Oatmeal, Peanut Butter, Banana and Frustration

Oh, it's been a frustrating week with Tommy and food! We dread every time Tommy asks for food because it's a guessing game as to what he'll eat this time. We try foods that he loves, but he turns his nose up at them. Or he'll eat three bites, throw it on the floor and ask for something else. Our patience has been running quite low. Not only that, but he's started throwing fits when he doesn't get his way--can't play with something or I won't let him put something in my mouth, he starts slapping and crying and banging his head on the floor. He's been sent to bed many times this week over these fits. Church was an exhausting nightmare today.

But on a more positive note, here's what we've learned this week:


Pull-ups are really fun!


Peanut butter is REALLY good! Straight out of the jar is best. If I try to put a pancake under it, he'll suck the peanut butter off and spit out the pancake.


This is the way we brush our teeth! He got his very own toothbrush this week and loves to use it every time we go to the bathroom to clean up after eating.


Gotta play with the water, too. What else is it there for?


And really, it's best if you watch yourself in the mirror because that's what Momma and Dadda do.


We got this wonderful toy from my sister Jen. It's amazing how many things we've found thrown down that top tube. It started with hair ties, bobby pins and hair clips. Lately it's progressed to bigger and better things though. Finger nail clippers, an apple core, and a rubber suction cup from his table top seat.


We've been in fly season for several weeks now, and thankfully, we're nearing the end of it. I'm not kidding when I say that three weeks ago we killed 20 flies a day in our house. The kill count dwindled down to 10 and then five a day. We've done our best to keep windows and doors closed, so now we're hovering around 2-3 a day. Tommy has a newfound love for the fly swatter though.


And oatmeal, on a completely unrelated note. He loves it! And the camera, hence the grin.


We eat a big bowl of oatmeal almost every day now. Takes several meals, but at least we know he'll eat it.


We went to the park last night and Tommy enjoyed it better than the last time we went.








He really liked the swing and held this position and expression for most of the time...


Until some girls got on the swing next to him and he had to watch them.


Oh, how this boy loves to spin!





It was fun watching him explore and play with things that he'd been to tender and scared to try before.






Mirrors are always a hit and he was really excited to find this one on the playground.


Don't know what he thought of the slide, because this is what his face looked like the whole time. He was too busy watching some other people in the park.


As we learned before, pull-ups are REALLY fun and exciting!






A lady offered to take a picture of the us. This is a better picture of the four of us than the one from last week:)


This is what happens when you try to feed your child, give him food and he squishes it and throws it on the floor without eating it. Shad got frustrated, picked the banana up from the floor and smeared it in Tommy's hair and on his face. Then gave the boy a bath.


Well, I'm burned out on a fussy child who doesn't get his way all the time...and I'm out of things to say.