It wasn’t until after making my one and a half year old son Jason’s third lunch that I realized I did not ask him what he would like to have. A homemade chicken and provolone quesadilla was followed by a ham and cheese sandwich which was then followed with the triumphant peanut butter and honey sandwich.  Had I asked, I could have possibly freed up some time by removing me from my post as a short order cook.  Although if I would have asked him what he wanted he would have replied (in sign language) milk…with a very large grin on his face. But we can’t always get what we want, if someone were to ask Mom what she wanted for lunch, it would have been a triple martini.

Often enough, before I can figure out the current challenge with Jason, a new one has made itself present and the old one is left in the dust.  The current task at hand is to get him eating more and nursing less.  Preferably eating healthy, but if I were to ask him he would ask for “cookies” aka Doritos.  Karen Cicero wrote an article for Parenting magazine called Teach Healthy Eating at Home and points out that kids are more likely to eat more if they can participate in the preparation.  I’ve noticed this with Jason – he is a GREAT cook! He has a fantastic Kitchen Helper from Guidecraft…and he absolutely loves being involved. Here he is using it:

Here is a pic from Jason’s first meal, reminding me just how far we’ve come…

Thats all for now, goodnight!