Trying Something New....

Some of you may know that Briley is sort of picky when it comes to her food. This pickiness apparently only applies outside of daycare, though, because when she's there the kid eats all of her food plus whatever her neighbor's have left. This used to make me wonder - does she hate what I fix for her that badly?! I would even give her the kind of stuff the daycare serves in hopes of her eating, since she would scarf down all of that exact same food while at school. (School is what we call her daycare - well, except for my dad who asks about how Briley is doing at "work", ha!) And you don't exactly have to be Martha Stewart (who I really like, by the way) to fix these things. This is not gourmet food for crying out loud! I guess it comes down to the fact that when she eats anywhere else, there aren't five other kids sitting there eating the same thing. Anyhow, she's slowly but surely becoming more adventurous at mealtime. Last week, part of our dinner consisted of turkey burgers and corn on the cob. I wasn't sure either would go over so well. According to Briley, any meat besides chicken and most vegetables are "gwoss" (aka gross) and are met with a big "NO!" as she proceeds to either hand it back to you or just drop it on the floor. She ate half of the burger, but the real surprise was the corn! She couldn't quite grasp the concept at first, thinking I must have just given her this thing so she could lick the butter off. But once I showed her how to take a bite, she loved it! Really - that kid sat there and enjoyed corn on the cob for over an hour.