Xander Week 90 – He could eat his weight in grapes!
September 11, 2008
Xander with Zach's empty coffee cup
Xander recently discovered the joy of grapes. We have of course offered grapes to Xander on countless occasions in the past, but he always turned his nose up at them, presumably because he didn’t like the skin. Sometime last week though, he got over his grape skin aversion, and it’s now his new favorite food. We’ve got a leftover bucket (from a package of gumi bears) that has been dubbed his grape bucket. We throw a handful of grapes in there, and he carries the bucket around the house chowing down on his snack.
I think it’s great that he’s enjoying healthy snacks, but it sometimes backfires on us – especially during the week. If I give him a grape snack when we get home from work/day care, he eats very little if any dinner. On the other hand, depending on what we’re having for dinner, he sometimes will only eat the noodles or rice and completely forego the meat and vegetable. Then I wonder if I should have given him some grapes, which would have at least been a little healtheir than noodles for dinner… Ah, the challenges of making sure your kid eats healthy…
This was a gerat way to remind us that even if Xander tells us he doesn’t like a particular food, that opinion is likely to change in a month or two, so we shouldn’t completely abandon it. Since our preferences are more solidified, it’s easy to forget this point, so I’m glad Xander reminded us!
I had my 20 week appointment last week and told my doctor that I have decided to c-section. We picked a date – yay! December 30th is baby #2′s birthday. It’s funny, when I tell people this is the day I’m having my baby, they all say to me – “oh, maybe you’ll have a Christmas baby”. Then I launch into the explanation about how my first baby was exactly on time, and how my “official due date” isn’t until January 5th, so unless something goes horribly wrong, I’m not expecting any more children until December 30th – period. Honestly, I would rather have more time in between holidays before the baby’s birthday, but there is only so much I can do about that. 
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