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toddler likes intense flavors, smells
-L. wrote:
Ericka Kammerer wrote: I don't know why you would see this as abnormal. I didn't really see it as "abnormal" but just a little "different". I just didn't know if other kids do this or not. In my experience, this is quite common. Maybe it's just the group of peers that is out of the ordinary? Perhaps. The other Moms comment on how their kids would never eat "X" or "y" and comment on how he seems to be fascinated with smells and textures. He also is obsessive about the lemons and pickles thing - will cry for lemon slices and would eat an entire lemon if I'd let him. All of my toddlers have eaten lemons. It seems to be a stage they go through. Later on, some continue to like strong flavors and others don't, so I don't think it's some sort of pre-programming to like strong flavors. I think a lot of parents say "my kid would *never* eat X" just because they never give the child X because they assume the child won't like X. How many people assume a toddler would like a slice of lemon? After a certain point, many *will* dislike it, but there seems to be a window around 2yo when many (not all, but many) toddlers are pretty adventurous, even if you later find them on the "white food only" diet. Best wishes, Ericka |
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In article .com,
"-L." wrote: Is this normal? DS (2.25) LOVES intense flavors - lemons, pickles, curry sauce, Ranch dip (this he would eat by the spoonful if I let him), garlic, onions, etc. Is he likely to continue to like intense flavors as he grows older? No -- give it till about age 3. For some reason, a lot of littlies will happily eat chillies etc, but once they reach about 3 their taste-buds change. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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toddler likes intense flavors, smells
"-L." wrote in message
oups.com... Ericka Kammerer wrote: I don't know why you would see this as abnormal. I didn't really see it as "abnormal" but just a little "different". I just didn't know if other kids do this or not. In my experience, this is quite common. Maybe it's just the group of peers that is out of the ordinary? Perhaps. The other Moms comment on how their kids would never eat "X" or "y" and comment on how he seems to be fascinated with smells and textures. He also is obsessive about the lemons and pickles thing - will cry for lemon slices and would eat an entire lemon if I'd let him. he sounds to me like a mixture of perfectly normal & perhaps a bit unusual. ime many little kids go through strong-taste fads at about this age, & later it drops back somewhat. food dislikes happen too - everyone has things they just don't like, & in my house people don't have to eat stuff they can't stand. it's sad if people assume kids only like bland or sweet things though - ime kids eat whatever they're given (mostly) & at most points will try new things quite happily, so it doesn't make sense to give kids bland diets on principle. a lot of people are also attracted to feeling or smelling things (i'm a feeler & have been all my life, i was unstoppable when i was tiny!) so that is ok too. my little neighbour who is 5 now is really into horrible strong smells like furniture stain, etc. she says she likes anything that's "smelly" & afaik she's absolutely normal. i think any excessively "obsessive"-seeming elements need to be considered though - unless by obsessive you just mean he gets into total fads with things, which is also perfectly normal for the age. kylie |
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toddler likes intense flavors, smells
On Sat, 06 May 2006 14:58:23 +1000, Chookie
wrote: In article .com, "-L." wrote: Is this normal? DS (2.25) LOVES intense flavors - lemons, pickles, curry sauce, Ranch dip (this he would eat by the spoonful if I let him), garlic, onions, etc. Is he likely to continue to like intense flavors as he grows older? No -- give it till about age 3. For some reason, a lot of littlies will happily eat chillies etc, but once they reach about 3 their taste-buds change. Interesting. http://toddlerstoday.com/articles/3545.php?wcat=337 Dr. Alan Hirsch, the neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, Ill., says about 90 percent of what people perceive to be taste is really smell. "If you hold your nose and eat chocolate it tastes just like chalk," he says. "It has no taste at all. When we say taste, we really mean smell. To tell if a toddler has a true taste disorder as opposed to a smell problem is going to be a real, real challenge." *********************** Researchers have found children who are breastfed tend to grow up to be less picky because breast milk has multiple flavors depending on the mother’s diet, according to Dr. Hirsch. If you did not breastfeed, make sure to expose your toddler to as wide a range of flavors as possible while meeting dietary requirements. "Some taste disorders occur from birth," says Dr. Hirsch. "About 15 percent of the population have an inability to taste one form of taste or another, and you would never know it until they die. People compensate for their taste loss by smelling. The most common cause of true taste disorder is the genetic one." -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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toddler likes intense flavors, smells
-L. wrote: Is this normal? DS (2.25) LOVES intense flavors - lemons, pickles, curry sauce, Ranch dip (this he would eat by the spoonful if I let him), garlic, onions, etc. Is he likely to continue to like intense flavors as he grows older? He also smells *everything*. He will ask what something is and then ask if it is "smelly?" and then he smells it. (He is pretty verbal.) He also likes to take things and rub them on his face to feel them - he does this with many things he encounters, and has done this ever since he was a tiny baby. Do I have a particularly sensory-focused kid or something? He is also very compassionate and will comfort others if crying, and will try to "help" when he sees someone in need. In all of these ways he is different from all of his peers. I am just wondering if these behaviors are indicative of anything, or if I should keep my eye on anything else. TIA for any insight. -L. think of him as a warm kid who wants to explore this surrounding with senses. I think it is normal unless he rubs birthday cake on his face, he is awared of surrounding and uses his sensories. He might change later, but not too far from behaviour from birth to 10 yrs old as I observe. |
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I read somewhere that children are generally open to a
variety of foods until about age 3, from which point on they usually only eat what they're accustomed to eating and are wary of new foods. After that point, they may try new foods (and it will vary from one child to another) but are often reluctant to try them or need time to get used to them. This is more so with animal foods than plant foods. People will try new plants with less fuss, but people (from age 3 up through adulthood) tend to be reluctant to try new animal foods, whether parts of an animal they're not accustomed to eating (brains, kidney, etc.) or animals they're not accustomed to eating (goat, rabbit, etc.) There are good reasons why we have these instinctive patterns. As babies we learn the foods that are generally eaten in our culture, and then from age 3 on we mostly stick to those foods, with some ability to adapt to new foods/new cultures if necessary. In this way we tend to avoid eating poisonous plants, or, even more dangerous perhaps, diseased meats. With plants you can taste a bit, maybe wait a few hours and see whether you feel sick and have some chance of avoiding dying from it, but if you're going to pick up a disease from eating brain or something that method won't save you. Adults tend to be more open to new foods than children from age 3 up to -- I don't know -- adolescence or something. but not as open as 2-year-olds I think. |
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toddler likes intense flavors, smells
My daughter loves tasting and smelling everything in the kitchen. She
loves lemons, raw onions, spicy food, pickles, ... She also loves smelling things like garlic, spices, etc. It sounds like all his behaviour is normal for a 2-3 year old. Compassion, curiousity, sensory stimulation, they learn so much at this age. He is just trying to figure out what he likes, how he should act, etc. KR |
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"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... -L. wrote: Engram wrote: So maybe he'll just be culinarily adventurous? I hope so. He will eat almost anything now. Don't bet the farm. Some kids like this continue being adventurous, but others will pull back and become much less adventurous. That is the case with both my kids. In my experience, it is quite common for 2yos to be quite adventurous eaters. My firstborn would eat all kinds of unusual things as a 2yo and is quite picky as an 11yo. Palates change as they grow. Best wishes, Ericka |
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