Current mood: surprised
Mia really made sure I knew exactly what she wanted today. It was in the late afternoon, too soon after lunch to eat a big meal and to close to dinner to eat something heavy so I fed her the next best thing... snackies!!!
Since we are very strict on Mia's diet (mostly consisting of fresh foods ie. fruits and veggies) her "snackies" are usually dried cerial, either Kix or Plain Cheerios. I asked her if she wanted snackies and she quickly ran to the kitchen. I grabbed her little snackie cup and walked to the kitchen island where her Cheerio and Kix box were sitting.
Oh wait, before I get into what happened next, I want to say that Mia is a Kix monster! She loves munching on those little puff balls and tends to get them everywhere. As for Cheerios, that used to be her all time favorite snack when she was very little and barely learning to eat solids. I backed off on the Cheerios for awhile since she was eating them ALL the time. Thats when we introduced the Kix. Ok with all that being said I can contiune...
Well I accidentally picked up the Cheerio box for a second, and when I realized my mistake I quickly put it down and picked up the Kix box. Thats when Mia suddenly burst into a HUGE fit! She screamed and shook her hips back and forth protesting what I was doing. I figured she was just mad I was taking so long so I tried to correct her saying that screaming and crying will not make me go any faster. I filled up her cup and handed it to her. She was so upset she REFUSED to even touch the cup. Instead she cried and cried angerly. I couldn't understand why. Then she reached up as high as she could and touched the Cheerio box. I thought to myself "She couldn't possibly mean that she wants Cheerios instead". (Although, I had fed her some yesterday for the first time in MONTHS and she scarfed down the whole cup!). I decided to test my theory... thinking she would cry with either cereal. So I put the Kix back in the box and filled her cup up with Cheerios. Instantly Mia calmed down and waited for me to give her the snackie cup. I handed it to her and she had the biggest smile and ran off with it munching on her Cheerios. I stood there completely shocked!
Wow, what do you know! She really does know what she wants and now she makes sure you know too!!! Looks like I will need to stock up on Cheerios again!
