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Feeding your infant and ensuring they are getting enough nutrition is one of the most important aspects of parenting during that first year. This community is dedicated to those who are nurturing a baby, whether breastfed or formula-fed.

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DLR77 10/19/2007

Bib in place? Check. Baby in highchair? Check.

Take a deep breath....and GO!

Hand baby cup of water in sippy cup in attempts to divert her attention for five seconds...quickly peel the stupid 'fresh lock' seal off of the pureed veggies...&^%!! Splatters all over my shirt...why didn't they just keep it in jars like they did seven years ago? Hold veggies between middle finger and pointer finger while trying to open the jar of meats...pause to pick up tossed over sippy cup from the floor...smack head on the underside of highchair...suppress a colorful swear word while massaging injured area of head and baby laughs in glee...while veggies are in hand, place pureed meats between thumb and pointer finger, creating a nice feeding mechanism...*&%^!! forgot the spoon...With free hand search for baby spoon...ready? One, two, three rhythmic alternations of meat and veggie...hey...let go of the spoon...okay, don't cry...have the spoon then...sippy cup flies through the air barely missing various important body parts...I'll get another spoon...spoon goes flying through the air and slides with sweet potato ooze down leg....Buster! (dog) Stop licking the sweet potatoes off of my leg....^%$#!~!! Other dog makes off with the offending spoon through the doggie door and into the backyard. %$#@!!...almost done...wipe face from baby raspberry slobber mixed with meat and sweet potatoes...two empty containers...success! Baby still hungry....fruits? Repeat opening splatter carton of fruit, only peaches instead of sweet potatoes additionally decorate shirt. Repeat all steps until peaches disappear or baby decides that enough is enough....get wet paper towel / wash cloth...wipe the food facial off of baby's vehemently protesting face...repeat: wiping hands, legs, shirt, floor, kitchen cabinets, dogs, neighbor's windows...until all food stuff is gone...Collapse into dining room chair. Offensive odor wafts through the air. Someone made a stinky. (Hint: It wasn't me.)

Retire with gold medal and begin teaching knitting scarves for dogs to the elderly.

deleted_user 10/19/2007

that was great! FUNNY!!!! we dont have baby food in the house yet but 4 months old is creeping up fast. and she is already drinking 8oz. of formula at 2 months but her doctor says that is ok just so long as she is healthy. i havent had baby food in house since my 5yo was a baby and i am not looking foward to the mess but i am looking foward to the pictures of Gena's messy face and hands.

deleted_user 10/19/2007

I do this twice daily. I wonder if we could start a competition.

deleted_user 10/19/2007

He he ... my little one is four months old and had his first bit of baby rusk today. I gave it to him to chew on (while I was holding it) to massage his sore gum (first tooth on the way) but instead he sucked it to death and seemed to thoroughly enjoy his first attempt at "big boy" food :o)

deleted_user 10/20/2007

Along with medal for Baby Food Olympics, you should also be nominated for best author in a creative performance!!!! Where do you come up with this stuff...you really should write a book. It would rival anything Little Miss Jenny McCarthy has put out FOR SURE, but that's another story, another post, right?!

I hate the splatter & I'm happy to be moving away from baby food, but as you know solids are no picnic! Ever try vacuuming up peas from a carpet, or how about trying to get shredded chicken or beef from those adorable chin folds, ears & up the nose. In our house, the dropping and throwing of the sippy cup has become the best entertainment ever. Now, I just leave it there (stopper in, of course) but I'm not lucky enough to have four-legged fur babies, though! LOL!

DLR77 10/21/2007

anheyla--Let the games begin. I imagine it to be even more rigorous once there are actual bits of food as opposed to puree. I better get to training for that.
Dancermom--I can't believe you don't think Jenny McCarthy is an esteemed literary genius. And to think, I though I knew you!
Oh, I know too well the trying to vacuum up all those wonderful pieces of food. When Jaquelin was a baby, we didn't have dogs. Let me tell you--they are GREAT at cleaning up. I am guessing that with Buster and Milton around, not a drop of food will actually make it to the floor. Those three are going to be the best of friends. They both kind of follow her around because she often smells like various meats. Veal, beef, chicken, lamb...(maybe this is why I want to bite her cheeks all the time...perhaps I am just hungry.)
Happyintexas--at two months 8 oz?? Wow. She could give my little one a run for her money...or her carrots...which might be more difficult to pry out of her hands. She's very possessive when it comes to her food. It's a bit scary.
Lindsay13--What is rusk? I am going to look that up. Good luck at the preliminaries...the race is on :)

deleted_user 10/21/2007

Ah well it may be that Rusks are a British thing. They're made by Farleys (which I think is Heinz) and basically they are baby biscuits (from 4 months) that you can either give to the baby as they are or you can mush them up with milk or water and feed them with a spoon ... so they also respond really well to being sucked with little or no risk of choking ... always a bonus :o)

deleted_user 10/22/2007

Rusks sound a little like our shredded wheat cereal, except that's more for adults, I suppose :)

deleted_user 10/29/2007

hahahaha i know those olympics a little to well but jax is over the pureed things now he prefers finger foods wich are just as fun lol. i might get me one of those small furry vacuums tho! food is fun im just glad he isnt a fussy eater, and we have rusks in australia too jaxon loved them they were great he stilln has them every now and them but he generally prefers fruit so thats gud too, there heinz here

starflower 10/30/2007

That was TOO funny!!! Oh I know, it isn't funny when you are going through it! My oldest son, Andrew, was so impatient eating that I had to put the baby food jar under his chin and shovel! He *still* eats that fast!

Ben, however, is a *little* more patient thank goodness.

Our dog, Toby, wasn't too sure about Ben when we brought him home from the hospital except that he would alert me when Ben cried. However, he now *loves* Ben because he knows he is going to get some food out of their relationship!

Ladies, they make a great strap called a "Mommy's Helper" that can be put on any sippy cup or bottle that will velcro to their stroller, carseat, or highchair. It prevents them from throwing it on the floor. It also works wonders in the grocery cart. I believe the Baby Depot sells them.

Ben enjoyed your post as much as I did. When I started laughing, he decided it was funny to laugh at mommy. Hugs, Star-

DLR77 10/30/2007

That sounds like something we will be investing in very soon, Starflower. In the half-hour that the whole process takes, the floor is littered with all sorts of different lovely things. The say dogs' mouths are quite clean, but I don't really know how I feel with them using their tongues as mops all over the floor (or really, wherever pureed goodies have landed). I end up doing a quick mop around anyway. Walking on dog saliva kind of makes me a bit ill. They think they're doing a fantastic job...and Ellorie is pleased with their reaction. It's a win-win situation.

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