Comments on: I Can Almost Taste It

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:07:57 +0000

Yes! This happens so much. We always eat with the kids and its just so hard to enjoy the meal sometimes. I totally understand why some folks eat late after the kids are in bed — so peaceful! So luxurious! (but also, so exhausted, ha!).

We are not brave enough to eat out much right now, maybe someday. I miss it!

I am trying to slow down in other ways, too. I feel like I rush my kids too much, and it does not help things at all. Hard, though. So hard.
.-= Kristin´s last blog ..EASY Crock Pot Sausage and Bean Soup =-.

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:19:44 +0000

I don’t remember the last meal that I sat from beginning to end especially when we are out or at someone else’s house. The newest phase when dining out is to hang over the backs of the the booth and try and get the other guests attention. Its all over if they get any attention from other guests, then they think its a game with new friends…..
.-= Lara´s last blog ..To Sleep or not to Sleep… =-.

By: becky @ our sweet peas

becky @ our sweet peas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:12:43 +0000

Oh so true! My friend who is married w/o children brings me lunch from time to time while we visit and I am always SO embarrassed when I realize that while she is talking and enjoying her lunch I am almost finished and have hardly looked at her. Yikes! .-= becky @ our sweet peas´s last blog .. =-.

By: diane

diane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:34:29 +0000

SO true! It is getting a slight bit better now that my boys are age 29 mos. so you may be nearing a turning point. But up until now my own meals have been such a huge (un-healthy) hurry if I am “dining” with my boys! The worst is when they throw their sippy cup across the table which certainly cuts the meal short. Lately I’m also drawing the line with them much more, with a very stern “you get whats put in front of you, period!” and no more getting up and down to fetch the exact food item they are yelling for. Its great that my twins have become “vocal” but now they loudly ask for exactly what food they WANT at mealtime (sigh).

By: Janel

Janel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:19:05 +0000

I used to eat sooooo slooooooooow. Meals were enjoyable experiences. I usually had quite a bit left over because I would eat so slowly that I felt quite full before getting too heavily into the food.
Now, if I eat without the kids I simply wolf it down like a mad dog. If I eat with the kids, well, I have tons left over, because I only had a few bites at all.
I hate both of these. My old habit of enjoying foods was so much healthier. On a day to day basis I rarely bother with food at all, and just drink my calories. Been thinking of going back to diet nutrition shakes as at least I’ll then be getting the vitamins.

The thing that really bugs me about all of this the most is that we’re told that we must model good eating habits with our children. I have no idea how I’m supposed to model good eating habits when I simply can’t have a dining experience with twins that is even approaching me “eating normally” instead of “bite, bite, wipe, offer food, distract, offer food, wipe, pick up food off of floor, offer food, put food in one of two mouths, bite, desperately try to convince that food will not kill them, pick up spoon, wrestle spoon away, rinse and repeat until I DIE.”

Okay, might have ventured into hyperbole there. Maybe. A little.
.-= Janel´s last blog ..TV =-.

By: Cristal

Cristal — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:27:54 +0000

I hate standing while eating it and I find myself standing AND inhaling food so many times throughout the week. Sigh. Maybe it diminishes as they get older. .-= Cristal´s last blog ..Patched up one leaky hole but as luck would have it... =-.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:56 +0000

Oh my gosh, I could have written this post. The other thing I’m guilty of is forgetting to eat my own food. I often leave at least half my food to be taken home, or more frequently, flung on the floor by a toddler with a long reach. Oh well…it’s good for my waistline.

By: Jungletwins

Jungletwins — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:17 +0000

I know exactly what you mean! I used to love to savor meals, but my girls have now re-wired my neurons. I am forever racing against the clock, even when their not around. I'm so conditioned now, I think it will take electroshock therapy to get a normal eating speed out of me. .-= Jungletwins´s last blog ..I Won’t Let the Bastards Drag Me Down (Much). =-.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:17:02 +0000

I’m amazed you eat at restaurants. We have only managed it one time, and it wasn’t even a real restaurant. It was one step up from fast food: hostess/waiters, but you pay at the register.

Seriously though, I know what you mean. I used to be the last one to finish eating, and now I’m the last one to sit down and the first one to finish eating. Of course, that’s assuming I get to eat with everyone else. There have been many days that I didn’t get time to eat dinner until all the kids were in bed.
.-= Melanie´s last blog ..No More Bottles =-.

By: Goddess in Progress

Goddess in Progress — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:12:00 +0000

Oh, so true! Having kids has done nothing positive for my already-bad habit of eating too fast... .-= Goddess in Progress´s last blog ..The jury is still out =-.