanting to gain weight like others mentioned. I do sometimes eat something that she hasn't touched, but I try to save it as leftovers for her figuring that if there is enough there that I am concerned about food waste there is enough to get saved as leftovers and added to another meal.

I've never done it and I never could. I don't like to eat or drink after anyone. I only give them small portions and I might steal from the serving dish, but I'd never eat from their used plate.

I'm vegetarian and they aren't, so I'm def not eating everything off their plates. But depending on what it is, I will eat it. lo1 regularly leaves the last 1/3 of her pizza slice untouched so I usually eat her crusts+ lol