Our "yucky food rule" was: "You need to try (child's age) number of regular bites before saying you don't like it." La would usually forget at bite 4, and finish it all It's how she found out pepperoni pizza is actually okay.
We don't have to worry about screen time. We've had cable a total of 3 months in the whole time La's lived with me. Our VCR broke, our DVD player broke (both replaced more than a year after breaking), and our computer is a laptop with a touchpad that she just can't figure out how to work. So, screen time is whatever computer time she manages to get during after-school care. All that being said, I asked her doctor to remind her that screen time should be a limited thing, largely because her prior daycare had the TV on as background noise, and La was drawn to it. Once she heard her beloved Dr. Jennifer say 30 minutes a day, she was much better about it.
--Mimi
Mom to Lala (2004), Bonus Mom to Big Sis 1 (1991) and Big Sis 2 (1992)
Grammy to Big Kindy Kid (2011), Big Pre-K Kid (2012),
Grandbaby Appendage (2014), and New Baby Grandboy (summer 2017)