He just needs to be fed!

So, I have posted many times about Wade's sleep issues. We thought we had solved them for the most part a few months ago when we transitioned him into his crib and he was only waking 2-4 times a night. And then he started only waking 1x a night. I.Was.In.Heaven. But then he started waking constantly after midnight. And on Saturday he refused to go back to sleep, he would just scream and scream and scream. Since i had been up for hours with him, Chris kept him up and fed him breakfast. As soon as he ate, he went back to sleep! He was hungry! So we started giving him a decent sized snack before bed, usually a sippy of milk with some carnation instant breakfast, and a Gerber cereal bar (similar to a NurtiGrain), and knock on wood, he has been sleeping completely through the night.

I am terrified for this kid to be a ravenous teenager. At the age of (almost) 1, he out-eats Owen at every meal. For breakfast, he will eat 6-7 silverdollar pancakes, a serving of fruit, a sippy of milk, and then he will beg for whatever I am eating and eat some of that. Lunch is "more of the piggy same" and dinner is ridiculous. I swear, the kid had a religious experience on Sunday when I made grilled chicken pasta with tomato cream sauce. He was all "nom nom nom nom!" through dinner. So funny! The child is a pig. His favorite food is green beans. We make them for him at every mean, and as soon as you say "Greenie Beanie!" he flips his lid.

I don't get how two kids can be so different. Owen eats the bare minimum amount of food to sustain a high-level of energy (unless we are at Minskys, McDonalds, or Chickfila, or grilling hot dogs, in which case he will pig out). We joke that we are serving him his "rations" at mealtime. As you know, he has an extremely limited palate, as well! Whereas Wade mows through food like it is his job.