Today Jones is getting rid of all the crap we let him consume yesterday.....since it was his birthday. Stuff that we don't usually let him eat on a regular basis and definitely in moderation if. BUT it was a special day. We have been having a lot of special days lately and we have been giving in. Giving in and knowing what it does to Jones, after the fact. There are several things that Jones eats or drinks and it burns his bottom so bad it looks like we lit a match to it. It hurts him so bad he won't sit on his bottom. So we have learned over the last two years that he can't have simply things like juice, to many strawberries, a lot of tomato sauces, no to sodas, and no to simply foods that hurt his stomach.
While he can't make simple decisions right now, we make them for him. It's sad when he wants an extra ORGANIC yogurt pouch but he can't. It's sad when he wants the whole thing of strawberries but 3 is his limit. It's sad when he wants one little sip of Cody's Dr. Pepper and we give in and the next day it is horrible. It's sad that he can consume a whole bowl of hot sauce and he's fine. Its sad he can eat a whole bowl of pasta with red sauce and it hurts to put a diaper on him the next day. It's hard to find a balance when even the balance doesn't even work.
So even though we know, we caved and let Jones have whatever he wanted yesterday. Was that one day of pure excitement worth a raw booty today. To me it's not. To Jones, I don't know yet. Maybe one day soon he will tell us.
I have learned that stuff is just stuff even on special days. I am so thankful that my child can take it so well when I have to tell him "no" and to "please go put it back up" when he doesn't even understand why yet.
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