WTHeck... is up with kids meals

There are people here who seem to believe pickiness in kids is somehow down to the parents. It's not.

My kids are 20 months apart. Both were fed the same way. If anything, my oldest was given more separate meals than the younger one. He is a great eater though, with only two long term (since babyhood) dislikes: bananas and lamb. My daughter, on the other hand, is little miss picky. She was served the same food as her brother from the time she started eating real food. She was much slower to add foods to her diet and still eats much less variety than her brother. She was and is fine to skip a meal if the only other option is something she truly dislikes. I make a point of making sure there are at least a few things on the table she will eat each meal, even if it is just some bread and a vegetable. She's a very active child and if she doesn't eat we all suffer as she won't sleep.

She has gotten better with time but she barely ate meals at WDW on our last trip. I bought a loaf of bread and picked up peanut butter and strawberry jam with breakfast each day and pb&j (only strawberry!) and buffets were pretty much all she ate. She objected to the mac and cheese despite loving the homemade version, found the chicken nuggets "really, really yucky" and doesn't do tomato sauce making pizza and pasta options inedible for her. Add in a dislike for burgers and an odd issue with grilled food (the lines make it look dirty) and most kid meals just did not work for her. Funnily enough, she did amazingly well at Disneyland Paris. The menus there, with things I've repeatedly heard American and British kids won't eat, suited her much better.
 
While it was great to see something other than nuggets etc on the BOG kids menu it would have been even better if it actually tasted good to the kids as well. We ate dinner there in Dec 2012 and my kids had the meatloaf. They love meatloaf but took one bite and the rest went to waste. It did not even look appealing to me or my husband. It was very dry and looked like mystery meat. So while it was great to see them offering something different unless it tastes and looks good kids are not going to eat it. My kids do not have the luxury of being picky due to the restrictions they already have in their diets. From a very young age we made sure to introduce them to new foods. We have always made them try at least a bite of everything that was diet safe no matter how much they complained. While it took awhile for them to like some foods, most things after trying it a few times they now like. Some have even become favorites. That is why I always tell parents with picky eaters to keep trying to get their kids to at least try things they say they don't like.


This proves once again that everyone's tastes are different. My 9 year old daughter had the meatloaf at BOG and said it was the best meal she ever had at Disney. She wanted to eat there every day!
 
There are lots of choices, but I'm assuming these are just regular choices and not kids choices, yes? Hence the argument against the DP and just paying out of pocket. OOP gives you so much more choice and healthy ones, btw, for kiddos. You're detective work is appreciated!

Each of the items that I listed by restaurant are under the "kids menu" section except where it was noted that no kid's menu was provided. It is my understanding that if there is no kid's menu then they are free to order anything offered. I also understand that snacks are open to qualifying items and are not segregated by age, hence the addition of the Sushi Snacks.
 
This proves once again that everyone's tastes are different. My 9 year old daughter had the meatloaf at BOG and said it was the best meal she ever had at Disney. She wanted to eat there every day!

Yeah, my now three year old nephew loved the whole grain pasta with marinara at BOG, eating it for dinner three times and lunch twice over the past year and a half. The first time we went, we were amazed to see him devour the entire substantial portion. The portion size was reduced by about half every subsequent visit though. When we went there last month, we were disappointed it had been removed from the menu.
 


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