My Lily is brimming with potential.
The potential to be an Olympic discus thrower, that is.
She practices her impeccable technique a minimum of three times per day...during mealtimes. Which means that I have spent most of those mealtimes under the table, balled up in an attempt to shield my vulnerable body parts from the resulting shrapnel. Needless to say, toddler dishes are an endangered species in this house.
My mother (bless her heart) gifted us a lovely little set of BPA-free bowls with suction cups attached to the bottom. Upon serving Lily her first meal in her new bowls, I cackled with triumph and glee, certain that I had won.
But in my premature celebration of victory, I failed to include Lily's potential to also become MacGyver in my calculations.
Within thirty seconds, she realized that if the bowl could not be dislodged from the top layer of her tray, she would simply have to remove the entire layer in order to cast it to the floor.
Undaunted, I reverted to "Plan B;" I attached the bowl to her tray without the top layer!
Score one for Mami!
Or not.
With dizzying speed and precision, she assessed her new predicament, and deduced that she could use her utensils to break the suction.
She's just too smart for my own good.
7.12.2009
She's Too Smart For My Own Good
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Oh dear......duck and crawl girlfriend.....
My son did not feel a meal was complete unless he wore it on his head. But then he'd cry because I had to wash his hair afterwards (applesauce, yogurt, you name it, he wore it).
So there was a time in his life when I am sure he thought that washing your hair after eating was what everyone did, lol!
Loved your post, to funny!!!!
I am laughing because "misery loves company" -- my little guy throws everything to the floor ... food, dishes, what ever he can reach! He is getting better but it has been a long year!
Oh I am laughing at you my friend. I am definitely laughing with you because I seem to recall a similar situation with my son when he was that age. And I also recall the same solution. And it worked about as well for me too. So I am definitely laughing with you...not at you ;)
No those suction bowls don't fool anyone, except the hopeful mother maybe. I never found they worked anyway.
Thanks for being real and telling it how it is (although do you really hide under the table? Hang on, don't answer that because then I may not get as huge a laugh out of your posts as I do now!) as I do get weary of reading about perfect children, or getting comments from family members whose own darlings never throw tantrums - or food!
LOL..so much for that "great idea" on the bowl makers part!!! Ha!
Haha. She's a smart one! You're in trouble...
This is why our kids eat directly off the high chair tray whenever physically possible! =)
I don't know when this stage ends because we still have to sweep and often mop the floor after every meal our 6 year old eats! He is just so intent on getting the food into his mouth as fast as possible that it still goes everywhere. We still haven't been able to convince him that eating is not an emergency!
Caroline is among those who throw food and utensils and wears food. Sometimes I just sit and pray that I won't have to wash her hair when she's all done. Good grief. The work.
I've never used the suction cup bowls and judging by your experience with them, I don't think I will! :)
That's one smart kiddo you got!
How funny! She is a smart one - and creative!
Yea, those suction cup bowls are so great in theory, but fall short in practice!
Best of luck!!
How funny!! I have those same bowls, and much to my chagrin I get the same results, even the top layer on the tray, too funny!
Oh my, that is soooo familiar! I believe we have the same highchair too, which now is tray-less since someone likes to take it off every time it's there. And we have a Boon suction bowl that's a joke now. I'd prefer it to be superglued to the tray with a screw-off bowl.
We spend our days trying to be one step ahead, eh?
LOL!!! too funny.... you've got your hands full w/ her...but at least she's cute!
Ah yes, to the victor who wins the wearing o the spagetti! :)
The MacGyver factor is all-important!
Uh-oh! You are in trouble! :)
I can foresee the day when she puts you into the highchair so she has free reign of all those other interesting gadgets around the house. I see a Magna Cum Laude in her future! :-)
Congratulations on David's Post of the Day Award!
I suspect you're going to be doing a lot more dodging over the years.. this is a clever little one. Trust me, it's scary when our kidlets out think us. :) Here from David's.
ha. brought back wonderful (in retrospect) memories of my boys growing up. the macgyver factor gives hope for their future right? congrats on the POTD mention.
She is smart, and clever, and very strong. Obviously thinks it's a game that you enjoy.
Congratulation on POTD mention.
Clever little lass. Congrats on POTD.
Oh, I remember those days. It will pass. :-)
Isn't she a clever girl? Very smart!
Congratulations on POTD - very nice post ~ Eddie
LOL your so funny Lily saounds like a little master mind :) teheheheh. our children will always be too smart for our own good. My daughter would ask me for stuff & I came up with this thing "No Lissy, the ice cream is sleeping, so you cannot have any right now, tommorow when it wakes up" so she started playing MY game..I would tell her "let's go take a bath." SHE would come back at me with "No Mommy, the bath is sleeping, tommorow" LMAO
Oh man! It's going to be a long and exciting road for you, my dear. :)
So true, and now that my daughter is 8, I can look back and wonder how I ever managed to keep myself and her clean!
Just came over from Dave's, nice to meet you!
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