Here is a list of places in my house where I have found sticks of butter:
Between the couch cushions
Under the chair cushions
In the end table drawer
At the bottom of the toy box
In the laundry basket
Under the couch
Between a chest and the wall
Derek's dresser drawer
In the crap trough between my bed and the wall
My bed before I got in it
My bed after I got in it
Within an old tarp in the basement
The refrigerator
I don't know why Derek has this obsession with hiding butter. He used to hide many other foods around the house, so as you were cleaning you would find random stashes of sippy cups with green milk, caches of nuts, or peporoni sticks. When he was about 18 months old, we used to joke that the other children at day care might talk more, but our kid had survival skillz. Now it is just butter. We have no idea why.
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Do you think it's because he likes butter so much? Or is it somehow easier to get a hold of than other foods? My mother used to find big chunks of cheese behind the couch with my sister small teeth marks in it. My sister wasn't allowed to have cheese.
Survival skilz.
Love, Jenny
What can I say? I liked cheese.
Your post made me laugh. I showed it to my friend Holly, and she started laughing too. But, I imagine it's not too funny when you sit on a stick of butter.
Hi, Karen. A knitting friend of yours posted a link to your blog on www.knitty.com. Derek is adorable -- I hope meowing turns to language soon!
I also hope this isn't the first of many unsolicited and potentially unhelpful suggestions, but I just read a book about gluten sensitivity and the impact it can have on conditions such as autism. Apparently, removing gluten from a child's diet can help address language delays. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Connection-Sensitivity-Sabotaging-Health/dp/1594863873/sr=1-1/qid=1169508068/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4226218-0595025?ie=UTF8&s=books
Good luck! And I hope you can find time to knit, despite the full-time search for hidden sticks of butter. :-)
Carolyn
We actually switched to the gluten free, casein free diet on the new year, Carolyn. He's still "detoxing" so we're not sure if it works yet. But we are finding random sticks of fake butter now. And odd leftover sticks of real butter. Ewww.
I also found you through knitty and I have to tell you, your sense of humor is fantastic. I was cracking up at the "Dog Invasion Diary" and the butter threatend to make me spit soda on my monitor. I'm glad to have found your blog you seem like a very interesting person.
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