TXBeth Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ...and butter? DD2 just snuck into the kitchen and ate half a stick of butter while I was helping DD5 practice her karate. Gross! My other kids and most of my nieces and nephews also went through a butter stage, along with at least one of my brothers and my dad. I mean, I love butter, but just eating it by the handful? :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My DD will eat butter if it's within reach. My oldest was never into butter, but his thing was sour cream. He'll still, if you let him, eat sour cream right out of the container with a spoon. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My kids go through this stage too. They LOVE going to the steakhouse here that gives rolls and cinnamon butter! My husband has a theory that it's reminiscent of breastmilk. I just think it's nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I don't know, but I feel better knowing that it's not just my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My DD will eat butter if it's within reach. My oldest was never into butter, but his thing was sour cream. He'll still, if you let him, eat sour cream right out of the container with a spoon. Yuck! Oh yes. We have a sour cream loving child in this house. He eats sour cream with a dollop of chili. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I ate straight butter when I was little too! I still :001_wub: butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My 2 year old loves to snitch the butter off the top when I slice it onto something to melt. She told me last week that her food was still hot so she was just going to eat her butter for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyniffrec Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think it has to do with the need for fat in the diet. Maybe their needs occasionally increase with different stages. (I am from the camp that natural fats are good for you and that sugar/carbs is what makes one fat, so feel free to ignore me. :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Well, little brains *need* fat. I'd rather have a child craving butter than craving white flour or sugar. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My favorite "sandwich" up until I was about ten was bread and butter and ketchup. Thick butter. (DH, on the other hand, apparently favored bread and Miracle Whip and Tang powder....shiver.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanchGirl Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think their brains are craving the good fats in butter. I would start serving organic butter, fish oil, and coconut oil. When my son was about 2 he was a super picky eater, but he loved butter and went crazy for unflavored cod liver oil. (yuck!) He was missing the healthy fats in his self-imposed picky diet. Thankfully he eats much better now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My very picky eater LOVES butter. If only he loved butter on vegetables, I wouldn't be so dismayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think it has to do with the need for fat in the diet. Maybe their needs occasionally increase with different stages. (I am from the camp that natural fats are good for you and that sugar/carbs is what makes one fat, so feel free to ignore me. :D) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I ate straight butter when I was little too! I still :001_wub: butter. :iagree: I would eat butter with a glass of whole milk. Ewwwwwww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Well, little brains *need* fat. I'd rather have a child craving butter than craving white flour or sugar. :) Exactly what I was thinking. Mmm.... butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think it has to do with the need for fat in the diet. Maybe their needs occasionally increase with different stages. (I am from the camp that natural fats are good for you and that sugar/carbs is what makes one fat, so feel free to ignore me. :D) Well, little brains *need* fat. I'd rather have a child craving butter than craving white flour or sugar. :) I would start serving organic butter, fish oil, and coconut oil. YUM!! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 As opposed to my younger son who despises it with a passion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I have the same problem with dogs and butter. Look on the bright side, at least she doesn't do what my DD did when she was 2 ... and 3... and 4: Pour catsup into a cup and drink it. There is nothing more disgusting -- okay, pertaining to eating food only -- than seeing a messy little girl with catsup smeared on her mouth and dripped onto her shirt. Yes, the first time it happened, I checked to see whether she had fangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm so grossed out by this thread :lol:! We didn't use dairy products in my childhood home, and while not against it per se I just don't really buy it for my home now. Every once inawhile when cooking for a guest, maybe, but we don't just keep butter on hand. I don't like butter. I can't even begin to fathom eating it .... straight! Ack! I'm laughing and gagging all at once! (I certainly do believe kids crave fats, though. My kids go through avocados like nobody's business, but I shudder to think of mouthfuls of butter! I had no idea this was a 'normal' thing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 :iagree: Also, because of our sedintary socitey, many peds recommend having kids drink lowfat/skim milk. So good dairy fat is missing from the diet. I think their brains are craving the good fats in butter. I would start serving organic butter, fish oil, and coconut oil. When my son was about 2 he was a super picky eater, but he loved butter and went crazy for unflavored cod liver oil. (yuck!) He was missing the healthy fats in his self-imposed picky diet. Thankfully he eats much better now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think it has to do with the need for fat in the diet. Maybe their needs occasionally increase with different stages. (I am from the camp that natural fats are good for you and that sugar/carbs is what makes one fat, so feel free to ignore me. :D) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think their brains are craving the good fats in butter. I would start serving organic butter, fish oil, and coconut oil. When my son was about 2 he was a super picky eater, but he loved butter and went crazy for unflavored cod liver oil. (yuck!) He was missing the healthy fats in his self-imposed picky diet. Thankfully he eats much better now! :iagree:Dd came home from college this past summer craving fats: butter, salmon, cheese, and sour cream. I started her on unflavored cod liver oil. Her cravings stopped, and she feels better, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Oh my littlest goes crazy for it at the moment. I simply cannot leave it unattended on the kitchen bench, he climbs up and demolishes it! My older two would still do it in a heartbeat - if they thought they'd get away with it! (I remember loving butter as a kid too...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaCookiesBears Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I think their brains are craving the good fats in butter. I would start serving organic butter, fish oil, and coconut oil. When my son was about 2 he was a super picky eater, but he loved butter and went crazy for unflavored cod liver oil. (yuck!) He was missing the healthy fats in his self-imposed picky diet. Thankfully he eats much better now! Dd12 ate butter when she was little and for the life of me I could not understand why but it never dawned on me that butter was giving her something she was missing in her diet. DD5 loves (flavored) cod liver oil and/or flax seed oil or omega 3 and will tell me that's good :ack2:.So I give her pedia-sure daily and that seems to have curved her appetite for the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osaubi Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 :lol: What at great late night thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 You know whats even grosser -kids who eat margarine :D Yep that's my kids. Luckily we use the type made from olive oil but still GROSS. My kids favourite snack is Fairy Bread -bread and butter with colored sprinkles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Well, little brains *need* fat. I'd rather have a child craving butter than craving white flour or sugar. :) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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