since Caleb is not so much into eating, we've decided to try to encourage him in helping us prepare the food with hope that he might be more interested in eating it then. the eating hasn't really changed but he does seem to really like helping in the kitchen. it started a few weeks ago, i can't even remember what i was making, but i had Caleb come in to help. we pulled up one of the chairs from the dining room and he stood there and helped. he wasn't too into actually doing anything but loved being able to see all that was going on. a few days later, i was getting supper ready and on his own, he pulled the chair to the doorway of the kitchen. i brought it in the rest of the way and he jumped up to help peel and cut potatoes. again, he was hesitant to actually touch anything but we counted the pieces of potatoes and he put the last piece in the pot.
now this is becoming a common thing and sometimes i have to say no to him. last friday, i was making chicken nuggets and he wanted to help but i thought having him so close to hot oil was not the best idea. he seemed to take it well- no tantrum or anything and was content to help set the table.
this morning we had a special treat. pancakes! we never have pancakes on a tuesday morning but when Caleb got us all up at 6:15 we had time to kill. andy started stirring them up in the kitchen and Caleb was right there to help. i walked in with Sadie to here Caleb saying "i'm mixin' mommie." andy even let him try flipping a pancake and he was good at that. we did learn that the stove is hot (just a small burn on the pointer) but we survived and it didn't keep us from enjoying the yummy pancakes. :-)
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