Lesson 7
Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat.
1. Buy your week’s groceries without letting the goats out of your sight.
2. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys.

Under normal circumstances, I would agree with this one. But, our Colt has just the opposite problem- NOT EATING! We went to the pediatrician last week and to our horror, he is now in the -10% in weight (yes, that is a negative sign).

Of all the things that we have to worry about as parents, a child eating was not on our original list. We were worried he would fall on the corner of the stone in the fireplace and hit his head. Or that he would swallow a small toy. Or the many other fears you have for your child. Who knew that “not eating” would be one of those worries.

We did get a lecture from our pediatrician and are now trying to get Colt completely off the bottle and on to table food. This morning was good with him eating cereal (with milk) but I will have to check in with “daddy” to see if the afternoon food sessions were successful.

Suggestions on how to transition to table food are accepted.