Chelane has started waving her arms frantically around after a only a few spoonfuls of food, inevitably hitting the spoon and sending food flying onto her tray and face. The frustrating thing is that she is isn't doing this because she is full, oh no, on the contrary she is still hungry. Someone is starting to not want to be fed anymore (or at least that is my diagnosis).
So, Cam and I decided to stop fighting it. Last night for dinner and this morning for breakfast Chelane has fed herself finger food. She seems to enjoy doing things herself. We set up Dallas and Chelane's chairs right next to each other as well to encourage Dallas to share.
Last night dinner consisted of some cut up canned pears, peas, half a cheese stick, and cheerios. Normally we give Dallas his peas frozen but, since his sister was trying solid peas for the first time (and she only has two and a half teeth), we heated the peas to room temperature. Chelane decided she really liked peas. She has the cutest little pincer grasp and shoveles those peas right in.
Cam and I discovered Dallas should only be fed frozen peas. He discovered how far you can launch the insides of peas by pinching their shells... he almost shot one into the living room.
3 comments:
Isn't it great when they develop minds of their own? Aislynne now abruptly (and therefore messily) pushes the spoon away if she gets too many bites of the same thing in a row. Ah, independence.
Hooray for Chelane - I haven't seen her in FOREVER and imagine she's looking very much grown up by now. Isn't it sad that I only live 20 minutes away and feel like I should be asking you to post pics? :(
That's so fun! Our kids really like eating together too. I think it encourages them to have someone right there doing the same thing that's close to their size.
Dallas is funny. :)
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