Save for Later

Yesterday Luke tried a new trick when we were eating breakfast. You see Luke tends to throw his food when he is full, tired, mad or just wants to be ornery. So what happened yesterday was that when we got done with our eggs and banana, I gave Luke some cheerios. He ate a few and then threw a few….when I asked if he was all done, he told me (through sign language) that he wanted “more” and proceeded to show me by eating more cheerios. Then after a few he started to throw again, so I told him “no” and caught his hand so he couldn’t throw the cheerios he had in his fist. He looked at me, took his fist to his mouth and ate the cheerios. The next time I did the same thing, catching his fist before he could throw….this time he looked at me and then acted like he would eat them, but instead of putting them in his mouth he brought his fist down between his legs and let go of the cheerios. They didn’t all go to the floor, which was probably his plan, but most of them stayed on the chair under his booster seat.


I was in shock and thought it so funny, that he did this a few times before I just took away the cheerios and cut him off. When I pulled him back from the table to wipe him off, he started crying (as usual) and then looked down and saw the cheerios. You can probably guess, but once he saw them he bent over, grabbed a few and popped them in his mouth.

Silly little man, every time I think he is done eating he finds a way to eat more. This incident reminded me of when Luke first started throwing food (he has done that off and on for the last 9 months or so). When he first started throwing he would throw cheerios or whatever, and then when I put him on the floor when we were done, he would go find what he threw and proceed to eat off the floor. It was a good thing I vacuumed and mopped constantly. But, I soon figured out his tactics and so before I would put him on the floor I would pick up the food he threw…just in case he wanted dessert.