Snippet Of A Day In My Life
Efficiency
"Plane goes woosh
Monkey does a boogie
Dinner done"
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Dinner time is a time that makes me most efficient. It is the time that is just before sleep time. Sleep time for kids is officially party (READ writing) time for Mumma. So this mom is willing to do anything for a happy healthy meal. Stories, aeroplane bites, flying spoons, dancing like a monkey...just anything that will make my younger one sit at one place and eat.
Have you encountered this if you are a parent? Or have you seen any other parent do something crazy just to feed their kid? What is the most efficient system you have seen?
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Janaki Ding Dong Bell
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Have you encountered this if you are a parent? Or have you seen any other parent do something crazy just to feed their kid? What is the most efficient system you have seen?
Some of the blogs that I love from Day 4 are listed below. Do check them out.
Janaki Ding Dong Bell
Swati Nitin Gupta D if for Domestic Violence
Dagny D for Dauntless
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Don't have a kid of my own, but my neighbor's kid, to make her sit in one place when she comes here, that's a tough task :) I've to play cute with her, not something that's tough.
ReplyDeleteAgree with you, Kids are so very finicky about eating. Splutter stutter and spit out the mutter. Only such outlandish tales keep them glue to their seats and their mouths working away.. Enjoyed the Haiku as well as the short story behind it :D
ReplyDeleteOh god. My mum did this. She would tell me story after story and entertain me, just so I'd eat! Love you post!
ReplyDeleteThe 2 AM Writer
Sfurti I can totally relate....I want my kiddo to sleep as soon as possible and will do anything to get him to eat....and then to bed....I dont want to miss my partyparty :)
ReplyDeleteI remember feeding my cousin :) since she was few months old till 12 years.
ReplyDeleteNice post :)
Oh I have done the song and dance routine for my nephew for a longgg time :-)
ReplyDeleteHello there. Just stopping by to wish you all the best with the challenge!
ReplyDeleteEntrepreneurial Goddess
I used to be a fussy kid. My mother did everything she could to make me eat. Now, I am better I guess. :D
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it's very entertaining to watch the parents when they are trying to feed their kids. :) One cousin had mentioned that she always puts her kid in her high chair and leaves the food on the tray in front.. sort of training the kid to eat on it's own.
ReplyDeleteEven the haiku you wrote at the beginning of this post carries a vibe of efficiency, Sfurti! Good post!
ReplyDeleteDo we have a video of you doing the boogie? :P
ReplyDeletehahhaha!! I love the last comment about the video of you!! Good question indeed!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all...thanks for showcasing my blog. Don't remind me of those days. Feeding the kids was a circus. They are in their teens yet when their father is at home, he feeds them both. I kinda love it.
ReplyDeleteChildren take a lot from their mother :P
ReplyDeleteThanks for the plug Sfurti! I guess I was always a rather laid back kind of a mother. My kids learned to cope by never fussing about eating. SO it worked out for us. :D
ReplyDeletehahaha kids just love to listen to stories... I remember doing this to my parents and uncles.
ReplyDeletemy bhabhi (Cousin bro's wife) has to play sheila aunty's song and some times telly tubbies to make my nephew eat !
ReplyDeleteHe is ONE ADORABLE kid. I just sit and watch him when he eagerly eats his eyes transfixed to screen.
Good one
Your post reminded me of the many things that my mum did to feed me as a kid.
ReplyDeleteYeah those were the days eh :)
ReplyDeletePhenoMenon
http://throodalookingglass.com/2014/04/extraordinary-exciting-experiences/
The aeroplanes, song and dance routine - I think every parent has done that.
ReplyDeleteMoms need to be Efficient, Super if you know what I mean. I used to tell tall tales to my kids (all grown up now). The tales used to get taller every time with voice modulation and a bit of enacting. It was such fun!
ReplyDeleteBeen there done that!
ReplyDeleteAah! My child when he was a kid was not a fussy eater, he loved eating on his own, so I never had to do the monkey dance or cook up stories during meal times! I guess, I missed something really fun and funny time!
ReplyDeleteMy kids loved the helicopter coming to land in their mouths via the spoonful of mashed food, when they were little :) I used to sing and dance while feeding them and had fun doing it too...now my kids are 24 and 22 years old :)
ReplyDeleteYou reminded me of the chook-chook train days! :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful, how so few words can enclose such a lot.
I remember how much I used to create fuss when it was dinner time :D
ReplyDeleteNice one... I have seen many parents and grandparents struggle to feed their young ones.... telling them stories, running behind them from one room to other, showing them birds like sparrow, crow, pigeon or dogs and cats on roads... luckily i didn't face such a problem with my daughter... loved ur post :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely remember doing the airplane to get kids i babysit to eat!
ReplyDeleteI must ask my mom what all she has gone through to make me feed when I was a kid. Loved your post.
ReplyDelete- Kripali
(AJ's wHooligans)
Sumptuous Living
A2ZFiction
Ha Ha!! i have tried this and it never worked for me :) My little one loved to be given the spoon in her hand, even if it meant mess all around :)
ReplyDeleteI have done EXACTLY this. It only made her watch me with amusement and not swallow the food in her mouth :P
ReplyDeleteLovely verse at the beginning!
*Shailaja*
A to Z Challenge, 2014/ UBC, April 2014
Can I request a video of this dinner time pls :D
ReplyDeleteRandom Thoughts Naba
Even though I am not a parent, I have done that for my niece...and I remember my days when my grandmom had her say in our dinner which meant that if we played extra smart, we would go to sleep hungry.
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