Feeding Follies
I think feeding an infant is widely revered as one of the most fun and one of the most challenging things that you can do as a parent. Jack has run the gamut of foods- starting with the uber-safe things like cereal and green beans, progressing to fruits, then on to pastas, meats, and now pretty much whatever we are eating. The process has gone well, though it's not without its amusing (and trying) moments.
Of course, everyone has the pictures of their chilluns covered in some sort of pureed vegetable product. You've seen those here in this blog.
We've also been blessed with a child who has a super-sensitive gag reflex. Make the food too chunky, and be prepared for a vomit shower. He's getting better about it, but there were days when we feared that jarred bananas would be too much for him.
Lately, Jack has learned to self-feed, and I must say that it's my favorite time thus far. As you can witness in the Jack's video link at the right, self-feeding is a very deliberate process for him. First, he carefully eyes his prey, then he reaches with the oh-so-precise pincer grasp and picks up the juicy morsel. Once he has caught his victim and secured it properly, the food (along with his entire hand) goes into his mouth where he slurps it in to ensure delivery to his gut. It's hilarious to watch, but I also marvel at the sight just because he taught himself to do it. It's not like we sat around practicing all that much- he just decided one day that he would pick up the food I put on his tray and shove it in.
And, tonight, he did one of the more amusing things with respect to feeding. We were out to dinner and he was eating some of my pollo asada and then he decided that it would be funny to take each piece of chicken and put it in his chair before he ate it. We have no idea why he decided to do this, he just did. When he realized that we had caught on and were laughing about it, he started giggling every time he shoved the morsels down into his chair and then lifted them to his mouth to gobble them up.
We've got a comedian on our hands.
Of course, everyone has the pictures of their chilluns covered in some sort of pureed vegetable product. You've seen those here in this blog.
We've also been blessed with a child who has a super-sensitive gag reflex. Make the food too chunky, and be prepared for a vomit shower. He's getting better about it, but there were days when we feared that jarred bananas would be too much for him.
Lately, Jack has learned to self-feed, and I must say that it's my favorite time thus far. As you can witness in the Jack's video link at the right, self-feeding is a very deliberate process for him. First, he carefully eyes his prey, then he reaches with the oh-so-precise pincer grasp and picks up the juicy morsel. Once he has caught his victim and secured it properly, the food (along with his entire hand) goes into his mouth where he slurps it in to ensure delivery to his gut. It's hilarious to watch, but I also marvel at the sight just because he taught himself to do it. It's not like we sat around practicing all that much- he just decided one day that he would pick up the food I put on his tray and shove it in.
And, tonight, he did one of the more amusing things with respect to feeding. We were out to dinner and he was eating some of my pollo asada and then he decided that it would be funny to take each piece of chicken and put it in his chair before he ate it. We have no idea why he decided to do this, he just did. When he realized that we had caught on and were laughing about it, he started giggling every time he shoved the morsels down into his chair and then lifted them to his mouth to gobble them up.
We've got a comedian on our hands.
posted by Vienna @ 9/20/2005 07:13:00 PM
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