Frozen Waffle
Yesterday, Nicholas was so upset once we got home. He was crying, super clingy and just a mess! If I held him, he wanted down. If I put him down, he wanted back up. Threw his sippy away, not even a binky helped. Trying to play with him seemed like an insult as it just made him more upset. We thought maybe he was teething. I went ahead and worked on preparing dinner while Matthew tried to console him. While getting a bag of veggies out of the freezer, the frozen waffles fell out. Nicholas was quick to snatch up the bag, take out a waffle and begin chowing down! It was the one thing that had made him happy in the past hour so we let him have it. And he certainly enjoyed it and even came back for more. Then it dawned on us- maybe he was hungry! He had had a snack at Ms. Irene’s house around 3:45 but I guess it wasn’t enough! Oops. He proceeded to eat a good dinner and went happily to bed. Oh well, at least we have a good idea to try when he does start teething again! I told Matthew we need to have a “checklist” up on the fridge to go through next time Nicholas throws a fit so we cover all of our bases. It is hard to gather your thoughts to figure out what is wrong after trying several things all while a screaming toddler is trying to climb your legs like a koala… frozen waffle will certainly be on that list!
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:23 am
Look how happy he is with that frozen waffle!
Making a checklist and hanging it on the fridge isn’t a bad idea. I have a “mental list” of things I do to soothe Adrienne when she has her fits, but sometimes I enter panic mode and I forget a number of items on that mental list of mine. It’s definitely helpful to have it written down!
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Frozen waffle pop….cool! Maybe next time you can have a little frozen cube of syrup for him!!?!!!! Great family you guys are!!!!!! Papa