Gluten-free

Well, since last time I blogged we decided to just make the whole house gluten-free so Ryan wouldn't eat gluten accidentally, and within a week Ryan was back up to 20.5 on our bathroom scale. And two days ago he weighed in at 21.0. So it's working, apparently. :)

The boy is incredibly attached to his binky. He has taken to calling it his "mimi."

If you try to take it away for a picture this is what you get:

Annie was also super attached to her binky and we thought it would be horrible to get her to give it up, but when she turned 2, she got a toy in exchange for the binky and she was over it in a couple of days. Hopefully Ryan is the same way.

Ryan likes his peanut butter. Probably more especially because it is so messy and he loves making a good mess.

 

A week or two ago I was busy with something and Ryan had woken up from his nap and was not happy, so I asked Annie to go to Ryan's room and give him a toy or a book to make him happy until I could go. He had about 10 books in his crib when I made it in there. So the other day Annie heard Ryan wake up and went in with me to get him out of bed then volunteered to get him books. I went and finished brushing my teeth and such and came back to find Ryan covered in books, and Annie working on a book tower, transferring the books from her book case to Ryan's one at a time.

The boy loves his books. His favorite is an animal book that has a seal in it, which is his favorite sign and animal sound. And the book with dogs. When we sit down for stories before bed he says "puppy!" first thing every time.

Ryan turned 17 months this past week. Which means less than a month until he gets to go to nursery! Woohoo! Because of my primary calling I get to visit nursery often, and a few weeks ago when I went in they were playing with Play-Doh. I realized that when Ryan goes in he can't do that because Play-Doh is made with flour and Play-Doh getting all over his hands, then going into his mouth would mean diarrhea for the kid. So I got on google and found a good gluten-free play dough recipe. The kids loved it. We haven't had play dough in our house probably since before Annie was born, mostly because I hate the mess. The kids have done great at keeping it at the table, and are having a ball with it. Annie will stay occupied for 30 minutes to an hour at a time! 

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Ryan is beginning to be interested in movies/TV a little at a time now. He'll actually sit there for one full minute at a time on occasion (instead of the usual 10 seconds max he has for sitting still). 

And he continues with his food shenanigans. Today we had pizza and he decided his plate belonged on the window sill (this happens when everyone else is done eating and up from the table, and I am busy with something else--I don't just let him get up and eat wherever while we're all at the table eating, just to clarify).

He put it down there for short term storage, then came back to it after a few minutes for a few more bites.

At which point the precariously balanced plate fell. No surprise there. He subsequently forgot about all his pieces of pizza scattered on the floor and found the remnant of pizza that Annie had left on her plate and appropriated it for himself. (Exactly why all the children are now gluten-free at home.)

 

A growing boy has got to eat, I guess. :)