Creature of Habit

Every morning, I get Grif's breakfast together for him to take in the car on the way to the sitter with Mom. It consists of some kind of dry cereal (cinnamon life, lucky charms, raisin bran crunch, etc.) He isn't too picky, probably because it seems that the majority of the cereal ends up on the car floor. He also gets two gummy vitamins and a cup of milk. The other morning, I was feeling a little lazy and I tried to substitute a cereal bar for the cup of cereal. Big mistake. I didn't realize how much he had come to depend on this routine and how much it means to him to have this consistency. Its a little thing, and he needs to become more flexible, but I was surprised at how quickly a simple thing becomes an ingrained habit in his day.