Biggest challenge for today's parents

If you are parents of toddlers and school going kids, you know what I'm talking. Yes....FEEDING kids is one of the biggest challenge of today's parents.

The journey starts when the baby is inside mommy's womb. But the magical umbilical cord takes care of feeding the baby. Once the baby is out, mother gets sole responsibility of feeding the baby... it's a bliss to bond with baby close to her heart. As long as the baby is in mother's womb and mother's lap, everything seems to be ok. But the real challenge starts when the baby gets the chance to eat food.

Most of the parents wait for THE DAY for their babies to start eating food.... thinking that it is one of the easiest job. But kids will give us no time in repenting on what we thought. Whenever I used to see Gerber bottles (baby food) in the store, I used to feel happy... that my baby will eat when she turns 6 months and will continue until toddler age. Ooooh.....big mistake. The moment I put Gerber food in her mouth, I was totally disappointed by her expression.


It felt like "What the hell I'm doing to my kid?". I wished for an INVISIBLE umbilical cord that feeds my baby whenever I eat my food. Hmmm.... we are in Kaliyug... our wishes will not come true... we have to accept the fact that we have to struggle. So started preparing food at home and that helped her to come out of those expressions. But.... is that all? Nope... making them sit at one place and feeding them was another big challenge. Thanks to booster seats and high chairs.


If they are not in booster seat.... you better be ready to play hide and seek with them :-).



Once they are out of toddler age, eating good food is an untouchable thing for them. They do everything whatever they want...except touching the plate.... and they don't even bother to look into the plate.


Does that mean they don't eat anything? Then we are wrong....they have their own choices, and if they get what they want, they don't need our help at all.




Wonder why we spend so much time behind our kids. Whenever my parents come home, they always say one thing " we never spent so much time behind you and we never had any problem feeding you guys...then what is wrong with today's generation?". Truth is... today's kids are more creative and they want variety. ...if not, they'll say "again the same thing...Oh no...".

Being mother of two, I learned a lot and trying my best with some crazy cooking for the creative kids. It feels good when my kids say "Wow... I like it, can I have some more...". And I feel proud when they say "mamma, you know what... you should go to master chef" ;-). Oh..well...if they eat all the food I give them....that is the biggest compliment I can get from my kids.

When I've time and energy, this is what they get when they come from school.... strawberry milkshake, boiled corn, papaya, beetroot halwa and grapes... yummy isn't it?


With their inspiration, planning to start another blog especially for kids....of course, it's for big kids too :-). I know there are many blogs and websites dedicated for big kids...but hardly see any for little kids. Hope this will help other parents too....