Toddlerisms 6: Grapes
N loves fruit.
I imagine most children do (especially over veg, although he does love veg too), but I think N’s slightly obsessed with it. Â So much so that it’s always the fruit he tried to make a grab for when I’m not looking and he wants something extra to eat.
Grapes are brilliant because if he wants a snack before a meal, I can get away with offering a couple of grapes. Â When I say a couple, I mean 2 (possibly 3). He always seems happy with that.
If we’re out and about and there’re grapes on offer, he’ll definitely make a beeline for those.
But recently he’s been a bit of a grabber. Â He has his evening milk at about 6pm, an hour before bed. Â He’ll say ‘milk’ then drag me into the kitchen to get his cup. Â As soon as I open the fridge door to get the milk out, he’s there, and before I have a chance to stop him, there’s a hand in hovering to grab some grapes if they’re on a shelf he can reach.
What’s a pain, is that a lot of the time he doesn’t want to eat the grapes. Â He just wants to line them up in the living room, or roll them around, or feed them to me. Â It’s like it’s a challenge to see if he can grab them, or how many he can grab before I can stop him.
I guess I’ll need to keep an eye on him when we’re out shopping otherwise I could see grapes being stolen and eaten in the supermarket before I’ve managed to stop him.