16-11-2009 - Trystian and the WIC office

My mood while writing this blog: Meh...

Well, we were suppose to get today off as a pro-day... but guess what, it was cancelled... Well so that being said, we had a WIC appointment for Trystian to get re-registered since he is a year and a half... Well we worked it out with my office for me to leave to go home after PT, Tony would take Trystian to WIC and then when he got home, I would run off to work...

Tony get's to the WIC office 20 mins early thinking he would get out early right? Wrong... So he waits half hour after Trystian's appt time, to find that the lady was late, and just got there... He is seen... Trystian is weighed and height taken... then blood for iron count... well his iron is really good! But the lady said that he is UNDERWEIGHT... Well for those of you that kinda already know, that he has been tested for thyroidism because he is so small and on the like 3rd percentile... Well the lady tells Tony that Trystian is underweight and asks him the questions for nutrition for records... Questions are:

In a day...
~How many grains does he eat?-- about 5 servings
~How many fruits and vegetables?-- about 8
~How much milk does he drink?-- about 3 cups a day
~How much fat does he take in?-- What fat? We dont really eat anything fatty... just his Whole Milk really
~How many times do you eat fast food?-- What does fast food consist of?
~Fast food consists of like burgers, fries, chicken nuggets, hot dogs... that sort of thing-- Then he get's to eat fast food approx 1 time every 2 weeks... We will eat veggie pizza, or stir fry's from the Chinese restaraunt if we are going to eat fast food...
~How much candy does he eat?-- What candy? he get's maybe a piece of a chocolate bar or a hard candy a month.
~Really? How much soda does he get?-- Soda?? You think I give my kid soda?? NO, he doesnt drink any soda.
~Does he drink juice?-- Yes, he will drink like a glass a day, otherwise he get's water. He love his water and asks for it much more than juice!
~What did he have for breakfast?-- A bowl of cereal as big as mine was.
~What did he eat yesterday for lunch?-- A slice of pizza, as much as I would eat myself. It was cheese and veggies.
~Well he's underweight, and needs to eat more.-- Eat more of what? The boy eats as much as I do, and his dr. say's he is healthy!
~Well he is underweight.-- He is half my size
~He most certanly is not half your size!-- Are you calling me fat?
~According to the charts he is underweight.-- Your charts are wrong. His dr said he is just small. My sister was small, my wifes sister is small.
~You need to give him more fats.-- Why so he can be the white bread corn fed Americans who eat fast food all day long?
~He's underweight.-- You think I come to WIC to get the checks to let the vegetables go to waist and rot in the fridge? And then go out and eat fast food everyday because it's faster and easier? No we cook our meals and eat at home. We wouldnt be here if we coudl afford the food prices these days. If we wanted thhings to be easy, we would just not come to WIC, use all our grocery money and eat out at fast food everynight because it's easy, like the rest of America? Can we get our checks now, because I have to drop my wife off at work, she needed to be there half an hour ago!!