Food Fight

Dinnertime has become a battle of wills with my 3-year-old. Thus far, I'm losing. Badly.

Up until recently, the girl would eat anything you put in front of her.

• Spicy ✓ (check)
  
• Cheesy ✓ (check)
• Steak ✓ (check)
• Chicken ✓ (check)
• Shrimp ✓ (check)
• Pasta of all shapes and sizes ✓ (check)

Now, she won't even eat spaghetti and tomato sauce.

She will eat Kraft Easy Mac - EVERY FRICKIN DAY for lunch. She'll eat breakfast usually with no problem. But say the word "supper," and cue Michael Buffer -- "Let's get ready to rumble!!!"

We've tried offering rewards of dessert.

We've tried timeouts.

We've tried nothing until breakfast.

We've tried letter her sit there until its gone.

The weird thing is that in lieu of eating her dinner the other night, she voluntarily ate 2 whole carrots!

Her will is strong, and I'm just too tired to fight. My wife refuses to cook two different meals each night, and neither of us wants to resort to Easy Mac each night.

Could it be that her palette has just changed, or is this just a total toddler power play?

I don't get it. Time for lunch.