Strong Will or Bad Genes??

No pictures for this story, it was messy, literally. We are now home from our vacation and I am not working this summer so I decided that this summer Robert WILL try new foods. Last night I made chicken and Rice a Roni for dinner. I told Robert that he had to try 1 bite of rice then we could have whatever he wanted for dinner, this is going to be our new "rule." Of course, he says he will just not eat dinner so I make him sit at the table with the bowl or rice in front of him while Thomas and I ate (Lucas was in class.) After we were done eating I asked him again to just eat 1 bite but if he chose not to eat that 1 bite he would not have anything else until breakfast. The catch was that before he could have Lucky Charms, he would have to eat that 1 bite of rice. He informed me that he was never eating again.

So, this morning he once again refused to eat 1 bite of rice so I put the bowl away. I had a meeting at church early in the afternoon so I made lunches at 11. Well, of course my son still refused to eat so I told him he could go take a nap and then eat the bite of rice before we left the house. Robert woke up 30 minutes before we had to leave and sat and cried at the table until I finally put the rice in his mouth. (I swear it was no more than 15 grains of rice!) Did he chew it up and swallow it, NO! By the time we got to church he had had the rice in his mouth for 15 minutes without swallowing it. We walk in and I get to work on VBS stuff, Robert is playing with Thomas. I am thinking that I won and he swallowed it. About 30 minutes after we arrive at the church he walks up to me with drool hanging out of his mouth. I did feel a bit sorry for him as he has now had rice in his mouth for 45 minutes so I let him spit it out under the condition that he would have to have another bite at dinner. Can you believe this? I am laughing (and praying) as I type this just thinking about what he will be like at 15.