03/22/04
I am not a candy eater, and I could never know how attractive a piece of chocolate could be. Since I don't like the idea for kids to eat much sweet, I always try to let Lily have them as little as possible.
I notice that whenever Lily is hungry, the first thing she would think of is ice-cream, chocolate or candy. So I set a rule with her, that she can only have sweets AFTER meal. Almost always, after dinner, she doesn't care much for sweets any more, and I was never honest enough to remind her of our deal.
Tonight, right before bed time, Lily said that she was hungry.
“I want a BIG chocolate Mommy. And I don't want to eat dinner.”I usually would put her chocolate in a little container so that she wouldn’t make a mess around (doesn’t always work though). But tonight, as I looked around, I saw her little green bowl was on the table right next to her. So I gave her half cup of milk, handed the chocolate to her, and pushed the green bowl towards her. She doesn’t always “remember” her promise, and on occasion, she could even “forget” twice and keep begging for more.
“Ok, Lilyko, I will give you a little...”
“I want BIG chocolate...”
“Ok, Lily. I will give you a little milk... and a piece of cookie.”
“I want chocolate Mommy.”
“No cookie?”
“No cookie!”
“But you will have just this one. Ok?”
“Ok!”
“No more?”
“No more!”
“Alright then, go to the table and sit down.” I said. So she went.
Sure enough, after much fun and mess, after sucking every single figure of hers, I heard: “Mommy, I want more...”
I turned to her and said: “Lily... :-(” I wasn’t going to give in easily. She knew what I was going to say next, so she looked away. I went back to what I was doing.
“Mommy, you forgot to put the chocolate in the bowl!”
I was quite surprised and amused. I turned to her and trying to think of something to say.
She picked up the Green Bowl from the table and waved at me. “You forgot to put the chocolate in the bowl. You have to put the chocolate in the bowl, you know.” She said, with a very serious look on her face.
Well, who wants to knowingly break the rule... :-)
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Sometimes I really wonder: Are kids really so smart? Or I am just imagining all this?
3 yr 1.5 m
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