Levi

Levi is all of three.. but anybody who has known him knows he's somewhat of a unique child, and I don't say that because I'm his mother! He's the one who at only a few months old would cry if someone would look at him (even his Uncle Steve!) ... and heaven forbid you look at him if he was thinking of throwing his food over the edge of the high chair! He's always been a VERY serious boy... loves to watch his siblings... then when he decides he's going to do something, he just does it!
Anyway.. he's somewhat obsessive about food... LOVES his breakfast, not so much lunch or dinner, but also wants 'snack'... So to entice him to eat his 2nd and 3rd meal of the day, we took away snack the following day if he didn't eat... and the boy can remember! He'll announce just after nap time whether or not he gets snack that day! And if he lost it because he didn't eat... no tears... just quiet acceptance! Anyway... we also limited the amount of intake at breakfast as he could down twice as many pancakes as some of his siblings (sometimes 8 pancakes)....
Levi LOVES pancakes... I think he would eat that all day long if you'ld let him... but breakfast in general is just his favorite meal... He asks Joe every morning what's for breakfast and keeps on asking him to start cooking it from the time he gets up until it's done cooking! On Saturday we had a special treat of cereal... so of course Joe didn't need to get cooking right away... this bothered poor Levi to know end as he couldn't grasp why Dad wasn't cooking his breakfast! So... he'll sit at the table and just wait... and wait... until his breakfast is ready!
He also loves to just sit in the kitchen and 'help' with meal preperations... I'm thinking maybe he'll be a chef someday?