February 13, 2012 - There are Starving Kids... Somewhere!

Do you ever find yourself biting your tongue, on the verge of saying that sentence you heard your parents say a hundred times but swore you'd never repeat to your own kids? "Eat you food, there are starving kids in Ethiopia!"

Let me tell you, my toddler could feed the whole country of Ethiopia with what she leaves on her plate. How do toddlers expect to grow? They never eat!

Georgia's plates look like this more often than not:

... and that's AFTER she's done eating.

I've tried making her food cute, fun, cut into shapes - no really big hits there. Maybe my parents were onto something...

My toddler battles continue.