i have had several requests for a follow up on the cheerio feast here on the homefront. well a couple weeks have passed since then and i believe i can say SUCCESS!!!!
it was definitely a rough day around here. i had never seen him consume so many cheerios in all my life and he was very good at shoveling them in as a baby! i also am pretty sure he hadn't been that mad at me in several weeks. that night we had quite a discussion about meals, how much time i put into preparing, etc and on obeying/respecting our parents. the following morning he knew he had to eat whatever i prepared - no complaints or the cheerios came right back out! he patiently waited for me to serve him breakfast and he ate every last bit. then we had lunch and another joyful meal. dinner was at our friends house - he ate quite joyfully again!
so saturday came and he was allowed a tad more freedom in that i gave him a few choices at both breakfast and lunch. dinner came and he started to lose it a bit over some cheese that had started to melt. all it took was me to calmly suggest he have a bowl of cheerios instead. he managed to eat the meal without another word about it.
since then i have heard very little complaining. he is enjoying the many different tastes and colors of food these days.
however, this morning i was faced with a tired boy that just didn't want to get nto the breakfast spirit. i finally poured a bowl of frosted wheats for him to take in the car, but after i dropped him off i decided that it should have been a bowl of cheerios! especially when he saw my bag of cereal and groaned - it happened to be cheerios - honey nut though!!
so friends....if you are faced with this situation - give the cheerios a try!!!
it was definitely a rough day around here. i had never seen him consume so many cheerios in all my life and he was very good at shoveling them in as a baby! i also am pretty sure he hadn't been that mad at me in several weeks. that night we had quite a discussion about meals, how much time i put into preparing, etc and on obeying/respecting our parents. the following morning he knew he had to eat whatever i prepared - no complaints or the cheerios came right back out! he patiently waited for me to serve him breakfast and he ate every last bit. then we had lunch and another joyful meal. dinner was at our friends house - he ate quite joyfully again!
so saturday came and he was allowed a tad more freedom in that i gave him a few choices at both breakfast and lunch. dinner came and he started to lose it a bit over some cheese that had started to melt. all it took was me to calmly suggest he have a bowl of cheerios instead. he managed to eat the meal without another word about it.
since then i have heard very little complaining. he is enjoying the many different tastes and colors of food these days.
however, this morning i was faced with a tired boy that just didn't want to get nto the breakfast spirit. i finally poured a bowl of frosted wheats for him to take in the car, but after i dropped him off i decided that it should have been a bowl of cheerios! especially when he saw my bag of cereal and groaned - it happened to be cheerios - honey nut though!!
so friends....if you are faced with this situation - give the cheerios a try!!!
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