Oatmeal

Do all babies have a hard time starting food? It seems like ours do. I normally start them right about the 6 month mark and they struggle with it for about two months and finally at about 8 months they actually start getting a little bit down. This time I decided to wait and start at 8 months in the hopes we could skip all the food drama. Plan: FAIL!

Starting later did nothing to help with the first feedings. Maybe it even made it worse?? She turned 8 months on a Tuesday and because of busy schedules the first meal all 6 of us were together for was that Friday. We decided it would be fun to go over to Noni and Papa's for dinner so we headed there after T got off work and grabbed Panda on the way. 

We all sat down to eat and I mixed her up some oatmeal. Daddy put the first spoonful in...

"Hmm...this is interesting."

"I like this chewy spoon!"

 

"Okay, this is kind of weird."

 

"Yeah I don't really like whatever this goopy stuff is."

"Okay, now Boo is putting it in my mouth."

"Yeah that's just nasty people."

"Okay deep breath. They all seem so excited. I can do this."

"Or not. *gag* Yuck."

"Okay, I just thew up in my mouth. No more!"

"Wait. You think this stuff is good, Peanut? Okay I'll try it again."

"Nope. Not any better!"

"Buggy! Not you too!"

"No more! No more!"

"Swallow. Keep it in. Keep it in."

"Oh no. Can't. Keep. It. Down."

"Here it comes!"

"Wow. That was definitely my worst experience to date. Then Mommy had to get me cleaned up. Somehow I got that pasty junk in my hair! Then she tried to lay me down for a nap. Yeah right! Torture me and then just lay me down! I don't think so! I'm going to scream my head off till they come back and get me....ok, that worked. Now they're giving me to Mama. Maybe she'll be more sympathetic to my plight. Did you see what they did to me, Mama?? Just rock me and sing me a song."

"Oh yeah, that's better. Sing it Mama."

"And don't ever let them try that again!"