My first son, Oskar, was a dream when it came to eating. He had a great appetite and he ate anything and everything I placed in front of him. He was even a tidy eater; to him food was precious and not one little bit could be wasted or dropped on the floor.

My second little boy, Angus, is 8 months old now and is already well into the world of solid foods. Like his older brother, he has a veracious appetite; he wants to eat all the time. However, unlike his older brother, Angus is very picky when it comes to eating and this afternoon was an especially bad day in the eating department.

Earlier today, I hauled both boys around trying to get some Christmas shopping done. What a fucking gong show lovely family outing that was. Basically, I got nothing done; it is very hard to look for thoughtful and original Christmas gifts when you have two little maniacs angels in tow. I hope my family and friends reserve judgment this year, I may be giving out more than a few gift-cards.

After the lovely shopping trip, I came home to make lunch. I was already exhausted and on the brink of losing it. Wouldn’t you know it, today of all days, Angus decides that he no longer likes the whole wheat pasta he has been devouring lately.

Furthermore, he also no longer likes any type of baby cereal: oatmeal, rice, quinoa flakes, raspberry and oatmeal, oatmeal and apple, you name it, he hates it. He also hates vegetables and anything with meat in it other than this one specific chicken noodle dinner thing.

He screams a bloodcurdling scream, shakes his head, spits it out and basically goes totally demonic on me. He hates it and he makes sure that the world knows he hates it! But then, he realizes he is still hungry, and he cries hysterically for more food. It is all terribly annoying.

All he wants to eat are kamut puffs and fruit. I have tried to tell him kmaut puffs and fruit are not a complete diet but, do you think he listens?

No.

WTF kid, you are only eight months old, you don’t need to have preferences!! Just eat what I freakin give you ok!?!?!

Today I was done. I could not handle the screaming and I picked him up and I put him to bed and ate my lunch in peace… for once.

But seriously… WTF???

I am so in for it with this kid.

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