Ad Nauseum: Here Comes the Airplane!

I've heard rumors of 1 year olds that will suck down anything from pizza to whole pickles...my Jacob isn't 1 of those kids. In fact, he's a million times better than he once was, but he's still pretty f***ing picky when it comes to food, and getting him to eat an appropriate amount of baby food for his size (he's a big boy already) can be a chore at times.

"I've stolen your spoon...victory is mine!"

Consequently, Mommy and Daddy sometimes have to resort to some tricks to get him to behave at dinner time...like distracting him with TV to the point that he doesn't know what is being stuck in his mouth. The go-to move is to put "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" on and call it a day. Say what you want about Disney, but that mouse gets s*** done in our kitchen. Jacob especially loves the song-and-dance portions. We've rewound and replayed "The Hot Dog Dance" so many times that I've found myself singing it in the car as I drive to work at 6 in the morning.

Hot dog,  hot dog, hot diggity dog!

Strangely enough, ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" does the trick at times as well. Tony Kornheiser's old, fat, bald, orange dome especially cracks him up for some reason.

Actually, who wouldn't find this funny?

But in a pinch, even some commercials will suffice. They usually have to have some kind of music video quality: a catchy tune plus the kind of cut-away video editing made famous by MTV. And for that reason and that reason alone, I give props to 2 standout feeding time helpers in the forms of these respective Captain Morgan and Verizon ads that get played on a loop on our TV at times. God bless you guys.