A chocolate chip cookie for breakfast
Ana Isabel woke up cranky. Who knows what ailed her.
She wanted nothing to do with her morning juice. Milk? That got the wave off. Maybe a banana that she normally devours. Ana would have nothing to do with it. A bit of mommy's oatmeal? No. No. No.
She poked her right index finger into the palm of her left hand, as she often does when she's hungry, and said "cookie." We normally don't buy snacks like cookies, chips or ice cream. Mainly because Ana's parents have little will power. But here we are, early one morning and our 2-year-old says she's hungry and wants nothing but a cookie. And this time, we have a box of cookies in the cabinet.
So what would you do?
Click continue below to see how my wife and I handled our little morning mini-dilemma.
Of course, we gave Ana the cookie. It was the first time we have done that. We talked and said we didn't want it to become a habit. And since that day, Ana hasn't feasted on any other unusual breakfast food. So in my book, there's nothing wrong with it.
What's your take?
Comments
Nothing wrong with it. My 22-month old is a light eater and some days she doesn't want very much at all. One cookie or one sip of something she shouldn't have will not kill her nor will it set patterns up for the rest of her life. She is extremely active, does like her veggies, eat lots of different things, but when she won't eat, I will give her something I know she will eat!
Posted by: Robbi | August 7, 2007 12:07 PM