What is it about babies/toddlers that they feel the need to chuck food, utensils, and bibs? Sometimes it's done in anger, but mostly, it's just an "I'm all done!" declaration. I totally understand that a lack of prowess when it comes to eating might cause small people to drip and drop food items. But throwing them? Who needs that? And what if adults did that, especially in restaurants? (I just got an awesome visual of a bunch of adults chucking their plates at a swanky restaurant.)
The twins do this constantly. When I give A2 any food, I almost always put it just out of his reach, because his natural reaction to any food the first time he sees it is to chuck it. And this doesn't put me in a good mood. If he really does want it, he'll let me know and then I move it closer. (I especially get annoyed when he swipes a handful of Cheerios. Those suckers can get air.) Also, since our kitchen backs up against the living room, I've often found food items that N deemed unworthy, right on the carpet. Lovely.
Cups thrown across the room. Bibs ripped off and tossed aside. Bowls, plates, and forks chucked onto the floor. Crackers and cereal ground to dust. Noodles mushed.
Thanks, kids. Mom was hoping to get down on her hands and knees and wipe the floor clean again today. Three times just isn't enough, you know?
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Mine have always chucked things that they were done with, so I guess I have time to plan ahead, unlike you with A2. Although Bam hucked a chocolate milk laden spoon across the kitchen this morning because CW had given it to him and he wanted ME to do it. Good times.
What I don't get is the moaning before hand when they want the food. We run around feverishly getting food ready for them, only to see it flying across the room and smashed on the floor in 10 seconds flat. Wouldn't it be easier to just skip the whole food thing altogether?
I have thought for a very long time now that it would be much easier to just give everyone a pill three times a day that would fill us up and keep us healthy instead of the whole food prep/cleanup bit. I'm so over glancing at my floors and wondering what country could be fed by the contents under my table. oh gotta love it!!
I once took a quiz seeing how good of a housekeeper I was. Because I put that I sweep the kitchen floor 3-4 times daily it said I was an amazing housekeeper. I laughed and thought, "No, I've just got kids."
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