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.
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| 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.
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| I worry that I might be raising a monkey. |
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?
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! 🙂
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.
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.
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!
Oouch. Yuck! Dear God. That's terrible, but thanks for posting it.
Well, one banana a day it is then.
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.
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. 🙂
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