Tess is extremely persistent when it comes to asking for something she wants. When I say "no," she just keeps on asking, and asking, and asking. She's also figured out that sometimes, when I say "no" to one thing she wants, I'm more lenient on another front. So when I say "no" to Shaun the Sheep, she's sure to quickly ask about Barney, Mary Poppins, candy, nursing, and then start at Shaun the Sheep again. (I've become less lenient since noticing she's on to my ways.)
I'm trying to cut back on the nursing a bit. This is very hard, but also kind of interesting to notice how Tess responds. She will swap nursing for candy in an instant. And most often when I refuse her nursing, she starts pestering me for candy, which makes me think that it's the sweet fix she's craving some of the time.
I give her a probiotic pill every day that is orange flavor, and she calls that "candy." Yesterday I had to wake her up and take her with me to the doctor quickly. I didn't have time to nurse her after nap as we always do, so I gave her the probiotic, and she was so thrilled about the "candy" that she didn't even think about nursing for another half hour or more.
If some food is sweet, I tell her it tastes like candy to get her to try it. We have a bunch of watermelon radishes from our winter CSA, and I told her they are "purple candy." She willingly eats them now, referring to them always as "purple candy."
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