Tonight I was fully prepared to send Sydney to bed without any dinner! I am so tired of making her dinner and her not eating it. I made her 3 chicken nuggets, cut up strawberries and a Go-Gurt...so, we're not talking about a lot of food here...totally do-able! She ate the the yogurt (of course) and said that she was done! Next thing I knew she was in the playroom. I warned her (and Jason....because we need to be on the same page) that she was not to have ANYTHING else until she ate her dinner and she said she was fine with that! She said she didn't want anything anyway...yeah right...my kids like junk and can't live without it! But they have to finish their dinner before dessert. Usually we give in at some point or say that they can be done eating, when they probably haven't really eaten enough! But not tonight. I had enough! Besides, food is expensive...I don't need to be throwing away half of their dinner!
So, Sydney was doing very well. She survived watching Lizzy eat her cookies, and then a few crackers a little later. But when Jason busted out the jelly beans, she just couldn't take it anymore. By this time it was almost 8 o'clock. She came up to me and said, "Mommy, I want to eat my dinner" (which was all wrapped up waiting in the fridge). And she did, ate every last bit of it and happily had dessert. Everything ended on a good note, we both got what we wanted! I am going to have to put my foot down more often!
Of course, there's Lizzy in the background eating AGAIN! Noone in this house can eat without Lizzy getting anything. Jason gave her a banana because she had reached her junk quota for the day!
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