Fussy Toddlers

I don't know how much you go in for evolutionary biology. But I was comparing notes with another parent of small children this morning. We had both noticed that our children had eaten what was put in front of them when they were quite little pretty readily but now are much fussier. I wondered where we'd gone wrong. My concience was salved by her suggestion that it's natural for children, once they start being able to move around, to be much fussier about what they eat. And that's a good thing. When the child can travel under his own steam, so much more toxic and harmful stuff is accessible and it's good for him to be very discerning and stick to tried and tested favourites. The downside is that your son may wish to survive on a diet entirely made up of sausages, bacon, ketchup, milk, raisans, chocolate, unbuttered bread, ham and shreddies. Even if its contrary to his genetic programming, the boy needs to realise that mum and dad only serve up good stuff (cf. Matthew 7:9-11). We can be trusted not to put poisonous food on the table - or at least, Mum can!