Desperately Seeking Yogurt?

Our little gourmand is growing up. Calla's vocabulary seems to grow daily, and much of it deals with food. She's getting harder to placate with whatever I happen to have in the fridge and instead has definite favorites. Top on her list lately would be raisins, goldfish crackers, tomatoes, cheese and yogurt.

When she gets it in her head that she wants a particular snack, she starts off with a little whine.... "Yogurt? Yogurt?" - as if to say, hey mom - maybe a little yogurt? If yogurt doesn't immediately materialize, the whining will escalate quickly. The lower lip sticks out and wobbles a little. A few tears may glisten in her eyes as she cries plaintively "Yogurt?" Yogurt?" And again, if yogurt then isn't presented - say, because we're in the car for example - we quickly move into the panic stage... "Yogurt! Yogurt! Yoooog-uuuurrrrt!" This is screamed in the tone you might use, for example, if your favorite pet was being pulled out of your arms. It's rather heart-breaking.

Eventually, the yogurt (or raisins, or cheese, or crack-cracks (goldfish) shows up, and all's right with the world. Until the next snack time. Of course, what's really funny is that all of these favorites are relatively healthy - she doesn't actually like any of that bad stuff, like cookies or ice cream. So I really have few reasons to deprive her of her food loves except that I just can't always move fast enough.

Last night at dinner, we were having left-over pizza and as I reached for my third (fifth?) piece, Calla declared "Mama pizza eat." We think that might be one of her first three-word phrases. And of course, it was to call me out on my over-eating. Nothing gets by her.

Have a good week - and happy eating!