1.13.2012 Evan's bath and bed time pics

Even when Evan wasn't eating well, he looked to others a little chubby.  We were worried that he wasn't gaining weight and growing, and truth be known, it was very worrisome and frustrating.  We tried everything to help him eat more but he simply wouldn't.  He would take a bite of something and a majority of the time, spit it out.  If offered too many times, he would start dropping it on the floor.  We tried unsuccessfully to tell him not to do that, until this past week.  For some reason he started to eat well this past week.  We may never know the actual reasons but there seem to be several factors: 1) his upper molars finally emerged, 2) we started to be a little more strict about how he treated food and how we offered it to him.  For #2, we decided to not offer him too frequently the same food that he has rejected.  We would wait a day or two before asking him again.  We also made it clear to him that it isn't good to drop/throw the food on the floor.  We did this by moving his high chair away from the dining table and basically giving him a 'timeout' for a minute or two before letting him rejoin us.  It was a clearer message that we didn't want him to do that than by saying it alone. Maybe he just decided on his own that he wanted to eat more.  Whatever it is, it changes everything dramatically.  Without worries about him eating too little, we're not spending so much time trying to get him to eat anymore.  And that makes things easier for both him and us.

Below are some pics of Evan from 1/2 and 1/3/2012, just before he started eating well.  Expect new pictures in the future to show an even chubbier Evan :)

 

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