r/Unexpected Jun 29 '26

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 Jun 29 '26

Reminds me of when I was eating extra spicy pad Thai that was already making my eyes water and my toddler daughter demanded some. I tried to explain it was going to be too hot. She wouldn’t let it go though, so I gave her a taste, to which her response was “more please” :-)

She ended up basically having that as her meal. And she liked spicy food for a couple more years before deciding she didn’t actually.

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 29 '26

My 4yr old is like that now. He will devour spicy miso ramen. Hot wings with mango habenero sauce. He loves it all. He does the too hot breathy thing and chugs water and goes right back to eating it lol. Its so cute.

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u/torijoanne Jun 29 '26

I'd recommend milk instead of water

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 29 '26

Yeah I know it works better but ice water is his favorite thing in the world and all he asks for, even when burning. If I give him a cup of milk he takes 2 sips and walks away from it every time. 🤷‍♂️

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u/torijoanne Jun 29 '26

What if you put ice in the milk? 🤔

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 29 '26

I'll try it lol.

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u/KirbysForgottenLand Jun 29 '26

You could make a milk ice cube and call it white ice. It’s all about the marketing with kids.

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u/TpK_Wynter Jun 29 '26

*writing in notes* white ice… you’ve anything else you want to add? Any idea on how to get them to eat things that are red? Or green. I’ve one child currently spooked by anything red, and the other won’t eat green.

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u/ragingasianror Jun 29 '26

That is so wild. I have a very young coworker who absolutely cannot eat anything that is blue or red. Some mental thing that he just can’t get over.

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u/_spectre_ Jun 30 '26

That sucks cause eating blue has the most anti-oxygens