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The Big One is a picky eater. She eats some form of chicken for lunch and dinner every day…. Yes every day. I am not exaggerating. If we have pizza for dinner, she will eat that, but that’s maybe once per month.
She does okay with breakfast type foods. She will eat cereal, yogurt, toast, pancakes, waffles and occasionally a biscuit.
When she was little we used to mix scrambled eggs into her yogurt (gross, I know but she needed some protein). She would also eat most flavors of yogurt when she was little. It had to be the Kroger brand. Thankfully once we moved back to the west coast, we discovered that Food For Less carries the Kroger brand, so we were still okay with getting her to eat.
But then sometime after the Little One was born, the Big One switched to eating only the Yolpait Orange Crème flavor. It’s fine, we buy it in bulk at the commissary, so I can deal with that.
My concern is this, will she live on chicken dinos, stars, finger, nuggets, racecars, whales and dolphins? {Y’all didn’t know that chicken came in so many shapes did you} Or at some point will she learn that hamburgers, pasta, macaroni and cheese, hotdogs, sandwiches and tacos taste great?
Will it be once she gets to school and sees her friends eating other things? Or when I pack her lunch and there is no chicken in sight? Or will she be in college and still ordering from the Kids’ Menu?
Anyone dealt with a super-duper-major-way-picky eater? Will it ever end?
Yes, I know I am the parent and I decide what she eats, supposedly. I’ve had two different pediatricians tell me it’s not worth the fight. They feel that it will resolve itself. Since she isn’t eating cookies and ice cream every day they told me not to worry. But of course I do want her to eat something else.
Categories: The Big One · Uncategorized
Tagged: phase, picky eater, chicken nuggets, dinos, stars, starve
The Little One had her well-baby appointment and we are excited to announce that she finally made it on the growth curve for height! She is very short and had not even been on the curve since she was about 6 months old.
Measuring in at 30 inches tall, she is just below the 5% curve. Yes she is still short, but her little dot is at least visible on the curve. WAHOO!
At 27 pounds, it looks like she is going to take after both the FixItMommy and the Husband as she is in the 70% for weight.
Granted, I have never been one to really put much into the meaning of the growth curve and the Big One’s results added to my disdain for them. She is a pretty skinny child we think. Many people are surprised when they hear how well she talks because she looks very small to them as well. At 36 inches tall, she is in the 10% for height, but at 35 pounds she is in the 70% for weight. Granted she was wearing heavy clothes because it was chilly outside, we were surprised nonetheless when 35 pounds put her in the 70%percent.
Oh well, all that really matters is they both are healthy, growing and developmentally right on track.
Categories: The Big One · The Little One · Uncategorized
Tagged: developmental, growth curve, healthy, percentiles, short
Yes, I know about a zillion people watched it land on their televisions or on the Internet, but we were there in person. Real life. Real loud sonic boom {okay, not as loud as our typical sonic booms, but cool none-the-less}. Real life Space Shuttle with real life astronauts on board. Those of you who “know” us in real life, know how huge this event is for the Husband. It was on his “Bucket List” and he says he can die happy now. He is a NASA fanatic and would give anything to become an astronaut. He applied this year, but we haven’t heard anything yet.
It was awesome. On Friday, the Husband told us to start praying for bad weather in Florida. Well we did and lo and behold due to strong winds and clouds, the Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at Edwards AFB and we were there to see it.
The FixItMommy’s mom even stayed behind while my dad drove their motorhome back to San Diego. Being the way cool mom that she is, she got the magnitude of this once-in-a-lifetime-type event. And thankfully, the Husband doesn’t mind driving so he is doing the roundtrip this evening.
Here are a couple pictures from this amazing event.
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It was the coolest thing ever! Of course the girls aren’t really big enough to understand it all, but we’ve got the picture to show them. The Big One was pretty excited last week to go outside and watch the International Space Station cruise by over head {it was visible three straight days in the early evening}, so I think she has some idea how cool it is, but just doesn’t get the magnitude of it.
Categories: Cool Stuff · Life Lessons · Wisdom
Tagged: NASA, astronaut, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Edwards AFB, amazing
How is it possible that the Big One, who is one of the most picky eaters I have ever known likes nacho cheese-flavored Doritos?
The kid will not eat cheese anything. She gags when we try to force macaroni and cheese in her. She picks the cheese off of pizza. She will not eat sliced cheese, string cheese, cheese in a can, Cheese Whiz, grilled cheese or queso with chips. But when someone busts out the nacho cheese-flavored Doritos, she is like a cheese fiend and gobbles them down like there is no tomorrow.
Any explanations out there?
Categories: The Big One · Uncategorized
Tagged: cheese, doritos, picky eater
Those of you who know the FixItMommy or the Husband know that fashion and trends are not our forte. My girls will have to figure that stuff out on their own.
The Big One, well you decide if she is well on her way to being the next Project Runway Star or the next person to simply march to her own beat.
This is what she looked like after her “nap” yesterday.
I asked her what was going on with her socks and she said, “well I just wanted bows, not socks today.“
So there you have it, the latest trend in footwear, well we’ll leave that up to you.
Categories: The Big One · Uncategorized
Tagged: bows, fashoinista, project runway, socks
The Big One comes up with some doosies. I mean the kid says some funny stuff. Often times she just repeats stuff that we say to hear and sometimes she translates the things that we say into “Big One Speak.”
But this morning she surprised me. She was going downstairs and the Little One was still at the top of the stairs. All the sudden I hear “Nanny, nanny boo-boo, you can get me.”
Where on Earth did she hear this? I have certainly never said it to her, nor has the Husband. I am fairly certain Dora, Diego, Barney and the Wonder Pets have never said this.
She is not is preschool or daycare and she won’t even stay in Sunday School by herself. Typically when we go to the park, while she might acknowledge other kids, she rarely speaks others than to say “Hi, my name is {Big One}.”
So now I am perplexed as to where she may have heard this. Or is it something that is innate in kids? Please tell me that she will NOT grow up to be a bully. I mean if this is ingrained in her brain already, what else will she say to taunt people? She’s lucky she’s got amazing blue eyes. I think they will be used to get her little mouth out of trouble!
Categories: The Big One · Uncategorized
Tagged: bully, kids say, taunt
And I don’t know what to do. I love my girls with all my heart, but the Big One is going to put me over the edge very soon.
She has been extremely naughty recently. When I ask {or tell} her to do something, she doesn’t. When I ask {or tell} her NOT to do something, she does it. She backtalks, sasses, rolls her eyes and generally causes me angst.
So at 4 this morning, she starts whining about her “blankey.” So I drag my butt out of bed to help her with her blanket. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I assume she has gotten up to go potty and has had some trouble getting covered up again.
I was wrong. Instead once I get to her room I notice that the ladybug light is turned on. We turn it on when she goes to sleep, it stays on for 45 minutes and then turns off. She is NOT supposed to touch it once she is in bed.
So I ask her if she did it, she confirms that she did. I tell her to NOT do it again, or I will take it away. So at 5:08 a.m. what do you think happened? She is whining again about her blanket. I go back in her room and she has turned it on again. So I calmly tell her that I said I would take it away if she turned it on again and now that she had turned it on, I was taking it away.
The tears start flowing and the whaling begins. I then tell her to knock it off, that if she wakes up the Little One I was going to spank her bottom. The Little One has a little cold and needs to sleep all that she can.
She cries for a good 45 minutes or so, but it’s not too loud so I let it go.
At about 6:45 I get up to take a shower. Now we have ONE major rule when it comes to waking up. The Big One is allowed to get up and go potty, but then she is to go back to her room. I don’t care if she goes back to sleep or reads books or plays with her toys, but she MUST be in her room. Under NO circumstances is she to go near her sister’s room, let alone in there.
So I get out of the shower and hear the girls having a conversation:
Big One: Did your body tell you it was time to wake up?
Little One: YESSSSSS
Big One: Are you done sweeping?
Little One: YESSSSSSS
Not only has she gone near the Little One’s door, she is in there chatting and playing. I am so angry I don’t even know what to do with her.
Now she is calling for me, “Mommy, {Little One} is awake!” Imagine that.
Anyone have any tips for dealing with an unruly three year-old? I have tried reasoning, bribing, yelling, punishing, spanking, taking away things, rationalizing, loving, and ignoring. Nothing works.
Categories: The Big One · The Little One · Uncategorized
Tagged: sassy, pre-school, naughty, driving me insane
This is one of those things that I just cringe when I hear.
I was upstairs drying my hair, the Little One was still in her crib and the Big One decided she was thirsty.
Next thing I hear is “UH-OH! I’m all WET!”
Apparently she filled her cup too full and had some challenges when trying to put the lid on her favorite Dora sippy cup. She then came upstairs waving the soaked arm like it was gravely injured.
“Wook, mommy, I’m all wet. I was just tryin’ to put the wid on and it spiwwed all over me and the floor. But I walked really slow and careful so I didn’t fall in the water. Cause the tile gets reawwy swipery when it’s wet and I didn’t want to fall.”
At least she has finally learned that the tile floor is just like black ice, you can’t see the danger, but once you hit, you are done for. Kind of like my first time driving in the snow in Washington DC on the Beltway during rush hour. I learned very quickly that my little pick-up truck and California driving skills were going to be put to the test. Thank God my angels were with me that day when I slid across three lanes of the beltway and into the median. Somehow the car behind me slid to the right and I slid to the left while everyone else magically disappeared.
Categories: The Big One · Uncategorized
Tagged: slippery, spilled water, black ice, all wet
The Little One is still rear-facing in her car seat. She is a peanut and rear facing is safer, but this is not about car seat safety. Although if you want some facts on it, I’d be more than happy to oblige.
Anyway, the girls have these spill-proof tops on water bottles in the car. They get water only in the car and these bottles have been a lifesaver. Yes, I learned the hard way with the Big One and leaky sippy cups.
We were in San Diego last weekend and our way to the Zoo with my mom. Grandma was in the third row seat in the van so she could see the Little One’s face, but not her feet.
As we were driving we all started hearing this strange new sound from the general vicinity of the girls. It was a swishing-suctioning kind of sound. After each time, there was a slight chuckle from the Little One. It was a classic Three Stooges-type moment for me. I’d hear the sound and turn around to see what it was, only to see nothing. I kept trying to anticipate when the sound would return and kept missing it. The Big One thought it was hysterical because she could clearly see what was going on.
After four or five times, I finally caught the Little One. She had dropped her water bottle down to her feet. It was sort of wedged between her feet, her car seat and the actual seat of the car.
She was squashing the bottle with her foot and making water shoot out of it. Yes the bottles are “spill-proof” in terms of turning them upside down or sideways, but they are definitely not spill-proof when you are squeezing them with all your might.
Thankfully it was only water.
Categories: Minivan · The Little One · Uncategorized
Tagged: water bottle, spill proof, squirt water, rear facing, three stooges
How come some people find loose change in their washing machines? All I ever find in mine is stickers… stuck to the inside of the barrel.
Although I did find $20 in my purse on Monday. That was sweet!
What have you found in your washing machine?
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: stickers, washing machine, what you find in there
