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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest daughter can be a bit picky. We were recently visiting a sick relative, with lots of ILs. The sick relative thought Vietnamese sounded good.

I pulled my daughter aside and told her I'm going to feed you a granola bar now. When the food gets here, I'm going to put some on your plate. You can push it around and not eat much, but I do expect you to sit here politely, and I do expect you to try at least three bites of chicken and three bites of vegetables. If you do that, I'll get you some different food later.

I explained to her that this is one meal, and the important thing is that Great Aunt Sue is sick and not eating much; this food sounds good to her, so we're going to eat it and make this a pleasant meal.

My 6.5 year old handled it. Without fuss, without making it a big deal, without me fussing around the kitchen and finding something else. We ate a bit more at the hotel later.[/quote]

Why not just get some plain rice or see if you can get something really simple that she will eat?  Most Asian places are more flexible than American.[/quote]

We did. She hates rice.

End of the day, she ate a few bites, no one noticed, we ate later and didn’t inconvenience anyone. Because it wasn’t about us.[/quote]

This is great and a perfectly reasonable way to handle that situation. Shows good parenting that she can understand the situation and work with you. [/quote]

+1. This is how it is done. Ninety percent of the time, it is about your nuclear family when it can new to meals. Ten percent, exactly; it’s not about you, find a way to deal.[/quote]

I think this is perfectly handled for this situation.  But for a friend's dinner party?  While it would work and be very gracious... my friends and I get together with our families to enjoy each other's company.  We'd be more upset to run out of wine (obvious joke) then if someone had buttered noodles in their purse.  Whatever makes it more enjoyable for all those involved.  Unless it is an event like the PP mentioned, I'm not being invited to a formal dinner party with my 3-year old.  [/quote]

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