I'm trying to appreciate victories when they present themselves. For years we have battled to get our daughter to eat even a mouthful of vegetables. It's encouraging to see that our hard work is gradually building a pattern of behaviour and it gives us motivation to keep trying.
Getting the children to eat healthily seems to be an endless task. Our 2 year old is currently ignoring all vegetables on his plate (he love veggie sausages more than anything else) but he will eat fruit at pre-school. Thankfully his pre-school is training him in the art of fruit before yoghurt and they have plenty of will power.
There are still many things I feel endlessly guilty about with my 4 year old: she eats '50/50' bread rather than proper wholemeal, she wont go near a carrot, courgette, pepper, onion, strawberry or any other kind of berry, I allow her quite a few sweet treats when we go out, she has apple juice in between meals (against the advice of the dentist). But, for just a few moments I'm going to savour the sweet taste of success in having raised a child who once asked for extra broccoli.
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