Friday, July 4, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fruit Sleeper
Miles doesn't like to eat, plain and simple. I could sugar coat it or give excuses, but when it comes down to it, he would go the whole day playing and never stop to eat. He likes candy(specifically gummy fruit), a single slice of bread with one piece of cheese and potato chips with juice or milk. He gets bagels, mini muffins, fruit, pb & j, grilled cheese, soy nuggets, mac n' cheese, buttered pasta, raisins, pretzels, etc. Even though the list doesn't go on much further it is as much of a variety as I can get him to eat without too much rebuttal and by rebuttal I mean kicking and screaming. (BTW - Don't even mention meat cause it's not happening.)
Depending on the day, he might muster two or three bites of something and I have to call it done, but after his infant episodes with constipation, I can't be too lenient on his non-binding foods. Unfortunately, his dietary desires are severely limited. I gave up on veggies a long time ago and traded them for V8 vegetable juice which he really seems to like. Now it looks like fruits are getting pushed off the menu too. Unless it is an apple or a banana, it is not going down with out a fight. Most recently I tried mandarin oranges, which got smashed and pushed around the tray, but not eaten and when I left the room, with the TV off and no other source of entertainment, even sleeping became a better alternative to having to eat:
Prior to leaving the room, I could foresee that this little episode of avoidance might happen, so I decided to move his booster away from the arm of the couch, which would have made for a viable pillow, to the center of the couch which I thought would be a lot less comfortable. I apparently thought wrong........again!!
For those of you who thought "Gee, that tray looks pretty empty", look again:
Depending on the day, he might muster two or three bites of something and I have to call it done, but after his infant episodes with constipation, I can't be too lenient on his non-binding foods. Unfortunately, his dietary desires are severely limited. I gave up on veggies a long time ago and traded them for V8 vegetable juice which he really seems to like. Now it looks like fruits are getting pushed off the menu too. Unless it is an apple or a banana, it is not going down with out a fight. Most recently I tried mandarin oranges, which got smashed and pushed around the tray, but not eaten and when I left the room, with the TV off and no other source of entertainment, even sleeping became a better alternative to having to eat:
Prior to leaving the room, I could foresee that this little episode of avoidance might happen, so I decided to move his booster away from the arm of the couch, which would have made for a viable pillow, to the center of the couch which I thought would be a lot less comfortable. I apparently thought wrong........again!!For those of you who thought "Gee, that tray looks pretty empty", look again:
My Lil' Old Man
Miles had a small skin abnormality removed a couple months ago. It looked like a little red mole on his upper chest and the biopsy said it was benign, but it can occur in the eyes as well as on the skin, so we were referred to an Ophthalmologist for further testing. On Tuesday, we went to the Eye Associates for Miles follow-up. He sat through 2.5 hours of eye testing and dilation procedures and all in all he was a very good patient. He left with a smiley face ball, a couple of stickers and a huge bubble wand (from our neighbor who is the office manager there).
Because he had his eyes dilated, they gave him a big pair of paper sunglasses to wear out. When we got home he was very excited to show Daddy all of his loot and his new eye wear. The outcome was nothing but good news: Miles has no signs or symptoms of the skin abnormality with his eyes and at this point he has 20/20 vision and is leaning toward the eyes in my family and not his Dad's. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they stay that way and these are the only kind of glasses he ever has to wear.
Because he had his eyes dilated, they gave him a big pair of paper sunglasses to wear out. When we got home he was very excited to show Daddy all of his loot and his new eye wear. The outcome was nothing but good news: Miles has no signs or symptoms of the skin abnormality with his eyes and at this point he has 20/20 vision and is leaning toward the eyes in my family and not his Dad's. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they stay that way and these are the only kind of glasses he ever has to wear.
Monday, June 30, 2008
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