There are days when I find writing to be easy, when the words flow freely with minimum thought on my part.
This isn't one of those days. In fact, I haven't had one for a while. So if you're reading this: Sorry.
Veronica, for the most part, is doing well. She's actually trying to feed herself with a spoon now. The first time she did this, she was fairly successful; however, she's now trying to experiment with new ways to do so.
*sigh*
OK, here's a typical feeding now:
1. Mommy holds a bowl of gooey food. What type of food is irrelevant; if it's baby food, it's gooey. There is a spoon inside the bowl. Mommy scoops out some and puts it up to Veronica's mouth.
2. Veronica reaches for the spoon. Mommy pulls it away. Veronica reaches some more. Mommy realizes that no food is going to get into Veronica's mouth unless she gets hold of the spoon.
3. Mommy hands Veronica the spoon. Veronica grabs it with her left hand perfectly. She then flips it backwards and puts it in her right hand. She then dips said spoon into the aforementioned bowl of gooey food. The spoon is dipper-side down but backward, so she cannot scoop up anything. Mommy tries to adjust this. Veronica vehemently protests. Mommy notices Veronica has a frighteningly tight grip for being such a little kid.
4. Mommy succeeds in flipping the spoon. Veronica then succeeds in flipping it back over.
5. Veronica tries to scoop up some food. Her method of doing so is to tap the spoon, rapid-fire, into the bottom of the bowl, thus splattering said food because, as stated before, it is gooey. Mommy tries to help get at least something on the spoon before Veronica removes it from the bowl. Half the time, Mommy succeeds.
6. Veronica then takes the spoon with some semblance of food on it and proceeds to bang it on the tray of her high chair, thus watching the goo spatter even more. She then tries to scoop up the goop now sitting on the tray. Mommy watches and plots ways to clean up the mess later.
7. a.)If Mommy is lucky, Veronica finally places the spoon in her mouth and eats something. The entire process, to get maybe one eighth of a teaspoon of gooey food into her mouth, takes about ten minutes.
b.) If Mommy is unlucky, this entire scenario repeats.
8. Sometimes Mommy thinks she's being smart and grabs a second spoon, so Veronica can "feed herself" and Mommy can actually jam some food into her mouth. This works, once again, about half the time. The other half the time, Veronica, with her spoon in her right hand, will attempt to grab Mommy's spoon in her left. Her other option is to sword-fight Mommy's spoon with her own. Either way, no food gets into her mouth.
9. Daddy, for the most part, just gives her a bunch of Cheerios and various types of Gerber hand-foods - mini-fruits, veggie crackers, little bite-sized bits of turkey, etc. Then she washes it down with a sippy-cup full of juice, milk, formula, or liquid yogurt. (She's totally off of bottles now.)
10. Mommy worries more about nutrition and Veronica's ability to feed herself.
11. Daddy has it lucky. :-P
Oh, there's more. More worries, more Veronica anecdotes. But I think that's enough for one night, as I got to feed her dinner tonight.
*rubs temples*
This isn't one of those days. In fact, I haven't had one for a while. So if you're reading this: Sorry.
Veronica, for the most part, is doing well. She's actually trying to feed herself with a spoon now. The first time she did this, she was fairly successful; however, she's now trying to experiment with new ways to do so.
*sigh*
OK, here's a typical feeding now:
1. Mommy holds a bowl of gooey food. What type of food is irrelevant; if it's baby food, it's gooey. There is a spoon inside the bowl. Mommy scoops out some and puts it up to Veronica's mouth.
2. Veronica reaches for the spoon. Mommy pulls it away. Veronica reaches some more. Mommy realizes that no food is going to get into Veronica's mouth unless she gets hold of the spoon.
3. Mommy hands Veronica the spoon. Veronica grabs it with her left hand perfectly. She then flips it backwards and puts it in her right hand. She then dips said spoon into the aforementioned bowl of gooey food. The spoon is dipper-side down but backward, so she cannot scoop up anything. Mommy tries to adjust this. Veronica vehemently protests. Mommy notices Veronica has a frighteningly tight grip for being such a little kid.
4. Mommy succeeds in flipping the spoon. Veronica then succeeds in flipping it back over.
5. Veronica tries to scoop up some food. Her method of doing so is to tap the spoon, rapid-fire, into the bottom of the bowl, thus splattering said food because, as stated before, it is gooey. Mommy tries to help get at least something on the spoon before Veronica removes it from the bowl. Half the time, Mommy succeeds.
6. Veronica then takes the spoon with some semblance of food on it and proceeds to bang it on the tray of her high chair, thus watching the goo spatter even more. She then tries to scoop up the goop now sitting on the tray. Mommy watches and plots ways to clean up the mess later.
7. a.)If Mommy is lucky, Veronica finally places the spoon in her mouth and eats something. The entire process, to get maybe one eighth of a teaspoon of gooey food into her mouth, takes about ten minutes.
b.) If Mommy is unlucky, this entire scenario repeats.
8. Sometimes Mommy thinks she's being smart and grabs a second spoon, so Veronica can "feed herself" and Mommy can actually jam some food into her mouth. This works, once again, about half the time. The other half the time, Veronica, with her spoon in her right hand, will attempt to grab Mommy's spoon in her left. Her other option is to sword-fight Mommy's spoon with her own. Either way, no food gets into her mouth.
9. Daddy, for the most part, just gives her a bunch of Cheerios and various types of Gerber hand-foods - mini-fruits, veggie crackers, little bite-sized bits of turkey, etc. Then she washes it down with a sippy-cup full of juice, milk, formula, or liquid yogurt. (She's totally off of bottles now.)
10. Mommy worries more about nutrition and Veronica's ability to feed herself.
11. Daddy has it lucky. :-P
Oh, there's more. More worries, more Veronica anecdotes. But I think that's enough for one night, as I got to feed her dinner tonight.
*rubs temples*
posted by Maranie @ 10:41 PM
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