do your children like potatoes at meal time?
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my mom makes the very best mashed potatoes. she adds just a bit of shredded cheddar cheese for color and mmmmmmmm it tastes so good
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Carbohydrates, pasta, chicken, potatoe...
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They are creating energy.  I assume that you are talking about those clocks that you plug into the potatoe.\n\nTHe answer is that the potatoe is slowely rotting (its not rotten yet, just starting inside).  Every vegetable and meat, even when fresh, is starting to degrade like this.\n\nAnd this creates heat and energy. Thats why compost piles smoke a little or steam.
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Potatoes grow in the ground and are not likely to be sprayed with pesticides.  The skin is quite nutritious.  So just wash them and cook them and eat them.
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All known species of potato bug are omnivorous (this means that, like you and me, they eat nearly everything) though in captivity most species do best on a mixture of dried feed/grains, fresh vegetables or fruit, human skin (old scabs), dead bugs or small animals. \nHere's a great article about keeping these insects as pets that you might want to read before considering them as a household member:\n\nhttp://www.potatobugs.com/articles/as_pets.html\n\nHope this helps!
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No.  If that's how they talk in real life, I don't expect them to act differently on here.  I'm interesting and tend to ramble, but I have a lot of Best Answers and not because I stuck to the topic exclusively.\n\nI had barbecued chicken, corn, and fries.  Also hush puppies and sweet tea.  I'm thinking I require cookies, though.  Maybe I should have gotten one at the restaurant.
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No, I never let my kids play with their food.\n\nYou should know there are a bunch of morons on this site. Half of them will probably start playing with asbestos now.
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Parenting! I agree it is Parenting! My children listen to music with me. So I do not listen to any of the "bad" stuff. I also make time to listen to kid music with them. If a parent puts down kid music and won't listen to "good" music then the child will follow the example set for them. Just as a child who hears from his parents that vegetables are yucky, so the child will think also. If you want your child to like something then like it yourself. Children learn by example, especially at the age you are talking about. Young children look up to their parents.
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Well.  You could say that Turkey's really good, and Ham's very good but that today you just didn't really want to eat those.  You could say you're allergic if you don't mind fibbing to your children.  Another thing you could do is cut it up really good so it's barely recognizeable over those mounds of mashed potatoes and vegetables that are facing them.lol.\n\nEventually they're gonna have to learn though that what you do and what they do are two different things.  They need to learn certain things at their age right now suck.lol and right now they are still getting the taste for things and you don't want your opinion to necessarily ruin theirs and them end up not liking things that you don't like.  Have your wife also emphasise on how great the turkey and ham they are eating is.
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Toddlers can be some really picky eaters and many parents begin to worry about their child’s nutrition because some toddlers push everything away while others … eat everything in sight. It’s really hard to evaluate if a toddler is getting too much or too little and parents worry.\nPicky Toddlers\n\nIt’s okay for a toddler to be picky because most adults don’t like particular foods, it is important to not cater to a child’s specific requests if the food of choice isn’t healthy. Some parents give into the routine of chicken nuggets and French fries, leaving a toddler very limited. Fried foods are not healthy and should be eaten in moderation; these foods lead to overweight toddlers. Parents with picky toddler should experiment with food.\n\nExperiment\n\nIt’s important to experiment at the toddler stage with different foods, different textures and let a toddler develop their own taste. One of the most common mistakes that parents make are by limiting a toddler’s choices. Instead of offering a cookie, offer some steamed carrots for a snack or a peanut butter sandwich with cubed cheese. At dinnertime offer up a couple of vegetables that are tangible finger foods like green beans or broccoli and limit sweets.\n\nMany parents believe that a toddler will refuse to eat vegetables but parents forget that toddlers that are hungry will eat! Sweets are a horrible thing to give toddlers because once a toddler develops a sweet tooth; it can be hard to break.\n\nToddlers with Big Appetites\n\nThere’s nothing wrong with a growing toddler with a big appetite as long as the toddler is getting enough exercise and that weight gain isn’t a problem. If weight gain is a problem then it’s a good idea to start making some menu changes. Many parents don’t give children enough water instead filling a toddler with fatty milks and sugary juices; toddlers need water. Giving a toddler adequate water to drink throughout the day will actually fill up those little tummies and help parents devise a healthy eating schedule of breakfast, lunch, dinner and two-three snacks as recommended.\n\nToddlers with No Appetite\n\nToddlers with no appetite tend to be the ones that most parents worry about and sometimes there’s no cause for concern, other times there is. Parents should consult with a pediatrician for a check up to make sure illness or an underlying condition isn’t present. Most often times, the child just doesn’t want to eat and pediatricians tell parents not to stress about it, simply keep an eye on the toddler.\n\nToddler Eats\n\nToddlers should eat a balanced breakfast, a sensible lunch and a light dinner with a two-three snacks throughout the day just adults should. A balanced breakfast for a toddler could be a bowl of cereal with a banana, an apple pancake or waffle, orange slices with peanut butter toast and even a bowl of oatmeal with apple slices downed with a glass of milk, juice or water. The average lunch for a toddler isn’t complicated either.\n\nTry them out with a tuna sandwich on whole wheat bread, some grapes or a green leafy salad. Children love food that they can play with! Remember snacks can be a cup of yogurt, some raisins or even a few cherry tomatoes. \n\nA toddler can’t be blamed for bad eating habits because they don’t prepare their own food and it’s up to Mom and Dad to make those wise decisions about what to and what not to introduce their children to. Be wise in selecting the foods for toddlers because good nutrition is a great start!
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Sweet potatoes are a must have on Thanksgiving, I usally do both, sweet potatoes baked, and regular potatoes mashed.\ngood luck and enjoy.\nCowgirl In Need~\nP.S\nmake sure you put lots of butter on both!
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Many young children put nonfood items in their mouths at one time or another. They're naturally curious about their environment, and they may, for instance, eat some dirt out of the sandbox. Kids with pica, however, go beyond this innocent exploration of their surroundings. As many as 25% to 30% of kids (and 20% of those seen in mental health clinics) have an eating disorder called pica, which is characterized by persistent and compulsive cravings (lasting 1 month or longer) to eat nonfood items. \n\nWhat Is Pica?\nThe word pica comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird known for its large and indiscriminate appetite. \n\nPica is most common in people with developmental disabilities, including autism and mental retardation, and in children between the ages of 2 and 3. Although kids younger than 18 to 24 months can try to eat nonfood items, it isn't necessarily considered abnormal at that age. \n\nPica is also a behavior that may also surface in children who've had a brain injury affecting their development. It can also be a problem for some pregnant women, as well as people with epilepsy.
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What a good mom!  :thumbs up:\n\nYou're absolutely right that you have to start them young.  If your kids grow up in a "healthy" home, they don't know any differently.  This is how I raised my kids.  They love vegetables for example, because that's what they know.\n\nYou can begin feeding your son minced chopped foods and wean from the Gerber Graduates.  I made my own baby food from steamed adult food whirled in a mini-processor.\n\nYou may have gained from extra water weight due to carbs.  Or maybe you've added a little extra fat (butter on bread) or a bit larger portions?\n\nIt's probably not fat, just fluid or undigested food.  If you had been eating less fiber and are now eating more (whole wheat bread), the fiber acts as a "dam" in the colon.  Keep eating high fiber food, maybe take a softener like Milk of Magnesia capsules and see if that helps.
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I Don't also found that teaching children how to cook keeps them eating healthy throughout liDoritose them pick from a list of things and have them help you make it. Be sure the food is fun. Also, psychologically, people associate food and taste with childhood memories and fondness. So, I suggest that you make healthy food fun- broccoli is now miniature trees. Stand them up on the plate, both of you pretend you are ogres and eat the whole forest. Children make strange connections that often carries over into adulthood. \nDont keep much snack food around, and what you do have around keep it healthy. Instead of doritos, keep apple chips, and corn puffs like "Pirates booty" (seriously, that is what it is called.hehe)
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Friday night is game night......board games and such.\nWe prepare together....popcorn, snacks....I let each of the kids alternate weekly on picking the snack theme.\n\nWe decorate cookies every year....bake the basic sugar cookies...however the frosting as such go into detail...green,white red, and sprinkles, red hots...to decorate the little guys.....every year the kids enjoy this the most...\nI also bake  a variety and we mixed them and take a plate to the neighbors with one cookie from each of the children mixed with Moms....\n\nI like this one the best. For a wedding gift I received a traditional German gift....You are Special plate.....every night a different child gets the plate. I state why the child got the plate....Thank you for getting ready this morning with a smile....or Mr. Teacher called today and you are doing really well....so this child is the special child and its a get out of helping with dishes card...lol(my oldest is 17 and still appreciates this and really likes the get out of dishes factor)\n\nAlso during dinner every night we start with day...name one good thing that happened today...goes around all 5 and then name one bad thing that happened today....nice way to keep open communication with your children...(my favorite time of the day)\n\nthere are more....just listed a few....fingers cant keep up with the mind......\nWe even make food baskets together for the elder community.\n\nBest wishes
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too much of any one food can be bad.Potatoes are high in high glycemic carbohydrates.If you are eating mostly potatoes during the day and not getting enough protein,you are risking getting a blood sugar disorder.Try to restrict your intake to one meal a day 3 days a week.You need to rotate your foods to avoid getting imbalances in your body.Make sure you eat enough vegetables,fruit and protein.Too much carbohydrates such as potatoes in the diet is as bad as eating lots of sweets...it can cause diabetes,so you need to scale back.When you do eat potatoes,leave the skins on them,because that is where all the potassium and b-vitamins are...potatoes are also excellent sources of fiber,in case of any kind of muscular-skeletal problems such as arthritis,they are not reccomened.
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Potatoes and turnip and banana\n\ncuz turnip and potatoes r underground roots and they r starch storage form...and their advantages r they can make u fat if u r very thin and also brain needs continous supply of carbohydrates and if supply ceases then brain dies and death of brain mean death of that person