Operation....Eat Your Veggies

From the minute I found out we were pregnant, my "Food Nazi" mission plan kicked in and I was in full operation mood making sure I had the best plan for feeding my kids. Healthy, healthy, healthy was my mission statement!!! My goal? Not to have "chicken nugget only" eating children in my house! My plan was to make all of their baby food myself and for it all to be fresh and organic and no jar or cans. I bought fresh veggies, meat and fruits every week, pureed for hours daily, bought these cute little containers for freezing, and feed my babies by the book! I was so proud of myself and the babies ate so well. Mind you....I never have sick babies!!! They ate every color of the rainbow: red (apples), yellow (squash), orange (carrots and sweet potatoes), green (peas and green beans), blue (blueberries) and purple (prunes) and never complained. I stuck to my guns, made a variety of things for them and WHOA!!!! I had won the challenge that most people thought I would never WIN!!!! Until now.....I have a battle on my hands that I am quickly losing!!! They are now saying "No" (or shaking their heads) to every color of these....

If it were up to them, they would eat for every meal bananas, Cherrios, and blueberries. Maybe the occasional piece of chicken or turkey. But if there is green, yellow or orange on their plates, it is a "no"! So now I am on "Operation...Eat Your Veggies". A mission to figure out how to get some veggies in the Wee Ones and feel good about it. I do feed them Little Blends yogurt which contains veggies in some sort of form and they love them. Probably because they can feed themselves with a spoon. But is a container of Little Blends "enough of a serving on a daily basis?" is what I am struggling with.

I know that toddlers go through all sorts of phases at this stage and one is their eating habits, but I am so scared of them developing bad eating habits. I have always said that I was not going to have children that only eat chicken nuggets and I hope to succeed at that. If I let the Wee Ones control their own eating, I will have babies that look like this:

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Any other Food Nazi Moms out there? If so, HELP!!!!! How do I get these babies to eat more veggies??? Is this a pointless battle that I will not win? Is it just a phase? Do I just keep feeding them the veggie yogurt? Any good advice would be helpful! BUT.....I do not want any criticism, I am feeding my children healthy because that is my responsibility has a good parent and it is important to me. So if you are just going to tell me..."they are kids..leave them alone" leave your comments to yourself! If you only feed your children chicken nuggets and french fries..leave your comments to yourself!!! HELP!!!!!!