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March 8, 2006
She eats at the speed of molasses in a Siberian winter
It's a wonder I can sit through lunch with Jamie anymore. It's no longer a meal, so much as stage for her to speak on while I eat and she fondles food.
Yesterday, I had already eaten, so I sat in the living room (it's connected to the kitchen. I could see her head, but not the actual food.) while she "ate." She spent some time talking to herself, talking to me, talking to the wall. I heard her metion something about cereal. There was water spilled on her shirt. I heard her fork tinkling in her cup.
After the fork in the cup, I went in to see how much she had left. This is about 40 minutes into the meal. Her strawberries were floating in a bowl of water, her "cereal." She had barely touched the mac'n'cheese. Her fork was still stewing in the cup. I convinced her to eat the strawberries minus the water, and somehow managed to get her to admit that she wasn't really hungry so I could put the mac'n'cheese in the fridge. (Although we've never made her clean her plate, Jamie usually refuses to admit a meal is over until she's eaten everything. I can get her to tell me when she's still hungry, but I don't think she has ever said she was full.)
Almost an hour later, lunch was over. Just enough food was consumed to keep her alive an actual nap.
Posted by me at March 8, 2006 9:45 PM
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I don't think any food would leave the plate if I left the room. Well maybe only to hit the floor and there is enough messes to clean up. My two year old was always a really good eater. She went through stages of hating and loving meat but has always loved any green vegetable. She currently doesn't have any time for eating. If I want food in her, I have to shovel it in.
Posted by: something blue at March 9, 2006 4:13 AM
Jamie will be 3 next week, so I'm past the feeding her part, although I bet she'd love it. She wants to do everything the baby does, including being fed, I'm sure!
Posted by: Becky at March 9, 2006 10:14 PM
Early birthday wishes to Jamie!
You're absolutely right. I bet that is a big part of her not having the desire to feed herself. I found that when I had my second little girl, that the older one totally regressed. Prior potty training progess all went down the drain.
Posted by: something blue at March 10, 2006 12:19 AM
I'm glad that we didn't potty train until after the baby came. She wasn't really that ready anyway, and I didn't want all that work to go down the drain!
Posted by: Becky at March 10, 2006 8:35 PM