Ravenous
My 12 year old has just eaten 4 huge bowls of cereal(probably 2-3 servings each) in the last 10 minutes for a snack. Yes, that would be an entire box of Multrigrain cheerios and 1/2 a gallon of milk.
A snack?!
At the doctor yesterday, my little boy weighed 116 lbs.
I measured him on a whim today. We keep a wall of all the kids in the pantry with their measurements. He has grown 1 full inch from March to now May.
No wonder the attitude. Puberty has smacked him up side the head.
One of my favorite sites, Parent Center has this cool tool and it said this today:
Height Predictor
Your boy will likely be 6 ft. 5 in. at age 18.
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Young men often continue to grow a little past 18 until they reach 21, but their height at age 18 is very close to their final adult height. This prediction is a "best guess" but it's still just that -- a guess. Based on the formula we used* there is a 50 percent chance that your boy's full-grown height will be within 0.8 inches (above or below) of this prediction, and a 90 percent chance that it will be within 2.1 inches.
Are you kidding me?? Fug me now! 90 percent chance he could be 6'7"? My friends, think of the groceries to sustain such a beast?
His ravenous appetite added to his swimming schedule of 2 hours swimming seven days a week is going to get pretty dagnab expensive.
If he keeps this up, we will be eaten out of house and home. Michael Phelps wasn't kidding about his swimmers' appetite.
Heck, if he keeps this up and we disappear, you'll know he's eaten us.
7 comments:
People have been warning me about having two boys ... when they reach a certain age they eat EVERYTHING in site. Mama's gonna have to have her own mini-fridge when that time comes.
I stumbled on your blog a couple of days ago- your family reminds me of mine. I have twin teenage boys- one is 6'5" and the other is 6'1". My advice is plant a garden and get a second job, because once they start- they don't stop. It progresses to eating the entire box of cereal in a large mixing bowl!
Haha, my husband is 6'9" and hos father and uncle are very tall too! They do eat sooooo much and it makes me sick they they are thin. When I first met my husband I could not believe how tall he was, but I hardly notice it anymore, and I always wonder how tall our little boy will be; he is only 3 now.
Your only hope is A) he gets a swimming scholarship for college and *they* will feed him, or B) 30 seconds after he turns 18, he enlists in the military and *they* will feed him. Good luck on not getting eaten out of house and home before then. If you don't have a garden, this is the time to start one. Maybe get a cow and a few chickens too! ;D
My mother had three boys...all of them ended up being over 6 ft tall. Count your blessings that you only have one to deal with right now.
Maybe you should give up city life and buy an organic farm.
Or sell some organs. That would earn some money for groceries...
Thanks for the comments you guys. I get that I am so screwed. Our grocery bill easily hits $1300 now because of our swimmers' appetites and now I have puberty to think about. Did I mention that my nine year old can eat me under the table? She is 81 lbs (90 percentile height, 80 percentile weight), pretty slim, swims 12 hours a week plus gymnastics. She'll eat 4-5 servings of pasta and loves meat. The only one who eats like a bird is Li'l Man. I am sure that won't last long. He's predicted to be a mere 6'2". Sigh.
Annie: We are screwed. So Screwed. Heh! I should have stopped worrying when they spit out food as babies. They make up for it a few years later.
Anonymous: I am thinking about the garden. And the only reason he didn't use a mixing bowl was because I wouldn't let him.
Eastside Mommy: My sympathies. I see a very large grocery bill in your future. Holy cow! 6'9"??
Jama Genie: Believe you me, it's a or b because he is outta here at 18. I can't stand one day more of his attitude.Sadly, UW just killed their entire collegiate swim program. Ridiculous.
Dumbblond: Refer to top comment. It's not just the boys these days! Eek! PB has eaten seven large slices of pizza in a row. It's the swimming. Eek! I am not kidding about the grocery bill. She had a slight allergic reaction yesterday the doctor asked about. We asked her what she ate for lunch since she packs her own lunch these days. She had: PB &J sandwich, greek yogurt with added fresh blackberries, dried craisins, cheese stick, carrots, crackers, large orange and a bag of chips (these were the rare ones from Seb's video). Then she came home and had a snack before swimming.
Sigh, S-c-r-e-w-e-d.
Holy Cow! Dassalottafood! You're going to have to start describing how much he eats like they do on NatGeo when they say, "This animal eats X number times his weight in food every day".
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