So I was at the mall yesterday stocking up on bath gel when the kids started clamoring that it was time for lunch.  I headed to the food court and asked them along the way what they would like to eat.  I was prepared for the usual response of pizza all around when to my amazement my second born said she didn’t want pizza.  She asked what there was to eat.  I rattled off the usual things she likes.  Chicken nuggets, tuna from subway, and Chinese noodles.  She said she didn’t want any of those and asked if there was anything else she could get.  I told her that the rest of her options consisted of things she had turned down repeatedly in the past.  I told her she could have salad or tacos or a hamburger.  To my amazement she said that she would like salad as long as it didn’t have any dressing on it.  Her younger sister (who’s never had a hard time eating greens) followed her example and shared a salad with her. 

I kept hearing from the “experts” that if you expose your child to a food often enough they will eventually learn to accept it.  After 10 years of parenting I was beginning to doubt.  I was so proud of her for choosing something so healthy.  Another testament to the fact that miracles still happen today.