Vitamins, vitamins, vitamins

Oh, Delaney! You never cease to amaze me. I'm afraid you have too much of your mother in you. Your stubborness is overwhelming at times...like last night. Since you refuse to eat anything but chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese, Dad broke down and decided it would be a good idea to buy you some Flintstones chewable vitamins. Maybe we would have been better off with Dora or SpongeBob chewable vitamins since you could care less about the Flintstones, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. So, while your brother eats two helpings of salad, we can rest assured you are still getting adequate nutrition with your Velveeta Shells and Cheese (silly me, sometimes I don't realize that you can't eat plain old inexpensive Kraft mac and cheese because it's "yucky" and please help me remember that if I buy chicken nuggets with "black" stuff on it (pepper) it is going to be thrown in the trash because it's "gross"). BUT WAIT, you don't like the vitamins either???? Ok, I understand it doesn't taste quite like candy, but it is better than green beans right? So just chew it up really quickly and you can chase it with juice, wouldn't that be easier (and less messy) than holding it in your mouth for 25 minutes???? By the time you finally spit it out (yes, Nanny 911 would be disappointed in my lack of resolve) it is nothing but colored saliva anyway. Oh, and next time will you warn me you are going to do that so I can prepare my already weak stomach for what is about to be more than I bargained for in this wonderful adventure of parenting? The worst part of all is after you picked up your room (which really was a lame punishment), you crawled up on my lap, put your head on my shoulder, and told me you loved me so much with BIG BLUE PUPPY DOG EYES. Vitamins, gone...you win this time, but tomorrow, it's cauliflower in your mashed potatoes! Oh yes, mommy may not have a stronger will, but I'm still smarter!!!!