Eating rules...

Now that the kids are 2 and 4 Billy and I thought it was time to start putting rules to eating. Mikayla has always been a great eater and a good listener. Seth on the other hand has been a little pickier- and now that he is over his Milk Allergies we thought we could be more strict with what they have to eat. Mikayla was also watching Seth get away with more so she was starting to be more defiant. So last week I decided that I was going to try something different. They both are awesome eaters for breakfast and sometimes for dinner lunch is much different- they eat some but not as much as I would like them to- so I figured out that they snack all day long and that was not ok. So I told them they needed to eat all of lunch if they wanted snacks. Of course they didn't so I stuck to my guns they asked and I said " no you didn't eat lunch". It was hard at first but they stopped asking after a while. Until Seth woke up from nap- he asked for fruit snacks and I told him No. I was making Tacos for dinner and had all the ingredients ready and he asked for cheese- not even thinking I said yes and gave him some=( I know I know supernanny would be so disappointed but everyone makes mistakes right? So I tell Mikayla that she can have some cheese too and she says "But you said no snack!" I say "I know I messed up and already gave him some so you can have some too" so she came to the table and was eating it and says "Mommy does this mean your rule is expired?"

P.S. Even though they ate the cheese they ate awesome at dinner and have eaten all of their lunchs! now they get 1 snack inbetween lunch and dinner- as long as they eat their lunch=)