The Soda Thief

I know many parents are all about not giving their children soda, they are all about juice, milk, water, anything but soda and that's fine, everyone chooses to raise their own children differently. Well, with the big guy, we have to watch what we drink just as much as we watch what we give him to drink. Because he is a soda thief.


This really isn't just about soda, he will grab most anything he decides to steal, pudding, soda, a juice box, a hot dog, or even the food right off your plate, though that is rare. Come to think of it, he has stolen my coffee on occasion and I just have to laugh at that.


The big guy is sometimes sneaky about it, but most of the time it is an overt action right in front of your face. Just tonight, while we were watching a movie, and he was supposed to be in bed, he decided to come out, use his big "puppy dog" eyes, and sooth us into a false sense of security, and swipe moms milk right in front of us. Yeah she caught him, and promptly got a cup and gave him the rest of the small jug thing, but he is so sneaky about stuff. We can go into his room and find empty soda cans, pudding containers, and just about anything else he feels he can liberate from the fridge or pantry. It really is like having a five year old going on seventeen. 


It's not that we don't feed him, we do, but he is a grazer, so all day long he's getting a little of this and a little of that. The funny part is, mom or I will think the other gave him what he has, and many times we find out later we didn't. He will just go into the fridge and get what looks most appealing. Most of the time it's junk food, but honestly, it is once again an abstract thing to try and convey to him. I know my mom will get on to me about this post, but oh well. We can try and have him eat the things we eat for dinner, but most of the time he is just not going to have it. The bad part is, he can't tell us what he does want for dinner, we can just make suggestions, and if he says yeah, we can go with it. 


Sometimes he want's cereal for dinner, but without milk, other times he wants cereal with milk, sometimes he just wants a couple of hot dogs for dinner, and other times he will eat mac and cheese and hot dogs for dinner. A while ago I baked a duck for the first time, and he totally loved that, and some times he is all about my spaghetti, you just never can tell with this kid. 


I just find it hilarious that we can go into his room on random occasions and find all this stuff he has pilfered from the kitchen, even on days he has had me make him things, he goes for more and seems to get around us like a teenager. I'm just now thinking of how it will be when he does become a teenager......god help me.