What boy can't, right? Well, Dylan has his moments when he can put away as much as the rest of us. His favorite is spaghetti. Tonight, he ate Tortilla soup and loved every minute of it, saying, "mmmmm" the whole time. There are some things he's still not too keen on. Chicken is one of them. As funny as it seems, I can't get him to eat a chicken nugget for the life of me. Give him a fish stick and he's in heaven. But no chicken.These pictures are after a bowl of mac and cheese. After the last bite, he started signing more 
(he can do the sign for more, all done, and hungry....very useful when they can't talk!). Well, there wasn't more, so I gave him the bowl and spoon. He threw the spoon down to the floor, picked up the bowl and started licking it. After I was able to stop laughing enough to stand, I grabbed my camera. These snap shots were the result. You would think it was a bowl of the best thing ever! It was to him anyway. Oh to be a baby and get away with such bliss!
(he can do the sign for more, all done, and hungry....very useful when they can't talk!). Well, there wasn't more, so I gave him the bowl and spoon. He threw the spoon down to the floor, picked up the bowl and started licking it. After I was able to stop laughing enough to stand, I grabbed my camera. These snap shots were the result. You would think it was a bowl of the best thing ever! It was to him anyway. Oh to be a baby and get away with such bliss!
6 comments:
Oh, the love of mac-n-cheese starts so soon, and lasts so long!! My kids both live on it, and when I make it for dinner, my husband (46-years-old!) thanks me over and over again! Your Dylan is such a cutie. This pics really do capture his mac-n-cheese bliss!
You need to start making two boxes: one for Ben and Laura, and one for Dylan.
I laughed out loud at this one.
Yes, Laura, the love does start young. I remember having this delight with fish sticks (and many other things) as a child....and I still love it. The kids love it when dad makes it because he adds shredded cheese to it. And they hate when I try and add any meat of any kind....it's like mac 'n cheese blasphemy! :)
And Linda, I just might have to take your advice. Tonight he ate a whole slice of pizza around 4 (for a snack) and then ate 2 fish sticks, a nice pile of rice and some corn for dinner only an hour later. He's a big boy!
My frustration with his adversion to milk I think is solved though. He can have most milk products, but regular milk and lactose free milk both give him horrible gas, diahrea and diaper rash. I (with the help of his sitter) tried rice milk with no reaction! I'm hoping that's going to work. It's fortified with all the calcium and vitamins. Anyway, it's nice that he can eat other dairy products though. What would his life be without cheese, I wonder!
The horror of the thought of life without cheese is more than I can begin to ponder, both as a mother and a human being. I think of the multitudes of bowls of mac-n-cheese, the numerous cheese sticks, the piles of grilled cheeses sandwiches, and the quesedillas! How would a mom survive without these things! It sure is a good thing he can eat cheese, cause life with out cheese is just sad. (OK, I am exagerating for effect, but you get my point, cheese is good!)
Bridget was the same way about the fish sticks/chicken nugget thing. Hated them for a really long time and then something just clicked, I guess. I get the Tyson ones you can nuke for 30 seconds on each side and she loves to dip them (and everything else) into a pool of ketchup before taking honkin' huge bites out of them. He'll end up loving them too. Have you tried cheeseburgers? Try one from McD's next time...definitely her favorite!
How would a mom survive without these things????
Crap!
That's where we are about to plummet. Even your alternative rice milk cheeses have casein, so they're off limits for us. Poor cheese-addicted babies have no idea what's in store. Only I know of the horror that awaits.
On another note...
Katie, you may want to look at allergy issues for Dylan. Maybe read online or check something out of the library. Sounds, at the very least, like dairy intolerance but possibly celiac. Hmmm...
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