eating, sleeping, and sitting!

These are three things that Bing has decided she doesn't like anymore! Although you can't tell by the looks of her, my little Chinese dumpling is on a hunger strike! She absolutely refuses to eat! Well, at least the things I want her to eat! She still loves popsicles, marshmallows, ice cream, fruit snacks, and goldfish, but she won't eat the things she used to love! Eggs, noodles, cheerios, bananas, grilled cheese, strawberries, spaghetti, and her very favorite, mac & cheese! I think part of the reason is she just doesn't have time! Bing is a busy girl and is always going going going! Yesterday I was so worried about her not eating I used a little reverse psychology on her! I sat down with a bowl of cheerios and banana and started eating it in front of her making yummy sounds and smacking my lips! It worked! She was up in my lap wanting some and started making yummy sounds too, it was so cute! Well after about four bites she had had enough! She does still take a night bottle of whole milk and sometimes one in the morning so at least I know she's not going to starve!

As for sleep, well, it has never been her favorite thing but lately she has been horrible! She refuses to take a nap during the day and now she has been passing out around 5pm and sleeping until 8pm and then staying up until midnight and getting up wanting to play around 4am! Ha, is she kidding me? No way, girlie, mamma needs her beauty sleep! Usually I just stick her binky in her mouth and rock her with her blanky for about 10 minutes and she is out again, thank God! Then she is up and raring to go around 7am! I can't wait until she gets over this horrible phase! I know the days of her taking two naps a day are over, but OIY, this is ridiculous!

Now for the sitting part! Bing absolutely refuses to sit in her booster seat, we ditched the high chair a few weeks ago as she wouldn't sit in that either! She is also trying to worm her way out of the grocery cart and now is starting to wiggle out of her stroller! Thank God she still likes her carseat! (I probably just jinxed myself with that!) Ahhhhhhhh, this is horrible when I have a huge cart of groceries! The last time we went to the store I had nearly everything opened in my cart trying to bribe her to sit! There were nilla wafers, yogurt bites, fruit snacks and cheetos as far as the eye could see! Oh and of course, I got the cart with the wonky wheel! So there I am a cart full of groceries a squirming 18 mos old, food everywhere, and a cart that wants to steer sideways! I had two choices, to laugh or to cry! It was so ridiculous I just started laughing! Well, Bing started laughing too! That cheesy grin of hers was all I needed to realize that this had been what I had waited for for so long! It was actually a heartfelt and silly moment all rolled into one! Too funny!
Okay here is what you want the most, pictures of our sweet girl!

Happy 18 month Birthday! Mmmmm, I'm lov'in me some frosting!
Give me a kiss!
When I don't have a binky, toes are the next best thing!
Pretty girl!