rain's favorite food

rain as i have said in my previous blog is a picky-eater. but there are times when she eats well especially if i serve her with foods that she likes. she loves spaghetti. when we dine in fast foods, that's what she always asks me to order for her. she also loves fried chicken, specifically buttered chicken. she also loves pizza. when we order hawaiian pizza, she eats it with a certain procedure. first, she eats the ham. then, the pineapple chunks. after that is the sauce. and lastly, the crust. amusing, isn't it? but that's the way she eats pizza.

rain as a child(proud to say) loves to eat veggies. believe it or not. it is so easy to feed her when we serve her with veggies, especially vegetable soup. she loves "okra" the most. she also likes to eat beans and leafy vegetables. she eats squash only occasionally. when she was still below 2 years old, she had a vitamin A "overdose". shame on me, it was because i used to serve her with mashed squash and carrots almost every meal. i really didn't know that it was not the right thing to do. fortunately, she didn't get weak or sick. but her skin turned yellowish. the friend doctor said that it was due to excessive vitamin A in her body. so we stopped giving her squash and carrots. fortunately, thank God, the yellowish color of her skin disappeared eventually.

normally, craving for sweets and "junk foods" is inevitable for a child. and rain has it too. but she has been (more than once) diagnosed with UTI. so we'd always tell her that "junk foods" are not good for her body, she might be sent to the doctor again, and be injected, and it would really hurt, and so on. fortunately, she'd always listen, and would instead ask for cookies or bread. about candies, we give her some at times, but not always, just as a reward maybe. but as much as possible, we do not let her see candies at home. but when we go to the grocery store, she'd ask for something sweet (chocolate, lollipop, cotton candy, or whatever). thinking rain usually acts like an adult, i try to compromise and negotiate with her in an adult way. like, "rain, how about we buy you milk instead of this", "hey, maybe this is much better", "oh no, the dentist says you cannot always eat sweets, she might pull all your teeth", and many more.


grandpa: the spoiler
in one of the photos above, she was eating corn, which she also loves to eat. her grandpa(my dad) always buys her boiled corn. he is the one who spoils her the most, considering rain being his first granddaughter. she gives her practically "everything" she asks from him. which, giving us (her parents) a difficult time to refuse whatever she asks from us. when this happens, she'd always say, "alright, i'll tell grandpa". her grandpa knows what she likes to eat. and he loves to see her indulge in some food she really likes. he always buys her peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolates. whenever they go to the grocery store, the cart would be full of rain's favorite foods, including sweets and "junk foods". but now, maybe he had realized what his spoiling was causing her, so he kinda toned down a little. now they wouldn't go to the mall that often. or maybe, he had gotten bankrupt because of her (tsk-tsk-tsk...hahaha). but still and always, he never fails to show rain how much he loves her. and rain obviously has a special affection for her grandpa. i really do appreciate their relationship. only rain could tame down "the great eduardo".