Monday, October 09, 2006

Eating...

At least I had a little time and I could read your blogs! Huh, a lot of things happened to you, girls, first of all congratulations to Erik on his birthday and kisses to Clare for the successfull surgery! And of course big hugs to all of you!!!!!!!!
Szabi has a nap, so I have a little time to write before I go and start to cook :( I don't know how you feel about it, but I don't really like it, namely I don't like the dishes after cooking...
To freak you out I want to tell you what is the kids' favourite goody here, in Hungary, and of course Szabi is crazy for it too: we call it chocolate coated cottage cheese finger, it is sweet cottage chesse covered with milk or plain chocolate and we have to keep it in the fridge, it is a 'hungaricum'.. Most of the foreign people find it very interesting, but they don't like it :)
I used to chop it up and Szabi eats the final morsels, too (it is a really good therapy, isn't is???? :)))
Hmmmmm, it is so delicious, mommy!



I don't know how could I do it, but Szabi isn't eat with spoon himself, I have to feed him with it... I don't like if everything is dirty from his meal, so I don't want him to fumble in it with his hands... If I force him to eat with spoon himself, he is eating only 1/4 or 1/2 portion than he used to... So, girls, do you have any idea to endear the self-feeding with Szabi???
And a question to all of you. Do your kids have bigger hands and/or feet? Szabi has big hands (just see the pictures above...) and feet, everybody says he will be a really big man, his dad is very tall, too. I saw somewhere that ws-kids have puffy hands, but only puufy or big, too? Funny, most kids are smaller... sometimes I envy you, who have smaller kids, I think it isn't so conspicouos that they are not so skillfull that othet kids in their age. Szabi becomes more and more expert in walking and standing up but he is light years from other kids... :( It is very conspicous because he is nearly bigger and heavier than kids in his age :DDD ha-ha what a paradox!!!
Big hugs and kisses to all of you from Kati and Szabi:

5 comments:

Aspen said...

I am not the person to ask eating questions too. Daven isn't even eating foods at all...nonetheless feeding himself. HA! Szabi is just a beautiful little man! I want to squeeze him.

Have a great week!

Amy said...

Maybe you could pick one meal a day you let Szabi eat by himself? I guess he isn't going to get any better unless you give him practice! Hope your well,
XOXO
Amy

Lisa said...

such cute pics i think he is perfect. He is going to be a big boy like his daddy

Kerry said...

You could feed Szabi 2 bites, then let him try; and so on and so on. He'll only get better... maybe you need a smaller spoon.

I've heard that too, about bigger feet and hands he will be taller (same with puppies!!).. he looks so old in his pics too, coincidentally. I thought that before I read your post!

I used to work with a Hungarian woman and the things she would make us try to eat..... although your chocolate treats sound pretty good!!

Nancy said...

I assume that "chocolate covered cottage cheese finger" has a more attractive name in Hungarian and just doesn't translate well. Maybe that's why foreigners don't like that particular item much. :) Personally, I would eat rocks if they had chocolate on them.

Erik has HUGE hands, being Szabi's twin. Just keep trying. Erik makes a complete mess but has more and more desire to do it himself and is slowly getting better.

Szabi is beautiful. I love him!