So instead of discouraging this follower-type behavior, I'm using it to my advantage. It's working wonders at meal time:
"Leo, do you want some Yo Baby?"
"NO!"
"Do you know who is eating Yo Baby right now? Bianca."
"Leo eat Yo Baby!"
Then we did this whole little routine where he ate a bite and then we pretended to give a bite to Bianca. It was helpful that the baby on the package looks like Bianca so we'd aim the spoon there.
Today we also shared some pasta with Bianca.
But then I realized I need to get all the friends involved. When he was iffy about eating apple sauce I said, "Do you know who likes apple sauce? Olivia!"
"Leo like apple sauce too!"
And then the whole time he ate it, he kept saying, "Olivia like apple sauce!"
But then he rememebered something that Olivia ate months ago and said, "Olivia like cookies!" so I had to give him some of those too.
I'm excited about this new tactic, though, and I think I'm going to assign a friend to each food. Hmmm...I wonder who he'd believe likes veggies?
(By the way, Frank has my camera so I have no relevant pictures. But here are a couple of Leo from last week, pretending to take a shower at the park.)
2 comments:
I bet Leo will want to find friends who eat cookies, cake and lollipops!
I bet you do not have to think of a friend for him to eat Mac and Cheese!
Hey, whatever works at this age!
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