I'm At A Loss!

Last night Owen went to bed at 6pm! Not willingly of course...he didn't eat dinner so Daddy sent him to bed early. I'm so at a loss with this kid. I just don't get it. The kid doesn't eat. He doesn't even really seem to like food!

Seriously here's a list of the food Owen doesn't like...

Grilled Cheese

Soup

Any Sandwich with Meat

Hot Dogs

Corn Dogs

Yogurt

String Cheese (He pretty much doesn't like cheese in general....especially melted cheese)

Nachos

Tacos

Fajitas

Pizza

Mashed Potatoes

Olives

Eggs

Bacon

Hash Browns

Bananas

Oranges

Any Vegetable

Watermelon

Cantaloupe

Beans

Chicken On The Bone

Hamburgers

Here's a list of the food Owen does like...

Peanut Butter & Jelly or Nutella

Toast with Jam

Sausage Links or Patties

Goldfish

Pop Tarts

Toaster Strudel

Wheat Thins

Chips

Macaroni & Cheese

Top Raman

Chicken Nuggets

French Fries

Apples

Strawberries

Blueberries

Oatmeal

Boneless Chicken

Cereal

Muffins

Graham Crackers

Yogurt Covered Raisins

French Toast

Waffles

Pancakes

Banana Bread

Candy Canes or Suckers

The other day Owen actually turned down a Reese's Peanut Butter cup....seriously! I'm just so freakin' irritated right now. Some times Jack won't eat, but it doesn't bother me at all because he is able to keep himself in check and when he's hungry he eats. Owen chooses not to eat and then gets to a point where he absolutely cannot control himself because he's SO hungry. But HE chooses this....we put food in front of him and he CHOOSES not to eat. I keep thinking he'll get it, but he doesn't! He asks to be excused because he doesn't want to eat what we are eating and I tell him, "This is dinner....we won't be eating again until breakfast when the sun comes up!" Then he gets down and in the morning the first thing I hear is, "Mama I'm SO hungry!" Yeah of course you are....you didn't eat! Sorry I'm venting, but seriously how thick headed can you be!!!!

I wish I had one of those kids and just ate and ate and ate. I would love it if he ate an entire sandwich and asked for more. It seems like we've tried everything in the book too. We let him choose what to eat from what's on the table, we let him get involved and cook the food in hopes that he'll want to try it, we don't let him have snacks between mealtimes so he's hungry, we let him have snacks between mealtimes in hopes that he doesn't come to the table too hungry...so on and so on and so on!

This is just something we've dealt with since Owen started eating solid foods and it's not getting any better. It makes is really disheartening too when you try to make good wholesome food for your family and your kid asks you what's for dinner and the first sentence out of his mouth is, "I don't like it!"