Maple Leaf Mommy

A Canadian Mom's Life: Family, Food & Fun

  • Home
  • Mom Life
    • Just My Life
    • From House to Home
    • Motherhood Confessions
    • Tips, Tricks & Hacks
    • Quotes & Inspiration
  • Family
    • Parenting
    • Family Travel
    • Raising Strong Girls
    • Sandwich Generation
    • Silly Kids
  • Food
    • Cooking with Kids
    • Recipes
  • Fun
    • Activities & Fun Stuff
    • Toys That Don’t Suck
    • We Love Books
    • Time Travel
  • About
    • About Me
    • Disclosure & Privacy Policy
    • Contact Me
You are here: Home / Family / Tally Me Bananas…

Tally Me Bananas…

April 23, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant 8 Comments

I find myself wondering if there is such a thing as too many bananas. Rocket is developing a banana obsession.  Every morning she stands at the gate to the kitchen saying “Nan-a, nan-a!” while making the banana peeling finger motion that is the ASL sign for banana. If I produce anything other then a banana for breakfast, she looks at me like I’m a simpleton and mutters “Nana! Nana, nana, nana!” while signing, over and over.

We could have this many bananas
in the house, and she’d probably still
try and eat them all.

I sit with her and help her eat her banana. She devours it in under two minutes and then starts grabbing for the peel.  She will attack me in an attempt to get at the peel. When I take it away and try and head for the trash, she yells after me for more NANA!  I show her it’s empty. I tell her it’s Yucky. Garbage. She refuses to get the concept.  Each day we have a banana-peel tug fest.

This morning she scored one banana from me, and then while I was busy taking a shower she convinced her Dad I hadn’t feed her and scored a second one.  On our weekly grocery trip last Sunday I bought  enough bananas to outfit a troop of monkeys.  Yet, here it is only Friday and we are out.  The problem with this is Rocket does not understand, “They are gone. We are out. Yes, we have no bananas.”  She just doesn’t get it.  All she knows is that she is asking for a banana and obviously I understand her, as I repeat the word back to her, yet I don’t produce one. She desperately signs and mutters over and over and melts into a little puddle of baby tears.

I worry that I might be raising a monkey.
I’m sort of worried about variety in her diet. A banana (or two!) for breakfast everyday… is this healthy? I mean is it possible to feed your baby too many bananas? This is the sort of thing I find myself searching Google for at 11pm at night.  Apparently too many bananas can cause constipation, but as that doesn’t seem to be an issue with Rocket, I’m guessing we’re in the clear.

What do you guys think? Does your kid have a food they obsess over?  How many bananas is too many?  At what point is it worth fighting over?

Image #1: rinse
Image #2: Keven Law

Related Posts

Redefining what it means to do something “like a girl”; Join in the @Always #LikeAGirl conversation!
Let me count the ways…
S is for… Swimming and Scribbling Too

Filed Under: Family, Food, Silly Kids Tagged With: baby, Rocket

Comments

  1. Kelly @ City Mom says

    April 23, 2011 at 11:51 am

    Oh I so know this routine. They just don't get the idea that everything they want isn't always available. My DD is really into yoghurt. She could eat one cup after another. In both cases the food they want is a healthy choice but I share the same worry that it may be too much. Sorry I have no advice…lol but I'm sure it's just a phase that's making you go bananas! 🙂

    Reply
  2. coffee_pot says

    April 23, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    We have a 1 banana a day limit for our kids after a friend's kiddo was so compacted he was rushed to the hospital in a state of lethargy & bleeding from the rectum (sorry, tmi). He HAD been going, but not clearing and she was told it was the bananas. She saw no harm as they are healthy and he liked them so much.

    Reply
  3. Maple Leaf Mommy says

    April 23, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Ha. "Making me go bananas" indeed. I'd throw a peel at you, if it wasn't currently grasped firmly in a chubby toddler hand.

    Reply
  4. Devonay says

    April 23, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    I think all kids go through a phase where they only like one thing. I couldn't believe my daughter would ever want to eat anything besides chicken nuggets. At 16, she's still picky, but she eats a variety now! ;)Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm following you now!

    Reply
  5. Maple Leaf Mommy says

    April 23, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    Oouch. Yuck! Dear God. That's terrible, but thanks for posting it.

    Well, one banana a day it is then.

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    April 24, 2011 at 12:51 am

    My son was eating a whole banana for breakfast every morning at 8months. He did so for a year and now he won't even look at a banana let alone eat one. I wouldn't worry about it, maybe try to gently direct her to a different food after the 1st banana.

    Reply
  7. Amy says

    April 28, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    LOL…my little guy does the same thing–signing, "nana" and all. As long as she's not getting constipated she's probably fine. My little guy (14 mos) has to have a banana everyday. He has a lot of food sensitivities and the banana seems to balance things out a bit, if you know what I mean. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Christine says

    April 11, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    LOL! Oh my! Thanks for posting this! I was REALLY concerned when Little One inhaled FOUR bananas in one sitting! Yikes! Thanks for this post. I feel…relieved? lol

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Maple Leaf Mommy SocialMaple Leaf Mommy on FacebookMaple Leaf Mommy on TwitterMaple Leaf Mommy on PinterestMaple Leaf Mommy on InstagramSubscribe to Maple Leaf Mommy's RSS FeedEmail Maple Leaf MommyImage Map

Welcome

Hi, I'm Deanna, a Canadian mom with two young girls, who loves to share our adventures through the everyday.

    Click here to discover more ABOUT ME.
    Click here to sign up for my LETTERS LIST.

SEARCH THIS SITE

My Current Giveaways

For more open to Canada giveaways check out the Great Canadian Giveaway Link-Up Updates weekly.

Brought to You By…

Moms buy baby clothes on DHgate

Timbuktu Labs

A Few Favourites

* Postpartum Depression in the 1950s

* Life Lessons, Kayaking with the Dolphins

* My Life as a Sandwich

* My Kid Has Special Needs, Maybe, Sorta

* Build Your Own Sushi, for Kids

* Four Secret Rules to Make Perfect Nachos

* Being Difficult, A Birth Story

* Pinterest Perfect Mom
(published in Canadian Family)


Copyright © 2010 - 2023 · Maple Leaf Mommy · All Rights Reserved
Disclosure & Privacy Policy · Contact for Data Inquires

Maple Leaf Mommy on FacebookMaple Leaf Mommy on TwitterMaple Leaf Mommy on PinterestMaple Leaf Mommy on InstagramRSS Feed for Maple Leaf MommyEmail Maple Leaf MommyImage Map