And a lot of people always told us that when you have your second child, they're going to be completely different.

And when you look at Ruka and Micah, personality-wise, very different.

And even like their demeanor and the way they express themselves, very different.

But the one thing that I think we both notice is that they're very different when it comes to eating.

Oh yeah, for sure.

How would you describe the type of eaters Ruka and Micah are?

Well, Ruka is definitely pickier and he eats a lot more of the things that he actually will eat.

I think that's an understatement. Not a lot more. That guy...

He just has like no self-control.

You have to like cut him off because if you don't cut him off, he will literally keep eating.

He's always asking for more, right?

On the other hand, Micah is like more... I feel like he's just more regular.

Like he just eats pasta with pesto, which is more of like an adult flavor.

Oh yeah, he loves pesto.

He loves pesto, yeah.

He likes meat, but he doesn't like sweets.

Yeah, he doesn't like sweets.

He doesn't like cake.

Yeah.

So I guess he's healthier.

But he likes salty things, right?

Oh yeah, he likes salty things like chips and crackers.

So he's definitely more on the salty side.

Ruka loves sugar. He loves carbs.

Like sweet bread, you know, like his thing.

He's always asking for a snack.

Yeah, you know, when I look at Micah...

For him, like he eats, but then it's more about eating and playing at the same time.

He's more about like eating and like playing with his food.

But Ruka, when he eats...

Like if he likes it, he just keeps eating it.

Yeah.

Every time he finishes dinner, he'll always say, something else.

Something else.

And then we're like, but you already ate your dinner.

And then you ate a yogurt.

Yeah.

And you ate a fruit snack.

And now you want something else.

Yeah, yeah.

And we're like, what else could you eat?

And then we do that thing where like, if we don't want him to eat too much, but we don't want him to get mad at us.

Oh, that's right.

We just like eat half of the cookie.

Yeah.

So that he doesn't eat the whole thing.

Exactly.

We're just like constantly like sacrificing ourselves and eating.

That was a funny moment because I remember like you told me about it, right?

Like, so after like his dinner, he always wants something else.

Like, dada, something else.

So we'll go to the pantry.

And then whether it's like, you know, some kind of like gummy snack or some kind of cookie or whatever it is.

You don't want him to eat the whole thing.

So I remember like one day you're like, yeah, you know, sometimes I open up the package and like eat half of it so that he doesn't eat the whole thing.

I'm like, what?

I do the same thing.

You do that too?

So I guess like, you know, when you're a parent, you're kind of like thinking about the same thing because you don't want him to eat the entire bag.

That's too much.

That's too much.

Yeah, yeah.

I know.

But, you know, Micah, on the other hand, it's funny because like, he eats like a variety of things.

He doesn't really have things that he doesn't like.

Maybe a couple of things here and there.

But like compared to Ruka, he's not as picky.

And like he eats natto.

Oh, yeah.

Right.

And that was amazing.

I remember like, you know, people in Japan were telling me that, you know, give your kids natto at a young age so that they like it.

Yeah.

Like Ruka was like, nah.

Like he really didn't want natto at all.

But Micah, as soon as you gave it to him, he was like all in.

Yeah.

He really likes natto.

He loved natto.

But I think the good thing about both of them recently is Ruka started eating rice.

Oh, yeah.

Right.

And that was like.

Finally.

Finally started eating rice.

That was like a big step for him.

Huge step.

Because until then, pasta and bread.

That's it.

Yeah.

Right.

So now he finally eats rice.

And like one of their favorite meals is like making onigiri.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Which has been nice.

Yeah.

Yeah.