I received this book for Christmas from a dear family member and couldn't have been more thrilled! I'm a deep respector of Dr. James Dobson (the author) and am always on the look-out for godly advice and wisdom pertaining to motherhood, and more specifically, to raising boys. While waiting for something this morning, I picked it up in hopes of reading a few sentences and found myself a few pages in with a huge smile on my face. I've discovered (yet again) someone who can accurately put into words the thoughts of my heart with all the humor and wit that I could only *hope* to muster. And in only a few pages I found myself nodding my head in agreement and exclaiming emphatically, "YES!" I can't wait to see what wisdom, encouragement, understanding and godly advice the rest of the book has to offer. One line in particular made me smile especially big. It said, "Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable." ~ Plato. On most days...I would tend to agree :P Now, moving on...I did have a couple of questions for some of you moms out there completely unrelated to this book or post whatsoever. It has to do with Elijah. So very young and so very picky in regards to his food. What he will tolerate for lunch is not necessarily what he will tolerate for dinner (or any other random meal for that matter). He will, however, almost always eat 12 grain toast with butter. He loves the stuff and that's pretty much been his diet of choice as of late because I can't bear for him to go hungry, which brings me to my question. At so young should I try to cater to his dietary preferences or should I stick to my guns and not allow him to eat what I've not already prepared? Because what usually ends up happening is I'll make one thing for dinner, and 3 prepared dinners later I throw him a piece of toast because he won't eat anything else! And he'll eat the toast too, so I'm assuming he's hungry. The joys of a picky eater. And leftovers?? You might as well forget it. So what do (or did) some of you moms out there do? Oh and at his most recent well-check the doctor told me he has a big head (19 1/2" and 27 lbs.). Is that big really? His head doesn't seem big to me, but when I share that with people they're like...yea I kinda noticed his head was large. WHA!?!?! I never noticed. So apparently if it continues to grow above the "norm" (whatever that is) he will have to have it checked out. Huh.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Bringing Up Boys
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The wisdom I've gottne from others on this is that toddlers know what their bodies need, and will eat it if that's what's available. So through the day I offer Hana a variety of food (toast, cheese, fruit, veggies, meat) but some days all she wants is toast and other days the toast ends up on the floor. THrough the day she has about 5 snacks (every two hours I give her something, about the same as I'm eating right now lol) and then for dinner we give her whatever we're having and have a favorite on standby. If she doesn't want dinner, she gets toast, or crackers, or oranges or whatever else she seems to like at the time.
She doesn't do leftovers either. I've also been told that at this age it's more developmentally appropriate to expect a balanced week (all four food groups) rather than a balanced day, and hardly ever a balanced meal! I know there's some days Hana hardly eats at all, and others we can't get enough into her!
and 27lbs! WOW! Hana was 19.2 at 12.5 months, I'm guessing she's pushing 20lbs right now.
As for the head, you know, a friend of mine went through scans and probes and all this other stuff for her son, and then the Dr. finally diagnosed him as healthy! Someone has to be in the 99th%ile, right? I wouldn't be to worried about it so long as he's not showing any other signs that there might be a problem.
Micah was 23 pounds when he was 6 months old...he's got a head the size of a watermelon (ok, not really, but close) and he's healthy and normal, and all that. As for eating, it probably depends on what you want. Whole grain bread's good for kids, and he'll probably be fine- if you're concerned about nutrition, you could try a vitamin...(if he's old enough, I'm not sure). Our boys have started getting picky lately, and I hate fighting with them to eat, but I hate more the thought of cooking four different suppers meals every day because nobody likes the same thing...so they eat what I make, and if they don't want to eat it, they can eat it for breakfast the next morning. (We've only had to actually do that once...) If it's something they've never had before, they have to try it, and if they really don't like it, they can eat something else that's been cooked. Anyway- that's what we do, it's working for us, but you do what works for you. I think there's a chapter in that book about feeding toddlers...did you get that far yet?
I loved the book bringing up boys... I read it when I was pregnant with Grace, because I had 3 and 1 year old boys then. in fact, I just dug it out again recently because it's time for a refresher now that my boys are almost-9 and 6.5.
My pediatrician always says, "Hey...they're kids. They're growing, they're not sick much, they're a healthy weight. Don't give them a hard time about what they're eating - they're obviously getting good enough nutrition." She's a great, don't sweat it kind of pediatrician...I love her.
I read this book after I had Taylen.
Jess here is a book that a friend of mine uses to get other things in foods its by Jessica Seinfeld and its called Deceptively Delicious. Maybe you can try some recipes from it. :)
By the way here's the link to her post about using it.
http://reynolds6.blogspot.com/2007/11/something-new-for-breakfast.html
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