Lean Mean Eating Machine

One of my fears with Lucas was that he wasn't going to like eating table food. I have seen both my siser and sister in law struggle with getting their kids to eat. I witnessed too many scenes at the dinner table with one parent getting frustrated with the lack of willingness on their child's part to eat. And as we struggled with ear infections last spring and the impact that had on Lucas wanting to eat, the dread filled me.

If only I had known then that Lucas would be one mean eating machine. He eats non stop it seems some days. Even his caregivers say that he doesn't have any issues eating-he normally is one of the last ones done. It has gotten to the point where I want to eat in secret because whatever I am eating, Lucas wants. Regardless if it is the same thing in front of him, he wants mine. At times I feel like I am going to be attacked because he is so determined to share in my food. I was amazed last week when Lucas ate my turkey meatloaf. I was prepared to give him something else but was shocked when he ate it off his tray. Yesterday he had real oatmeal for the first time and seemed to like it. He likes lime flavored torilla chips, ranch flavored Quakes, Cheese cake, hot dogs. The list seems endless.

He reminds me of my niece Amy. Even though she is 18 now, we still joke how she would eat breakfast three times some days when she still lived with my parents: once when she woke up with my sister, once when my mom ate and again when I finally got up and ate.

I can't wait for Thanksgiving-I want to see if Lucas will try cranberry sauce!