Family Food Fight
Name: Dawn Albrecht
Kids: daughter, age 10; son, age 8; son, age 8 (yep, twins!)
Works: writer, contributor to "The Morning Blend," Metroparent Columnist, foodie mom
Favorite part about being a mom: Watching my kids play nicely together, learn new things and have giggle fits!
Least favorite part about being a mom: Answering the same question 20 times. Letting go and allowing my kids to make mistakes I can see coming. I know they will learn from the mistake, but it's still hard.
Famous for: Having kids who will eat everything -- sushi and Brussels sprouts included!
August 2008 - Posts
By Dawn Albrecht
Monday, Aug 25 2008, 01:34 PM
 I am the picky eater in my family of five. My husband, daughter, age 9 (almost 10), and my twin 8-year-old sons will try anything. My kids think it’s absolutely hilarious when I squirm watching them eat sushi or oysters. They also love to challenge me to try new things.
Last week is a perfect example. We spent the week touring Washington DC and visiting relatives. My family ate sushi just outside of Chinatown, I ate vegetable tempura. They ate sushi at the mall in Pentagon City, I ate pizza.
Overall, I had gotten off pretty easily until the last night of vacation when we found a great seafood/steak house. My husband and kids had the fresh blue-tipped oyster appetizer. The oysters were in the ocean just that morning – can’t get too much fresher than that! My kids each ate one and then they turned to me. “Mom, you have to try these! They’re gooooood.”
There was one left. Thoughts raced through my head. Was I up for the challenge? Where was the bathroom in case I needed to spit it out? What if I started to gag?
My husband can be the voice of wisdom in times like these. He promised that they were very fresh and didn’t taste fishy.
Three sets of young eyes watched me, waiting to see if I would eat the oyster. “OK, I’ll try one.” I said, not sure I would follow through with it.
It took a while to work up the courage to put something that I thought looked like boogers in my mouth. Even as I raised the shell to my mouth I still wasn’t sure I could do it. My kids realized that I was thinking of backing down, so they started to encourage me. “You can do it mom.” And my favorite line, “I promise it won’t kill you to try it.”
I managed to get it into my mouth and chew a few times before swallowing. While I won’t be ordering oysters for myself anytime soon, I will say it wasn’t all that bad. My kids were proud of me for trying something new.
So next time your kids don’t want to try something new, just remember how hard it was for a mom to try something new. It’s OK if you don’t like everything!
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