Twelve days later, her gingerbread house covered with candy still stands. This is a testament of what I so truly believe in on building happy, healthy, authentic food relationships.
She loves candy just like any other kid, marshmallows (sliced very very thin and one at a time) are her very favorite followed very closely by chocolate in any form. We teach her to listen to her body, but more than anything, we also teach her to trust her body and to have everything in moderation by modeling it.
Did we have boundaries? Absolutely. Please notice that she just dumped candy on her plate in hopes she would be able to eat whatever was on her "house".
And on the night we built it, we gathered together as a family, enjoying the camaraderie and laughter, fun and crazy, Christmas carols and goofiness. It wasn't a battle of candy grabbing and restricting neither was it a non-stop candy eating fest despite the abundance of it.
She is two and she is able.
We put our gingerbread houses, all eight of them (!) on display loudly and proudly throughout the Christmas season and they remained untouched and uneaten even though they were definitely within her reach.
Trust is a beautiful and powerful gift to give your family. We respect her and she respects us.
Is she still a toddler? Absolutely. But she is also a toddler that has the freedom within her boundaries to be a toddler.
I would love to teach you this gift on how to be a calm, confident, leader and how to hold firm to your boundaries without shaming, guilting, threatening, screaming, or punishing.
I want you to have your gingerbread house moment after Christmas as you're taking the decorations down. The pride of a parent win and the joy of raising a kind, loving, respecful, happy little girl.
She didn't have to go without and you don't either.
To sign up or learn more about my Toddler Wars workshop (January 6) or Food Wars workshop (January 20), check out the Events section on my FB page.
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