Zoe's words: Russel (from the movie Up), seat, Aurora (from Sleeping Beauty), princess, moon, please

Yesterday morning Zoe wanted a cup of water but instead of using words she stood in front of me and the fridge and proceeded to whine-cry while shaking her body, like she was having a minor seizure, with her head tossed back. *OH LE SIGH SIGH* One thing I CANNOT stand is whining. I hate it when other kids do it and I hate it more when Zoe does it. So I grabbed both of her hands into mine and said,

Me: Zoe what do you want?
Zoe: Wayur.
Me: Ok fine but if you want water don't stand there like this (I assumed her position) and go "EH EH EH EH EH EH!" Say "Water please."
Zoe: Wayur preash.
Me: Ok good job Zoe. Good girl.

Later that evening she runs over to me as I'm doing the dishes and goes "Mummy, wayur preash!"  GOOD JOB ZOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg! And then about 5 minutes later she brings her empty bowl to me and goes "Umma, kaka (snacks) preash!" I was soooo proud of her. So, so, very proud. She was actually listening to me when I spoke to her that morning!

Video One: One Man Metal Bowl Band
A lot of people ask me what I do with Zoe during the day. Here's one of our exciting activities:


Riveting. I know.

Video Two: Yo Gabba Gabba
Zoe loves Yo Gabba Gabba and now likes to sing that one song with their names. It sounds like,
Me: My name is Plex, Plex.
Zoe: Puhpuhpuhpuh Prex Prex.

You know it right? Sometimes we throw in other people's names. We like to remix things here in Zoeland. Till I can get a video of her singing her song here's a video where she identifies all the characters:


Now I just have to teach her to say DJ Lance.

 
For those of you with children who have food allergies did you see the article on Ming Tsai in August's Cookie Magazine?
He talked about how his oldest son used to have really bad food allergies. At 6 months they found out he was allergic to soy, wheat, dairy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs. Seven of the "big 8" foods that account for 90% of food allergies (the last was fish). Can you imagine how hard that must have been for him? Him, a chef. His wife, who was breastfeeding, had to cut all those foods out of her diet as well and when he was done with the boobie milk, they had to put him on a special formula. His son who is now 9 has outgrown almost all his allergies except for the nuts. So there is hope mamas.

I got lucky with Zoe and so far no allergies. I'm allergic to mangos and so is my mom and some of my sisters so I'm going to hold off on giving her that till she's much older. I'm also allergic to geh-jang (a Korean dish which is made up of raw crabs marinated in soy sauce) which I ate a few days ago. I just decided I'm going to suffer the consequences and devour it like the crazy biotch that I am. SOOO WORTH IT. MMMM mmm MMMMM! Afterwards my stomach was burning, my lips and tongue were itchy, and I ran to the bathroom to take care of business. Haha...TMI? Who cares! So anyways my heart goes out the mothers that have to endure this kind of thing. I can't even fathom this. It's already bad enough that kids are picky eaters to top it off with limited food options because of allergies must be hell! He mentioned that whenever his son would be invited to birthday parties he would bring his own cupcake. Can you imagine? I give huge props to the mommies out there that go through this with their child every day.

Two things the Mingster recommended:
Cherrybrook Kitchen Mixes
 

Bell & Evans Chicken Tenders (Gluten Free)


If you want to read up on his interview click here.