Thornton Mom

I was getting dinner ready when Michael came up to me wanting food.  I gave him about 8 mini rice cakes to pacify him until dinner.  He ate those and then signed for more.  I then gave him a banana and he ate the whole thing.  Again, he signed more.  I gave him a cheese stick thinking surely this will fill him up and he will be okay until dinner.  Again, "Morh, morh, morh, by this time I had finished the hot dogs and cut it up and put it on his plate.  I got the hamburgers off the grill came back and the hot dog was gone.  "Morh, morh, morh, so another hot dot went on his plate, the one pictured, and he finished it in no time.  I was running out of ideas and hot dogs.  I gave him a can of carrots which he at half of then fingered the rest until we all sat down for dinner.  Then he finished the carrot and ate a hamburger bun.  No wonder this child weighs almost 30 pounds and my arms and back are killing me. Last night I had...