Friday, August 11, 2006
Sad Val
Valerie is up to three real food meals a day, and pretty much thinks each new food she tries is Best Thing Ever and why were we holding out on her. Yesterday she tried peas for the first time, case in point. She’s now had apple, pear, banana, peach, mango/kiwi/apple, carrot, peas, sweet potato, sweet potato/apple, prune, squash, apricot, and quite possibly something I’m forgetting. She also eats oatmeal mixed into other foods. Courtesy of Sadie and a more casual attutude and ravenous hurriedness on her part, she’s also probably tasted and even swallowed things we don’t know about. Probably including peanut butter, courtesy of Sadie. Yesterday she approvingly sampled a Frosted Flake Sadie had dropped.
Yes, she doesn’t know she’s five months old and shouldn’t have the dexterity to pick up an individual flake and put it in her mouth. Let alone a sunflower seed. We got her some banana flavored puffs that will disintegrate readily and serve as a distraction. She loves those. When Sadie doesn’t steal them all.
This morning she tried a little real banana. When we did that to Sadie she thought we were nuts (real bananas and babyfood bananas are entirely different flavors). Valerie declared it yet another Best Food Ever.
She can’t get enough to eat. Yesterday evening we finally figured out that was why she wouldn’t stop fussing, and it took a big jar, a small jar, and some of the puffs to satisfy her. Though she was still unhappy that she got puffs while we got spaghetti, salad and French bread. Not Fair.
She seems to put all that food into height and motion. I call her the Squirminator. During diaper changes she makes Sadie look placidly cooperative.