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Kids are picky eaters and there are very few parents out there who haven’t had to deal with this. Even though it’s a hassle to convince your children to eat their veggies (or any meal they actually asked you to make for them), the reasons kids give us for why they can’t eat something can be adorably ridiculous. Like not wanting their peanut butter and jelly sandwich because it has peanut butter and jelly in it.

My Kid Can’t Eat This is an Instagram account that collects the hilarious comments kids made about, well, why they can’t eat something. Scroll down, upvote your faves, and let us know in the comments what funny reasons your kids have given you when they refused to eat something, dear Pandas.

The Instagram account was started back in 2015 and currently has more than 114k followers. Though it’s run anonymously, HuffPost found out that it’s the brainchild of mother-of-three Heather. She got the idea to make the account after having endless fights over food with her kids.

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Kid-Cant-Eat-This

After watching the movie "Ratatoulli" 658098764 times and asking me to make what they made 787628 times I spent hours scouring the internet for the exact same recipe from the movie and made it and now they can't eat it because a rat didn't make it

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    #2

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    It's "too beautiful." She's crying actual tears of joy. She's 4

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    #3

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's broken. I can't eat it because it's his. So I guess we're gonna have to put it in a raft, push it out to sea, and set it aflame using a flaming arrow Viking style. RIP Pringle. Enjoy Valhalla.

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    "The reasons my kids can't eat foods range from hilarious, infuriating to ridiculous. They know they have to taste all foods and are all healthy, so while I'm not seriously worried, it still drives me crazy!" Heather told HuffPost.

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    "I hope that other parents feel a little less alone when it comes to food drama," she added.

    The My Kid Can’t Eat This account asks parents to submit pictures of the food their kids absolutely refused to eat and add a quick comment with the reason why. However, the last time the Instagram account posted a new photo was back in February 2016, so the page is probably taking a “small” break from internet stardom.

    #4

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's too cute. I actually had to freeze it so it could stay like this forever and he could visit it

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    #5

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it "reminds me of Snow White." I told her that if this apple really could make her sleep for several hours I would have cleaned the store out.

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    #6

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because by removing the cherry seeds, I turned them into olives

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    Generally, there are broader reasons why kids are fussy eaters. For example, if something feels gross in their mouths of their hands, children will avoid it. But there are ways around this.

    One way to get picky eaters to eat is to make sure they’re not snacking too much and are actually hungry for lunch or for dinner, according to KevinMD.com.

    #7

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because although he loves onion rings, recently learned they contain onions

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    #8

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because if Honey Nut Cheerios taste like honey and Chocolate Cheerios taste like chocolate, this one must taste like the cast of Frozen and she doesn't want to eat Elsa.

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    #9

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the hairs disgust him. He's fifteen. Fif. Teen

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    Something else that works is having the entire family sit down to eat. If your child sees you eating the same food that’s in front of them, they’ll be more likely to follow your example. That also means that your child should be eating the same food that you’re eating (this is also a great reason to start eating healthier).

    At the end of the day, kids are smart and you should have a proper conversation with them about food: what’s good for them, what’s bad for them. And why it’s important for them to eat their veggies!

    #10

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she doesn't like "all the nipples." Me: You mean, seeds?" Her: No, NIPPLES."

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    #11

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because he discovered halfway through that it isn't an Oreo. I never said it was an Oreo. He's crying. There is a crowd forming. Send help.

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    #12

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the grapes are too spicy. SPICY

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    Tabitha L
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids often use the word "spicy", when they actually mean too much flavor of any kind. These grapes may have been too sour.

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    #13

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Peanut butter and honey sandwich because the honey looks like a rabbit and she doesn't want to wreck it. In her defense, it totally does.

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    #14

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because there are too many spoons in the bowl. (You'll never, EVER, guess who put them there.)

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    #15

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she asked for cheese and crackers, not crackers and cheese.

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    #16

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because they don't have heads. Side note: He bit all of the heads off

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    #17

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Grilled cheese sandwich because it has a "tail" and he doesn't eat animals

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    #18

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because he doesn't like his food this fancy

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    #19

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "a mouse already had some."

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    Cori
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 6 year old asked about a big hole in a slice of bread. I said it was because the 'yeast farted and made a big pocket of fart air.' Bread has NEVER been so awesome.

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    #20

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's cold and "tastes like you mixed a bunch of fruits together." Um, I did

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    #21

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Fresh carrot from the garden because it has legs

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    #22

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she doesn't like the "orange thing" on the bottom. It's her fork...

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    SanchaTheSeeker
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the fork out or swap it for another fork without her seeing

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    #23

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    I got a new toy and spent AGES cutting the boy's lunch out. Eddie took one look, sighed, and said "You shouldn't have done that."

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    #24

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she's a vegetarian. She wants chicken nuggets instead

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    Tabitha L
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't know what that food is, but I'm with the kid on this one - 10/10 would not eat.

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    #25

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "it looks like it needs a doctor."

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    Lou
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Others see the Virgin Mary in their wallpaper, I see Trump in your muffin. It definitely needs to see a doctor.

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    #26

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Dumpling because, "ewww, it has toes.."

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    #27

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the icing cracked when he dropped it. He's 17

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    #29

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because they're all "cracked open like humpty dumpty" and he "can't eat things that are broken," because they might "break him." And "no one would be able to put him together again."

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    chi-wei shen
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid's logic - you will never understand it but you have to live with it for a few years.

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    #30

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Bat pasta - they cried because they couldn't understand it wasn't real bats

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    #32

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    She refused the yogurt I picked out for her (left) and insisted on picking out one herself (right).

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    Sharon Hahn
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, I've already found yogurt at the store that was expired by a week or so because stock wasn't rotated when new was put on the shelf. Of course, I didn't see it until after I brought it home. Now I look at the dates on every. single. one.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom didn’t notice expiration dates and accidentally bought taco shells and mix that expired 3 years prior.

    Claire Mellusco
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just about having some control. Imagine every single aspect of your life is dictated my someone else and most of it you don't yet understand. You'd try to find a way to assert some control, even if illogical.

    Patricia Bell
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    July 2015 is when it was packaged, the expiry is sometimes on the bottom.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You pay for the one on the left and let her pay for the one on the right!

    Nicolas Leclair
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny, the same brand spells different in French markets. In yours Dannon, in ours, Danone.

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    #33

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's exactly what she asked for. I'll end up eating it standing over the trash like a beggar and she'll ask for it two hours from now. When I tell her it's gone she'll cry like a Directioner upset about Zayn and I hate myself for even referencing that

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    Ziya (Wenny) Liu
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate to say this, and I'll definitely get downvoted, but a lot of these kids sound like they're either cluless or spoiled.

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    #35

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she farted on it and now it's a fart muffin

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    #36

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she already ate at school. It's Sunday

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    #37

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I told him it was a leg... he doesn't eat anyone's legs. He only likes wings and parts you don't name... but no legs

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    #38

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because her "heart wants Goldfish"

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    #39

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because after being told repeatedly that there are peanuts in the candy, it turns out that- *spoiler alert*- there are indeed peanuts on the candy.

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    #41

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I cut it in half. I murdered it. I'm a waffle assassin. A wa-sassin

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    #42

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "it's broken. Please direct your attention to the 1.5 millimeter offensive chip in the graham cracker at the top. This is now garbage.

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    #43

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I broke the carrots. HELLO, I MADE OLAF

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    #44

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she doesn't eat chicken legs. Only "nuggets and boobs."

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    #45

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she wanted dinner. I called it supper. My bad

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    #46

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because, and I quote: "Elsa's too tall."

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    #47

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's a bar of soap. Didn't stop him from trying though.

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    #48

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because according to my 7 y/o, it's a "big pot of nope."

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    #50

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she didn't want a Nutella sandwich. She wants the entire jar of Nutella and a spoon

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    #51

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she asked me to cut it in half and then decided that's not what she wanted. "Back!" she says. Unfortunately for her, her mother is a muggle and her repair-o spell is useless. Unfortunately for her mother, she doesn't think that's any excuse. Side note - she is currently tearing her new, whole circle sandwich into lots of parts. I'm trying to remain calm.

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    #52

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "it's what monkeys eat and I'm not a monkey."

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    chi-wei shen
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's not a single species of monkeys that primarily eats bananas because our bananas are the result of selective breeding and natural bananas look completely different.

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    #53

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I'm making her share it with her brother and she "literally can't even." She's five

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    Sasy
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not removing the 3rd chocolate first was just looking for trouble.

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    #54

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Corn unless I cut it off the cob. He's 27.

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    #55

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I refuse to cut it up and pour milk over it like cereal.

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    chi-wei shen
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Milk on pizza: worse than pineapple or kiwi. Anyway, I like the pattern on the plate.

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    #56

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because shells go in the ocean. He was upset when I ate my portion

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    #57

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "it's dirty." On Earth we call this "seasoning."

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    #58

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because they look like feet and have toes at the end.

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    #59

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because they scared the crap out of her

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    Flisey
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ya see these cool things other mums do, try it out on your own kids and they don't like the effort - being a parent is so... cool :(

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    #60

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the pizza is cut in squares not triangles and square pizza is too fancy.

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    #61

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    She can't eat these M&Ms because they have a "w" on them. She ate the ones with an "m."

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    #62

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because a lion touched it. In her defense, the lion does appear to be on something

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    #63

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she doesn't have as many as she is years old.

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    #64

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's broken. Fun Fact: He tore it up himself.

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    #65

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because there are bites taken out of them. Bites she took.

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    #66

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's broken. I said "it's not broken, you just made more chips" and he tried to hit me. Oh look it's nap time

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    #67

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "the ice cream is melting and the gummy bears are drowning."

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    #68

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because daddy opened it. Makes sense. His man hands changed the flavor.

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    #69

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she doesn't eat triangles.

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    #70

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it has too many colors. That's fine I'll take his slice and eat all the chemicals. I'm a giver like that.

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    #71

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's too yellow. Someone please get this child some turquoise corn.

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    #72

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because my son says there are too many colors and it hurts his eyes. My daughter carried the zucchini home from the farmers market like a baby, so she won't dare eat it.

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    #73

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Bought this sandwich cutter, hoping my toddler might be more interested in eating. Why does it look like I just beat the crap out of Elmo?

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    #74

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it's made out of "kitty cats."

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    #75

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it has wrinkles like Grandma Mimi so it's old."

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    Tabitha L
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    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is some Grade A logic. Smart kid. Able to take data and extrapolate information. Fact 1: grandma is old. Fact 2: grandma has wrinkles. Fact 3: this thing has wrinkles. Conclusion: this thing is old. Of course, this is a logical fallacy, because not all old things are wrinkled, and not all wrinkled things are old; however it still shows critical thinking.

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    #77

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because apparently I put lotion all over the carrots

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    #78

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Bacon because it looks like shrimp and he doesn't eat shrimp.

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    #79

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because after eating some of it I said "It looks like you like it." He then decided he hated it.

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    #80

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    "The food face I made for Caden's lunch on Sunday that he refused to eat. He said it would kill him. Tears people, there were tears

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    #81

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "it's broken " .. Meaning that crease on the top right

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    #82

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because he asked for regular pancakes not Mickey pancakes.

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    #83

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it looks like a Christmas stocking and he wants to hang it by the fireplace.

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    #84

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because while pretzels are yummy, and Goldfish are delicious, pretzel Goldfish are PURE BLASPHEMY.

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    #85

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    My kid can't eat this crust because "those are the bread handles and I can't eat the sandwich if I eat the handles."

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    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Carson wanted an egg in a nest for lunch. Specifically star-shaped. So I bust out the 12 grain bread and get to work. He was excited to receive it, but then he asked me to cut it diagonally. Sure, I said. He then proceeded to stare at it in disgust, completely appalled by the abomination in front of him, refusing to touch it because it's now "broken"

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    DragonsFox
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want this! Last time I tried to make this, I almost threw the pan out the window. I tried three times. I couldn't even make it round :(

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    #88

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because there's a hole in it. A hole that she put there with her thumb.

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    #89

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because I woke up early to make her this breakfast and she wants freaking cereal. She's having a total meltdown.

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    #90

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because there are noodles in his chicken noodle soup.

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    #91

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the cereal is talking to her. It's ALIIIIIIIIVE!!!!

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    #92

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Four course breakfast because
    1) "somebody licked my toast"
    2) "the cereal is too bright"
    3) "the yogurt tastes like Popsicles"
    4) "the blueberries are too small. And too big."
    And 5) Because she's a toddler and her sole purpose is to make me lose the will to live

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    Jo Firth
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only person who thinks it won't hurt a kid to be hungry, rather than indulge every whim?

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    #93

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the peel is still on. Didn't stop him from trying though.

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    #94

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because "there's WEEDS in them!!"

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    #95

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Peanut butter and jelly sandwich he asked for because it has peanut butter and jelly on it

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    #96

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Until I remove all the strings and cut off the "butt nugget" (black part at the end)

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    Tabitha L
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once again, siding with the kid on this one. The butt nugget at the end of bananas is gross.

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    #97

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Organic, all natural, overpriced marshmallow because it's a square. He doesn't eat squares.

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    #98

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it has a scary smile.

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    #99

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because she's "full." This is breakfast. Full from what? Your dreams?

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    Angell Harding
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If she doesn't feel like eating, why is that a problem? "Full" is probably the best way she knows how to communicate the opposite of hungry.

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    #100

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because there's hair in it. Sophia The First's hair...from the design on the plate.

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    #101

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because the cheese on her grilled cheese is "too soft" and "there's like cheese everywhere."

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    #103

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Because it looks like Yoda. And he can't eat Yoda.

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    #104

    Kid-Cant-Eat-This

    Peanut butter Nutella s'mores toast with a marshmallow face because "she doesn't want to be eaten."

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