Archive for the ‘Mealtime’ Category
25January2007
Evening Routine with Laurel (3 months)
Posted by Michelle under: Bedtime; Mealtime.
Evening Routine with Laurel (3 months)
Fed Laurel at 5:45ish.
She fell asleep around 6:45ish.
Woke up around 7:15ish.
Got fussy and fed around 8:15ish.
Changed messy diaper and put to bed around 8:45.
During most of the day, I feed Laurel when she’s hungry (usually around three hours, give or take 30 minutes). At the end of the day (between [...]
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4January2007
see-food and third person
Posted by Michelle under: Discipleship; Mealtime.
Today at lunch, David instructed Bethel in the art of “see-food.” She happily followed his example, even after I squelched his lessons. I suspected this was something David learned from a church potluck the night before, where all the children sit together. (I did not see any of this behavior, but I was close [...]
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6October2006
Saying “Please”
Posted by Michelle under: Manners; Mealtime.
Awhile back, I mentioned that since Bethel was using only one word (never two), I didn’t require her to say please when she asked for something. (i.e., I had her say what she wanted: “Milk”) As long as she wasn’t whining for it, or crying, that was sufficient. I usually repeated her one word along [...]
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8July2006
alternatives to spanking
Posted by Michelle under: Discipleship; Mealtime.
Today, Bethel decided she really wanted fishy crackers before eating her sandwich. Now, in our house, our rule is that we eat the healthy stuff first, and then we eat the “junk food” (chips, crackers, and even fruit fit this category. I include fruit because they’ll fill up on fruit if I feed them fruit [...]
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10November2005
From Lee
Posted by Michelle under: Mealtime.
Last night, Lee related a story of a patient who refuses to drink milk. He actually gets this problem relatively frequently. One mother reports that her children refuse to eat anything besides hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, or chicken strips. Another mother tells him that she cannot keep her children from eating the chips and [...]
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