Pancake Saturdays with Daddy

Daddy starts early so he can have a griddle and a plate stocked before the babies get up.
Thad and Kamby have about a 3 minute tolerance for waking up and be served food, then the screaming begins.
Thad usually folds his pancakes and stuffs the whole thing in his mouth. Kamby is teaching him to take bites, like the polite little lady she is.

Daddy preps Thad's tray in anticipation of him awakening. Add a banana and cup of milk and this is his first course.

Every Saturday Daddy gets up early and starts the pancakes and then one by one each of the kids gets up to help. This used to involve just Graci and Dax and so Daddy would not get up so early and then they would do the whole process together. But now, enter Thad and Kamby. These babies eat ALOT! Especially our thriving boy! When we brought Thad home he was just a itty bitty little thing with a big head. He weighed 14 lbs at 9 month old in December 2009. He now at 18 months old tips the scales at around 25 pounds and gains daily. At first, Thad had issues with texture, tastes, chewing, and swallowing. It became quite a problem for a while. We thought he would need eating therapy and for many month we just fed him jar baby food. Well, this is no longer an issue. The boy eats everything (except fruits) and pancakes are his favorite. In fact, so much so, that he has broken the house record and eats 25 mini pancakes plus his banana and cup of milk. He out eats Graci and Dax together. It is quite impressive! Now someone might read this and think, why encourage over eating in children. When you have a sickly child from a third world nation with multiple medical issues and appears to have an eating disorder, let me tell how we rejoice in this turn of events. We praise God that Thad is strong, healthy, thriving, and loves to eat!