The Food Nazi
Around here it's not "No soup for you!", it's "No food for you!"
And dang, do I feel mean as a snake for saying it.
But, the big boys are getting ridiculous in the amounts of food they claim they need to eat.
It starts about 15 minutes after breakfast. After a BIG breakfast, where they get plenty to eat. Monkey will say, "I'm still a little bit hungry." And Bear will say, "I need a nack."(snack for those of you not down with the 2 year old Bear-ese.)
And so it goes ALL DAMN DAY.
I feed my kids, I really do.
In fact, they eat A LOT. Three meals and three snacks a day. And they eat well at those times. There's no freaking way that they need more than that to eat.
One problem is that they are starting to want to eat just because we have something yummy in the house. It's not that they are really full, they just want some yogurt since it's there.
Another reason is boredom. We're not out and about as much as we are used to due to this miserable winter where at least one of the boys is sick almost all the time.
But, I think they are also doing it because it's fun to watch Mommy lose her grip.
On Monday, when the littles were taking their after-lunch naps, Monkey and I watched a movie and he ate almost an entire bag of microwave popcorn- the big bag, and this was shortly after a lunch of a pb&j, yogurt, an orange, and a glass of milk. I kid you not, TEN MINUTES after he was done with the popcorn, he told me that he was still kind of hungry.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if they are going through a growth spurt, this is still asking for way too much. And they DO eat their meals, so it's not a matter of being picky eaters. I told them I need to take them to the doctor to be checked for tapeworms. I can't find any other explanation. Maybe they are just going to give me a preview of what life will be like with three teenage boys in the house.
And dang, do I feel mean as a snake for saying it.
But, the big boys are getting ridiculous in the amounts of food they claim they need to eat.
It starts about 15 minutes after breakfast. After a BIG breakfast, where they get plenty to eat. Monkey will say, "I'm still a little bit hungry." And Bear will say, "I need a nack."(snack for those of you not down with the 2 year old Bear-ese.)
And so it goes ALL DAMN DAY.
I feed my kids, I really do.
In fact, they eat A LOT. Three meals and three snacks a day. And they eat well at those times. There's no freaking way that they need more than that to eat.
One problem is that they are starting to want to eat just because we have something yummy in the house. It's not that they are really full, they just want some yogurt since it's there.
Another reason is boredom. We're not out and about as much as we are used to due to this miserable winter where at least one of the boys is sick almost all the time.
But, I think they are also doing it because it's fun to watch Mommy lose her grip.
On Monday, when the littles were taking their after-lunch naps, Monkey and I watched a movie and he ate almost an entire bag of microwave popcorn- the big bag, and this was shortly after a lunch of a pb&j, yogurt, an orange, and a glass of milk. I kid you not, TEN MINUTES after he was done with the popcorn, he told me that he was still kind of hungry.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if they are going through a growth spurt, this is still asking for way too much. And they DO eat their meals, so it's not a matter of being picky eaters. I told them I need to take them to the doctor to be checked for tapeworms. I can't find any other explanation. Maybe they are just going to give me a preview of what life will be like with three teenage boys in the house.
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