Kids are picky eaters and there are very few parents out there who haven’t had to deal with this. Even though it’s a hassle to convince your children to eat their veggies (or any meal they actually asked you to make for them), the reasons kids give us for why they can’t eat something can be adorably ridiculous. Like not wanting their peanut butter and jelly sandwich because it has peanut butter and jelly in it.
My Kid Can’t Eat This is an Instagram account that collects the hilarious comments kids made about, well, why they can’t eat something. Scroll down, upvote your faves, and let us know in the comments what funny reasons your kids have given you when they refused to eat something, dear Pandas.
The Instagram account was started back in 2015 and currently has more than 114k followers. Though it’s run anonymously, HuffPost found out that it’s the brainchild of mother-of-three Heather. She got the idea to make the account after having endless fights over food with her kids.
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After watching the movie "Ratatoulli" 658098764 times and asking me to make what they made 787628 times I spent hours scouring the internet for the exact same recipe from the movie and made it and now they can't eat it because a rat didn't make it
It's "too beautiful." She's crying actual tears of joy. She's 4
Because it's broken. I can't eat it because it's his. So I guess we're gonna have to put it in a raft, push it out to sea, and set it aflame using a flaming arrow Viking style. RIP Pringle. Enjoy Valhalla.
"The reasons my kids can't eat foods range from hilarious, infuriating to ridiculous. They know they have to taste all foods and are all healthy, so while I'm not seriously worried, it still drives me crazy!" Heather told HuffPost.
"I hope that other parents feel a little less alone when it comes to food drama," she added.
The My Kid Can’t Eat This account asks parents to submit pictures of the food their kids absolutely refused to eat and add a quick comment with the reason why. However, the last time the Instagram account posted a new photo was back in February 2016, so the page is probably taking a “small” break from internet stardom.
Because it's too cute. I actually had to freeze it so it could stay like this forever and he could visit it
Because it "reminds me of Snow White." I told her that if this apple really could make her sleep for several hours I would have cleaned the store out.
Because by removing the cherry seeds, I turned them into olives
Generally, there are broader reasons why kids are fussy eaters. For example, if something feels gross in their mouths of their hands, children will avoid it. But there are ways around this.
One way to get picky eaters to eat is to make sure they’re not snacking too much and are actually hungry for lunch or for dinner, according to KevinMD.com.
Because although he loves onion rings, recently learned they contain onions
Because if Honey Nut Cheerios taste like honey and Chocolate Cheerios taste like chocolate, this one must taste like the cast of Frozen and she doesn't want to eat Elsa.
Something else that works is having the entire family sit down to eat. If your child sees you eating the same food that’s in front of them, they’ll be more likely to follow your example. That also means that your child should be eating the same food that you’re eating (this is also a great reason to start eating healthier).
At the end of the day, kids are smart and you should have a proper conversation with them about food: what’s good for them, what’s bad for them. And why it’s important for them to eat their veggies!
Because she doesn't like "all the nipples." Me: You mean, seeds?" Her: No, NIPPLES."
Because he discovered halfway through that it isn't an Oreo. I never said it was an Oreo. He's crying. There is a crowd forming. Send help.
Peanut butter and honey sandwich because the honey looks like a rabbit and she doesn't want to wreck it. In her defense, it totally does.
Because there are too many spoons in the bowl. (You'll never, EVER, guess who put them there.)
Because she asked for cheese and crackers, not crackers and cheese.
Because they don't have heads. Side note: He bit all of the heads off
Grilled cheese sandwich because it has a "tail" and he doesn't eat animals
Because he doesn't like his food this fancy
Because it's cold and "tastes like you mixed a bunch of fruits together." Um, I did
Fresh carrot from the garden because it has legs
Because she doesn't like the "orange thing" on the bottom. It's her fork...
I got a new toy and spent AGES cutting the boy's lunch out. Eddie took one look, sighed, and said "You shouldn't have done that."
I would have to restrain myself from stuffing each piece up his nose…
Because she's a vegetarian. She wants chicken nuggets instead
Dumpling because, "ewww, it has toes.."
If your kid doesn't want the dumpling, I'll eat it. I love dumplings.
Because they're "blurry" (wavy).
Because they're all "cracked open like humpty dumpty" and he "can't eat things that are broken," because they might "break him." And "no one would be able to put him together again."
Kid's logic - you will never understand it but you have to live with it for a few years.
Bat pasta - they cried because they couldn't understand it wasn't real bats
She refused the yogurt I picked out for her (left) and insisted on picking out one herself (right).
Because it's exactly what she asked for. I'll end up eating it standing over the trash like a beggar and she'll ask for it two hours from now. When I tell her it's gone she'll cry like a Directioner upset about Zayn and I hate myself for even referencing that
I hate to say this, and I'll definitely get downvoted, but a lot of these kids sound like they're either cluless or spoiled.
Because I told him it was a leg... he doesn't eat anyone's legs. He only likes wings and parts you don't name... but no legs
Because after being told repeatedly that there are peanuts in the candy, it turns out that- *spoiler alert*- there are indeed peanuts on the candy.
just a few more years and they will turn into more helpful humans beings
Because they're dead.
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These are supposed to be funny, but instead I see a bunch of parents going to extremes not to feed their children but to PLEASE them while doing it. If any of these kids were actually hungry, they'd gobble up whatever given
Not necessarily. My kid went through a phase when he was a toddler where he was fine one day with what was served and the next day it was the most traumatic experience ever to be given whatever was on the menu. Guess what? I didn't make a big deal out of it, he didn't starve, and he's a perfectly well-adjusted young adult.
Look again. Lots of fruit, balanced meals, vegetables, yogurt, cheese. You see what you want to see.
I think you misunderstood what I mean by "please". The refusal comes, in many of these, because of the looks (it's broken, it's a triangle, it's NOT a triangle...). I'm not speaking nutritional values.
I see a lot of bland or bad food that i as an adult would refuse to eat honestly
I don’t know... I feel like these parents have probably tried everything they could and are just happy when their kids are eating SOMETHING, even if that means cutting a leg off the carrot. You don’t just go around cutting lunch into cool shapes for funsies. I remember being a right pain in the a*s when I was little, hungry or not. Seems normal.
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Nope not true. I've been having ongoing food issues with my three year old. I did exactly as you said, held out thinking he would cave. Never did. After a week of food struggles all he would eat were pediasures. Then one morning he woke with his tongue out of his mouth. We ended up at two ER's (a regional and then a children's hospital) before being admitted and being seen by no less than six specialists. They found nothing wrong with him. They told me if he continues not to eat to keep giving him pediasures, so that's what I've been doing for a month. He drinks six a day. So seriously, "just hold out in food" is the WORST advice ever.
I'm sorry to hear your family is going through this, good luck! I hope you can see a specialist child nutritional support team x
Too many entitled children! Eat what you are given or starve!
That was my mom's rules. She always said "I'm not a short order cook"
That's what it was like at home for me. If you didn't eat your dinner then you didn't get snacks later, but your dinner would still be waiting in the fridge
I was raised pretty much the same way - eat or go hungry. But for me, there was no dinner plate in the fridge. It would be given to the dog and I would have to wait until breakfast. As I got older, it became eat what was fixed or take over the cooking. I even raised my son the same way. What drove me crazy were his entitled friends whose mothers would cater to their every whim. They frequently called me mean because I wouldn't order a pizza for them or fix them something different than what I had fixed the rest of us for a meal. They didn't like my eat or go hungry policy, but for some reason, they kept coming to my house at meal time.
My parents tried that but underestimated my stubbornes and gave up after i refused to eat for two days straight
You obviously don’t know much about kids with sensory processing disorder etc. My son would literally go to bed hungry than eat something that he doesn’t like. Most nights I have to cook 3 different meals because of my kids sensory issues and also because my hubby likes cheesy, creamy dishes and I am lactose intolerant. I prefer rich, tomato base flavours and too much tomato makes my hubby physically sick. Now if my kid complained that the bikkie is broken or it’s too cute etc then too bad, so sad. They can either eat it or have nothing.
You are comparing apples to oranges.
Most of these kids probably have sensory processing disorder. I have it, and I was labelled as a fussy eater until I was forced to eat foods like coleslaw, cheese pasta, and fish paste, and I vomited because of the disgusting taste and the disgusting texture.
I have misphonia. I think it's only fair if I can ask people to stop making certain noises, that my kid can say he doesn't like certain foods.
So this is something I'm preaching about at every opportunity: please for the love of God, don't do this! I used to be punished for not eating raw fruits and vegetables as a child. Guess who turned out to have IBD? If your kid is consistently fussy about certain types of food, then consider starting a food journal and take it up with a specialist because growing up with IBD while being forced to eat food I could not digest was hell.
100% agree. Same hell story, yet it turned out Crohn's Disease later. Children instinctively know what's good or bad for them even if they can't express why.
Many kids choose starve and end up in hospital. What then?
This post reminds me I would never be patient enough to have children
I think the fact that you won't be patient enough to try pleasing the children at all costs might make you a better parent.
Not all kids are like this. If you don't treat them like little kings and queens and bend to their will just to shut them up they won't be like this. Trust me, having a kid is amazing. My 7 year old daughter loves playing video games with me, plays on my drum set, and is great at math. That's because I spend time with her, teacher her, and am patient. She loves making dad jokes too.
I don't want children either
These are supposed to be funny, but instead I see a bunch of parents going to extremes not to feed their children but to PLEASE them while doing it. If any of these kids were actually hungry, they'd gobble up whatever given
Not necessarily. My kid went through a phase when he was a toddler where he was fine one day with what was served and the next day it was the most traumatic experience ever to be given whatever was on the menu. Guess what? I didn't make a big deal out of it, he didn't starve, and he's a perfectly well-adjusted young adult.
Look again. Lots of fruit, balanced meals, vegetables, yogurt, cheese. You see what you want to see.
I think you misunderstood what I mean by "please". The refusal comes, in many of these, because of the looks (it's broken, it's a triangle, it's NOT a triangle...). I'm not speaking nutritional values.
I see a lot of bland or bad food that i as an adult would refuse to eat honestly
I don’t know... I feel like these parents have probably tried everything they could and are just happy when their kids are eating SOMETHING, even if that means cutting a leg off the carrot. You don’t just go around cutting lunch into cool shapes for funsies. I remember being a right pain in the a*s when I was little, hungry or not. Seems normal.