Before E fell ill last week there were exactly two foods he could be counted to always eat; bananas and gerber puffs. He had of late been rather obsessed with bananas. He would do the sign for banana while saying "ba-ba" (this is E-speak for banana). We had to move where we kept the bananas because he could see them from his highchair and would INSIST upon having one no matter what else he had on his tray. As for the gerber puffs, he had his teachers at school buying them just for him. He'd pick them out of any snack mixture, leaving the other items behind.
No longer.
The higher the esteem the further the fall. I believe he is taking it personally that these foods did not want to stay in his tummy last week.
On the upside; we pulled all dairy from his diet last week so it never had a chance to do him wrong. He still loves his yogurt.
This morning the Mav asked E if he wanted a waffle. "No" said the little boy. "Do you want a banana", I asked. "No". "Yogurt?". No reply (he does not nod or say yes yet). "E, if you'd like some yogurt go show Daddy where it is".
He reached up his hand, grabbed the Mav's finger and led him to the fridge.
He also needs to try whatever it is his Daddy has. After a 4 month hiatus from eating eggs, E sampled his Dad's breakfast sandwich this morning and then went on to eat 2 whole eggs by himself. After a whole cup of yogurt.
I wonder how long it will take for him to forgive the poor innocent bananas.
