Lanie started eating solid food on Friday! It's a big deal. She's been devouring some oatmeal each day. When Tess and I get a spoonful close to her mouth, she grabs the near end of the handle to help us and/or leans way forward to get the oatmeal sooner. Apparently Lanie thinks Mommy and Daddy feed her much too slowly. But eating isn't all business. Lanie enjoys blowing bubbles in her oatmeal and loves to wrestle the spoon away so that she can chew on the handle. For now, these antics are pretty adorable. Give us a month or two, and we'll probably be begging Babes to just eat her food. Until then, Lanie decies when it's time for fun and when it's time to gobble up everything. It's Lanie's world, and Tess and I are just living in it.
However, Lanie may have met her match tonight when we introduced her to sweet potatoes. She eagerly consumed the first bite, but her face soon darkened in confusion as she realized she wasn't chewing on oatmeal. She took another bite or two, but the faces she made grew funnier and funnier. After another couple of spoonfuls, Lanie attempted to refuse the spoon. She'd push it away or only take a little bit and promptly slobber it right out. Then we entered a fun cycle. I'd reach back for more sweet potatoes. Lanie, assuming I was fetching oatmeal would lean forward with visible excitement. As the spoon came closer with a load of orange mush, Lanie would sit back up and turn away, making a face that screamed, "It's not oatmeal! No! Not the orange stuff! Nooooo!" So we gave up for a night. We'll try the sweet potatoes again tomorrow. She'll probably love them by the end of the week.
Grace and peace,
BMH
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