Food

Finnean has LOVED eating in the past but that has changed over the past few days. We think his teeth are hurting or he is not used to eating lunch with me. Last night dinner was full of tears for no reason at all...so we are hoping that improves soon, as this little boy is way to little to not eat! I have noticed a few cute things about his eating habits...

• He is slower than molasses when it comes to eating. He just likes to take his time and that can be a long time!
• He loves bananas! This morning he told me "MONKEY!" when I gave him a banana-very smart that little boy!
• He is aware that food is "HOT!" He will turn his plate so it is very close to his face and blow on his food to cool it down. Then he touches it with his finger to make sure that it is okay. I can't imagine how many times we have said "O that's hot!" to him-so it only makes since that he is cautious.
• Finnean loves to dip his food. He thinks that bar-b-que sauce is called "dip it!"
• Somehow Jerry always gets a little snack while Finnean eats. I wonder if it is on purpose!!
• Finnean loves to "cheers!" Michael taught him this as way to get him to take bites of his food and he does a great job. He will cheers his fork, his sandwich, fruit...whatever he can to get you to say it!
• He loves the idea of sandwiches. He talks about them a lot but then over the past couple days-doesn't really want to have anything to do with sandwiches!
• This last one is not about what Finnean eats but how he helps Jerry eat. Feeding Jerry is Finnean's new chore (only chore really). He does a great job. Gets the food out of the cupboard, takes it to the bowl, scoops it and then dumps it in, pust the lid on with some help and then carries it back to the cupboard. We tried water but that ended up all over my wall...so right now we are just sticking with the food!