On today’s episode of tantrum over nothing, I wouldn’t let the baby eat cashews. With being sick I went a couple days of eating practically nothing and I’ve been stuck between starving and stomach pain from over eating, so I had a bag of cashews to snack on during the drive to daycare. On the way out the baby saw the bag and wanted to play with it, at this point if she wants something she’ll throw a fit unless she gets it. Fine she can take the bag, I had plenty of other stuff to carry anyway, including her. Then when we’re driving she wants the bag open, cashews seem like a choking hazard, so I wasn’t going to let her eat them. The tantrum ensues since I won’t open the bag and I take it back since I need to eat anyway, we had a lovely car ride of screaming the whole way. It’s interesting to watch kids go through phases, I said yesterday that she’s unreasonable right now whereas a month ago she could be reasoned with. She’s still sweet in between it all and my lines are definitive. Eventually she’ll grow out of it and will start debating me with full sentences instead, after all why can’t she have Andes mints for breakfast? Food is food, at least I have the books on the shelf to prove not all food is equal. That does excite me to be to have conversations with her and to be challenged to new heights. I had said I don’t have anyone to look at for an example of growth, she will quickly catch up to me and show me where I need to go.
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