Baby food: I want to decide the order in which I eat, too

A story about something I reflected on recently.

One morning before daycare,
I was trying to feed my one-year-old son breakfast, but I was having trouble because he wouldn't eat at all.

He wouldn't eat his meal, and kept pointing at the banana while saying 'Ah, ah'.

In my mind,
I had this image that fruit should be eaten after a meal, so I told him over and over, 'I'll give you the banana after you finish your breakfast,' but

since he's only one,
of course, he couldn't understand my words.

He kept his mouth shut,
and I got frustrated and ended up getting angry.

In the end, since he wouldn't eat his breakfast,
I gave him two bites of the banana.

Then, he started eating his breakfast too!

That was when I finally realized that he must have wanted to eat the banana first.

Mommy is reflecting on this.

The idea that fruit is a dessert for after a meal
is just an adult's assumption, isn't it?

My son, I'm sorry I got angry at you 🥹

You want to decide the order of eating yourself, don't you?
I want to decide for myself too.

Even though he can't speak yet, he expresses his thoughts with his whole body, and we've started to be able to have conversations.

These are days where I feel my child's growth.

Thinking about baby food that will surely make things easieris what I am posting at my own pace.

This was Ochan, the laid-back registered dietitian 🫶