Parenting is difficult for me during mealtime as well. I have a 1.5 year old daughter. She needs to be distracted with something every meal in order for her to eat. And the most annoying part is she will make some random sounds to signal that she wants something. But it is very hard to decipher what that “something” is. I have to go for a trial and error of picking objects in the direction in which she pointed. Once I find the right thing she will make a happy face.

Right now she has a fascination for puffed rice. She will play with it and offer some to me while eating. Not going to lie, I find the part where she feeds me super cute and sweet. I have observed that she has an excellent nature of giving ! If you ask her for a toy or something she is holding, she doesn’t hesitate to give it to you.

And putting her to sleep during the mid day is also difficult because she is used to breastfeeding before sleeping. Therefore I need to go through a specific set of carefully crafted routine such as progressively making the room darker, feeding her cow milk, then slowly and gradually easing her into falling asleep on my shoulders. Once fully asleep I put her into her crib.

Also living in Nordic country combined with the December month is the worst duo. The darkness and the feeling of time moving slowly makes it even more difficult to keep up the energy and entertain her throughout the day, especially into the evening.