My kids and I have a special relationship with Nutella. It's part of us. I know bribing isn't what anyone calls good parenting but with nutella, life is easier. It's a staple in our household. I can't focus and I get insomnia when I find that the Nutella jar is almost done. I actually don't eat it every day, but Z does. Z's food pyramid includes juice, nutella, and oxygen. Because I introduced him to Nutella, every day I experience major mommy guilt when I spread that yummy goodness on toast for him to gobble down. So I decided it's time for a change.
Lately Z has been experimenting with food. His latest experiment is to see what other types of food go well with nutella other than good ol' fashioned bread. He sure did smear nutella on his pizza yesterday. He wasn't satisfied with the taste, so he wiped it off with a paper towel and ran to his dad saying "Daddy daddy look at my poo!" He's right about the resemblance. Honestly I don't know how something so delicious looks so much like feces. It's unsettling.
There were times where I found him on the floor with the nutella jar and a butter knife just going at it. One time he asked me if he can have a spoon instead so he can get more out. This is why I hide the jar now.
Z's nutella craze was getting out of hand. He would demand Nutella sandwiches for all meals. So before we tried Nutella rehab(see link below for reference), I thought of weaning him off slowly by mixing in other foods with Nutella. We've tried strawberries, blueberries, bananas, crackers, pancakes, apples, oranges--all with nutella. He ends up licking off the nutella and putting aside the other food it was originally on.
So I had to get creative. Z, if you're older and reading this, I'm sorry for deceiving you. Or maybe I'm not. Because I couldn't have let you live off of nutella. I started grinding flax seeds and mixing it in with nutella before putting it in your sandwiches. You ate it up.
Food Rehab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlB3nAGzHs
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| Baby Z's Classic Nutella face |
Lately Z has been experimenting with food. His latest experiment is to see what other types of food go well with nutella other than good ol' fashioned bread. He sure did smear nutella on his pizza yesterday. He wasn't satisfied with the taste, so he wiped it off with a paper towel and ran to his dad saying "Daddy daddy look at my poo!" He's right about the resemblance. Honestly I don't know how something so delicious looks so much like feces. It's unsettling.
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| Caught red handed |
There were times where I found him on the floor with the nutella jar and a butter knife just going at it. One time he asked me if he can have a spoon instead so he can get more out. This is why I hide the jar now.
Z's nutella craze was getting out of hand. He would demand Nutella sandwiches for all meals. So before we tried Nutella rehab(see link below for reference), I thought of weaning him off slowly by mixing in other foods with Nutella. We've tried strawberries, blueberries, bananas, crackers, pancakes, apples, oranges--all with nutella. He ends up licking off the nutella and putting aside the other food it was originally on.
So I had to get creative. Z, if you're older and reading this, I'm sorry for deceiving you. Or maybe I'm not. Because I couldn't have let you live off of nutella. I started grinding flax seeds and mixing it in with nutella before putting it in your sandwiches. You ate it up.
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| Ignorance is bliss. unknowingly digesting flax seeds |
Food Rehab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlB3nAGzHs
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