Oatmeal It Is

Well... damn.

I keep saying how I'd do anything to get Boogie to eat more, and I think I need to add a little caveat to that prayer, noting that normal eating hours are between 8am and 7pm.

She has been eating more the past few days. I pretty much gave up on getting her to eat a variety of foods after I spoke to my supervisor who told me her son was, and still is, a very picky eater. Picky like he eats dry cereal with a cup of milk. So I can't complain, Boogie will eat pasta with butter, cheese, rice, canned corn and oatmeal. And cheerios and blueberries. And clementines, mandarin oranges, wheat bread, cookies, and Ritz crackers, but not Wheat Thins.

Obviously Atkins is not every going to work for this kid.

So I've started making 2 cups of oatmeal every day, and she eats it all. I've been feeding her normal food, then topping her off with the oatmeal after every meal. And I thought we were doing good, because she hadn't gotten up at night, or refused to go to sleep because she was still hungry, until 4am this morning.

Yeah, who eats at 4am? I know the donut shops are open that early, but she's not a cop, and doesn't work in construction, so I don't see any logical reason for it. But she was up at 4 saying she was hungry, so I nursed her and put her back to sleep. I didn't believe it, I thought she just wanted to play, so I let her fuss on and off for about 20 minutes. Then she slept for about 40 minutes, and was back up at 5am, crying, saying she was hungry.

So I got her up, brought her down tot the kitchen, and fed her some oatmeal in the dark. Then put her back in her crib, no talking, no playing, no nursing, and she slept until 8am.

I hope I haven't started something I'll really regret a few days from now.