Just wanted to reply to the food question - don't worry about the protein intake with all the dairy he seems to be getting. Even the ceral and bread are good sources of protein. A piece of cheese has the same protein value as a piece of meat. Don't you just wonder some days how your child EVER grows? Some days they just exist on air, I swear!
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its good that you point out that alot of the milk and cheese he eats is protien. i get mixed up with all that stuff. just know the basics as that is what i was raised on.
i did try to introduce water but he didn't take to it, have been trying to remember to water down his milk more and more but keep forgetting. maybe we will just go cold turkey. now that i think about it we WERE going to go cold turkey and then we got accepted for WIC and they give us 9 GALLONS of milk a month and i didn't think i would go through that much so i let ethan go back...guess we'll cut back again and see if that helps. he does get juice every once in a while, watered down as WIC buys that too, keeps me reg for the pg too.
Mixing things with cottage cheese-noticed that hes VERY good at picking even the tiniest pieces of food out...urgh....what happened to toddlers not paying attention!! but will try it with something besides reg. meat.
Relactating-can't now that i am prego and he quit nursing at 7-8 months, was to impatient and wanted to see the world. i wanted to go at least another 5-7 months but he had other plans.
Smoothies-he likes them when i make them and i bought him cups with straws and....he didn't like smoothies in those cups. must have it out of my cup with his own straw and i don't make them every day.
Giving him portions-will definitly try this when we have a kitchen table and we are on the same eating schedule...if that ever happens. Dh has an odd job and i eat much more frequently than ds does and at different times.
will take this info and understand that his will is stronger than mine....ever heard that saying? you can never win an argument with a toddler?
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its true....
Thank you and keep the advice coming!!
i did try to introduce water but he didn't take to it, have been trying to remember to water down his milk more and more but keep forgetting. maybe we will just go cold turkey. now that i think about it we WERE going to go cold turkey and then we got accepted for WIC and they give us 9 GALLONS of milk a month and i didn't think i would go through that much so i let ethan go back...guess we'll cut back again and see if that helps. he does get juice every once in a while, watered down as WIC buys that too, keeps me reg for the pg too.
Mixing things with cottage cheese-noticed that hes VERY good at picking even the tiniest pieces of food out...urgh....what happened to toddlers not paying attention!! but will try it with something besides reg. meat.
Relactating-can't now that i am prego and he quit nursing at 7-8 months, was to impatient and wanted to see the world. i wanted to go at least another 5-7 months but he had other plans.
Smoothies-he likes them when i make them and i bought him cups with straws and....he didn't like smoothies in those cups. must have it out of my cup with his own straw and i don't make them every day.
Giving him portions-will definitly try this when we have a kitchen table and we are on the same eating schedule...if that ever happens. Dh has an odd job and i eat much more frequently than ds does and at different times.
will take this info and understand that his will is stronger than mine....ever heard that saying? you can never win an argument with a toddler?
Thank you and keep the advice coming!!
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Sounds normal for a toddler. Jake goes through food jags too. We keep offering the good stuff but sometimes for days on end he will only eat crackers. Or he'll only eat Life cereal (he's addicted to the stuff, better than cookies I guess). Are there perhaps things you haven't thought of to try? I just discovered that Jake loves scrambled eggs. Some days I make him homemade pancakes...ok, that's really just a treat for me
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We found that Jake LOVES to dip his food in something. So he gets some syrup in the morning with his pancakes. Ketchup with his chicken, etc. It gets him to eat more than he would otherwise. Does your ds eat with a spoon or fork by himself yet? I worked with Jake a lot at about 18 mos or so with using a spoon. Now that he can do it himself, which of course is still fairly messy btw, he eats more things. He usually has oatmeal for breakfast (he loves that peaches and cream kind), or he'll eat yogurt or apple sauce just because he can do it himself. Oh and right now he LOVES those yobaby yogurt smoothies (they've got them at the commissary for I think about $2-3 for a 4 pack). It makes a good snack.
It sounds to me like you're offering all the right stuff and that's all you can really do. Try not to get too frustrated....they'll see that and may turn it into a power struggle later down the road.
Oh and for the nightmares thing. Yes they definitely have nightmares. If they are actually moving while dreaming though (like not just twitching but standing up yet still dreaming) then they might be night terrors. Jake has had nightmares since he was a newborn. The ped said it wasn't possible but he would be in our arms sleeping and then his little face would start to squinch up (is that a word? lol) and then he'd cry this little pittiful cry but still be asleep...within 30 secs or so he'd be back to a peaceful sleep. Lately Jake has started talking in his sleep, something he definitely gets from dh. Freaks me out every time. At 2 a.m. I will hear Jake babbling or just saying, "no, no, no, no" over and over again since it's his new favorite word.
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It sounds to me like you're offering all the right stuff and that's all you can really do. Try not to get too frustrated....they'll see that and may turn it into a power struggle later down the road.
Oh and for the nightmares thing. Yes they definitely have nightmares. If they are actually moving while dreaming though (like not just twitching but standing up yet still dreaming) then they might be night terrors. Jake has had nightmares since he was a newborn. The ped said it wasn't possible but he would be in our arms sleeping and then his little face would start to squinch up (is that a word? lol) and then he'd cry this little pittiful cry but still be asleep...within 30 secs or so he'd be back to a peaceful sleep. Lately Jake has started talking in his sleep, something he definitely gets from dh. Freaks me out every time. At 2 a.m. I will hear Jake babbling or just saying, "no, no, no, no" over and over again since it's his new favorite word.
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