I got up this morning at 5:15 to get ready for hockey. Nursed Ant from 5:30-5:50, then off to hockey. Got home at around 8, at which point Mark headed off to work. About half an hour later I figured I should feed Ant his solids, he had gotten up at 6:45 so we were close to his two hour window for naptime. I fed him 3 tbsp of oatmeal, he noshed on some apples in the mesh bag, and ate an ounce of pears. I also made him a hard-boiled egg, becuase the sheet the doctor gave us about what foods to start when said we coujld start egg yolks at 8 months. Well, this was the first thing that I've offered him to eat that he *clearly* did not like. You should have seen the look on his face when I put the spoon with a little bit of egg yolk on it into his mouth. I think it was more the feel of it in his mouth than the taste, because he basically just spit it all out without tasting it at all. Then, when I went to write dow n what he had had later on, I found out that M had already fed him almost exactly the same thing an hour earlier (except the egg). OOOPs!
For lunch I was eating my sandwich (turkey, cheese and ranch dressing on a roll) at the same time I was feeding him, because I was starving too. According to the sheet from the doc, 'ground chicken' was another thing we could start, so I figured deli turkey fit in that category and tore off a little piece for Antony. He kind of mushed it with his fingers for a bit, so I thought he wasn't going to do anything with it. But very shortly after he picked it right up and stuck it in his mouth. Unlike the egg, he didn't make any faces, and didn't even spit it out. So I pulled off a few more pieces, and he ate another three or four!
Dinner was another laugh - after his normal cereal and yoghurt/jam, I went to the butternut squash. He was chowing down on it, after having sucked down the cereal and yog, but he was trying very hard to get his hands in the bowl. He did manage a bit... and then started patting his head, which has been his thing recently. So he ended up with squash all over his head!
7 comments:
Oh sweet thing, look at those eyes! I'd pat my head with a hand full of squash too if I was that darn cute! :-)
What a joyful little guy! Sounds like he had the same reception to egg yolk as my boy (you want me to eat WHAT?!).
I'll admit that egg yolk is usually only good with salt, pepper, mayo and mustard, but that might be a little much for Ant.
He gets those dimples from you, if I recall, right?
Darling boy!
He sure looks like you around the eyes.
Oh my goodness he is so precious!
So I guess your boy does have some texture issues just like his mama, huh? funny about us and bananas... my others in that category are mushrooms & eggplant.
Jordan also pats his head all the time now, especially while he's nursing. Sometimes almost violently. Not sure what's up with that.
So glad Ant is having a lot of fun with food. What a ham!
PS -- any more luck on the diapers? What brand/type? We find that Pampers babydry work great for Sarah, but Jordan ALWAYS leaks through those and he does better with cruisers. A boy/girl thing perhaps? And we make those diapers super tight at night, sorry Jordan.
What a cutie patootie! I can't believe he's 8 months already!!
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