I recognized something this week. I view fruit as a snack item. This is a problem when my daughter only wants to eat fruit for breakfast… In my mind, breakfast is cereal or eggs or pancakes or oatmeal or something with enriched, refined, white flour!
The veil finally lifted from mine eyes! My 2.5 year old WILL eat breakfast! Fruit is not just a side dish or snack item!!! Let her eat the grapes or apples or pears or bananas or strawberries or melon or… for breakfast! Yes, she may be very, VERY regular, but the protein in her chocolate milk is significant in the food chart as well:)
I feel liberated, and satisfied. This new victory satisfies a couple of things - morning nourishment for my daughter AND it gives her an area where she feels control and independence. It\’s an in which area I CAN relinquish some parental control (letting her be independent and run wildly in the parking lot is not an option). She can choose her breakfast, and the fruit doesn\’t have to be sided with a bowl of cereal. I hear it from time to time - that the kiddos need to feel \”in control\” and if eating something healthy is how she wants to tackle this, I am happy to let go!
Another \”upside\” is - self-service. When baby comes she can grab her own apple or banana or whatever for breakfast if I the \”wait time\” for mom is beyond her schedule:) I don\’t have to worry about her trying to pour milk from a gallon jug into her bowl of coco puffsn (yeah, healthy)… most of the milk would not make it into the bowl!
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