Strong Opinions

Well, we're in for it now. Fiona has started grabbing books away at bedtime when she doesn't like mommy or daddy's choice of story, and this morning she vehemently refused to eat rice cereal because she (apparently) wanted bananas with Cheerios. Up until now she's rolled with whatever we pick out to read or feed to her, but in the past week she seems to have realized that she has power of her own.

So it could be a long haul between now and the day when Fiona is able to express affirmatively what she does want (I spent some time a few nights ago trying to figure out what book she wanted and lucked into Goodnight, Gorilla, but last night she wouldn't make a choice so we had the absurd situation of daddy forcing his daughter to sit through Goodnight, Moon).

On the positive side of self-expression, Fiona continues to let go and try taking more steps on her own, even without a clear destination in mind.