Naomi is in the midst of her 15-18 month picky-eater stage. At least this is what her U.S. pediatrician assured me. “Keep presenting balanced meals, and don’t make it a battle.” Her Dominican pediatrician informed me that I needed to offer her each new food at least 14 times before she will try it. Well, we’ve long surpassed the 14 and no luck. Naomi still won’t eat a piece of fruit to save her life.
In November, Naomi decided crackers were the world’s only edible food. “Cracka” was her first intelligible word apart from our names. This month she’s living on pretzels. In truth, she’ll usually eat Joselyn’s oatmeal for breakfast (not mine) and rice and beans too. The poor kid didn’t do too well in the U.S.—no proper arroz y habichuelas, no Joselyn oatmeal. Thankfully, we did have crackers.
The one funny aspect to our food predicament is what Naomi will eat. Soap? Oh, yum. Paper? Pass it on over. Crayons and markers are also favorites. Her mouth is regularly green or purple from sucking on markers Hannah carelessly left lying on the floor. Sigh. Our bar of bath soap literally has little teeth marks all over it. In this picture, she's featured proudly drinking the bathtub water, which is not potable—we live in the Dominican Republic. Though maybe I should remove the cup from the bathtub toy collection. While she won't drink regular water from a cup, apparently forbidden bathtub water is irresistible.
We’re eagerly awaiting this eating stage to pass. In the meantime, we’re supplementing the soap with gummy bear vitamins.
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