Cooking with my toddler is messy, frustrating and stressful?but all kinds of awesome
?Meee-toooooooo!? My son?s wail cut through the air like a knife, followed by an actual knife, which he grabbed from my hand with the superhuman strength of a determined toddler. It clattered across the counter, leaving a splattered trail of jam in its wake, and we watched in shocked silence as it slowly spun to a halt. We looked at the knife, we looked at each other and he dissolved into tears. I suddenly understood why some parents respond to the idea of cooking with young children with a resounding ?Nope!?
Long before I became a mom, I swore to myself that any future child of mine would grow up knowing what healthy food is and how to prepare it. But I didn?t bank on how hard it might be.
We didn?t start out with mealtime meltdowns. At first, my son was satisfied with holding a spoon or dumping ingredients, and cooking with him was a dream. Then, he hit two. His desire to master new skills and his sudden allergy to direction, coupled with my need to set safety limits and my fear of mess, made for some fiery standoffs over the mixing bowl. Do you know how far the contents of an egg can fly when crushed in the enraged fist of a two-year-old" Pretty darned far.
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