Thursday, November 24, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
High Tea!
High Tea- all the ladies
My hat- a teacup
My somewhat oddly shaped dress. It is hard to match a dress to a pink, white, red and black glittery teacup hat festooned with ribbons, rosettes, pearls, lace, diamantes, and bows. I think this is only the second time in my life I have worn this much bling- the first being my wedding!
Speaking of weddings, this is my wedding hair. To clarify, this is the hairpiece I wore to my wedding because we had a morning wedding and hairpieces are so much easier!
And these are the teapot cookies my friend Cheryl and I decorated.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Baby Led Weaning
What do you feed a baby that refuses to eat from a spoon??
This has been our problem since starting solids. Asher has had strep throat, tonsillitis, and an unknown throat infection- during all of which we've had to force feed him antibiotics. We tried everything- a supply line during feeding, on a spoon, mixed with water, in a medicine pacifier, in a dropper, from a syringe. It was never easy and usually ended up with us holding him down, holding his jaw open, and trying not to make him gag. Consequently, he refuses anything we try to give him on a spoon, mostly. On the very odd occasion he'll open his mouth.
That is when we discovered baby led weaning. It skips pureed foods and goes straight to 'table foods'- finger foods, thick purees that he can scoop up, etc.
He likes experimenting and playing with his food. It is a mess. He's a mess. Our floor is a mess.
We even tried a suction cup bowl- that was amusing. It didn't take him long to unsuction it and dump it!
He likes his apple wedges, and pear, carrot, cucumber- anything in a stick form. He's had sandwiches, toast, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, french fries (baked, no salt). He's moving into eating what we are eating... within reason.
Now he shares his food with me, too. He'll take a bite, hand it to me, I'll take a bite (or pretend to), and hand it back to him. Sometimes he'll just pick up his food, bit by bit, and drop it on the floor. Sometimes he'll try to use a spoon himself (though he can't get food on the spoon yet, but he has tried).
For breakfast he may have oatmeal/porridge, cereal (Weet-bix), or baby cereal mixed with fruit puree. But I make it thick enough for him to scoop up with his fingers and eat.
Lunch and dinner usually involve a sandwich, toast, bread, and a rice or corn cracker with various spreads, or portions of whatever we are having.
Asher does keep life interesting!
This has been our problem since starting solids. Asher has had strep throat, tonsillitis, and an unknown throat infection- during all of which we've had to force feed him antibiotics. We tried everything- a supply line during feeding, on a spoon, mixed with water, in a medicine pacifier, in a dropper, from a syringe. It was never easy and usually ended up with us holding him down, holding his jaw open, and trying not to make him gag. Consequently, he refuses anything we try to give him on a spoon, mostly. On the very odd occasion he'll open his mouth.
That is when we discovered baby led weaning. It skips pureed foods and goes straight to 'table foods'- finger foods, thick purees that he can scoop up, etc.
He likes experimenting and playing with his food. It is a mess. He's a mess. Our floor is a mess.
We even tried a suction cup bowl- that was amusing. It didn't take him long to unsuction it and dump it!
He likes his apple wedges, and pear, carrot, cucumber- anything in a stick form. He's had sandwiches, toast, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, french fries (baked, no salt). He's moving into eating what we are eating... within reason.
Now he shares his food with me, too. He'll take a bite, hand it to me, I'll take a bite (or pretend to), and hand it back to him. Sometimes he'll just pick up his food, bit by bit, and drop it on the floor. Sometimes he'll try to use a spoon himself (though he can't get food on the spoon yet, but he has tried).
For breakfast he may have oatmeal/porridge, cereal (Weet-bix), or baby cereal mixed with fruit puree. But I make it thick enough for him to scoop up with his fingers and eat.
Lunch and dinner usually involve a sandwich, toast, bread, and a rice or corn cracker with various spreads, or portions of whatever we are having.
Asher does keep life interesting!
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