Delicious Whole-Grain Baby
February 24, 2009
So after all of that, this happened.
In part, I caved because Ez suddenly seemed ravenously, inexplicably hungry all the time and seriously tried to throw himself headfirst into Noah's plate of macaroni and cheese. It was also because there wasn't anything good on TV that night.
After the initial WHAT THE EFF? reaction, I must report that Ezra seriously loves oatmeal. Loves it. Two bites in and he had the whole spoon thing down and two nights in he knew when it was cereal time and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, WHERE IS MY CEREAL? He's also skipped his 2 am feeding three nights in a row, although this morning we had our first real solid-food-poop diaper and oh. Man. I'd TOTALLY blocked that part out.
(He still loves the boobs, of course. This morning I had a dream where I kept trying to readjust my bra over and over again because it was stuck to me, like a suction cup, and I couldn't figure out what was going on until I woke up and realized that Ezra had somehow scooted up to me and latched on. He was also sound asleep. Take that, spoon! I am still totally his favorite.)
Speaking of Signs That I Am A Little Senile, after our first cereal feeding I gazed upon his messy, sticky, drooly, crusty outfit and thought, hmmm, what we really need here is some kind of protective space-age coverage device that would prevent some of that mess! What a fantastic, magical invention that would be!
Then I remembered that it's called a bib, you fucking jackass. The end.
Hold it right there, Ezra!!! Do not grow up too quickly!!
He IS delicious. He's making me want one in fact (a baby, not a bowl of cereal).
The last sentence makes the whole rest of the post perfect. Hilarious!
wow! he is doing so well with all the feeding stuff! good job Ezra!
Ohh, so cute! I'm so happy for you!
Actually, to be a little honest, I'm totally jealous of your wonderful nursing relationship with Ezra.
But, yay for oatmeal!
My Chipmunk absolutely loves his solid food - doesn't matter what it is, if it's on a spoon he wants it.
Bibs... what a magical invention!
Ezra is a champion eater. What a little rock star- he is really taking to the oatmeal in the pictures!
Awesome pictures! When we started my niece on rice cereal she laughed the whole time so it turned her into a giant bubbling cereal volcano. It was epically messy but also amazing.
So Ez totally looks like this cute baby version of a partner at my firm. But the picture of the partner on the web does not do the resemblance justice and I can't really justify going up to Len and saying "you look like this super-cute baby on the web, can I take a picture of your cute baby cheeks?" Now can I? But every time I see a picture of Ez, or Len in the hallway, I giggle.
OMG - I just LOL at the last sentence. I'm primarily a lurker, but just wanted you to know that even though it's been rough of late, you still have two amazing sons. Keep up the good work raising them!
I've had those moments before when my then nursing baby snuck up on me while I was sleeping and totally took advantage and it worked itself into my dream and then the next morning I slapped at my husband for trying to cop a feel while I was sleeping. Then I caught her once and blamed him for passing those genes onto her.
Good times!
Must pinch cheeks! Oatmeal filled cheeks!
Callum used to night latch like that too. And he started solids at four and half months -could not wait to eat either. And yes boobs win!
Mwah ha ha. Your charm is that you call yourself a "fucking jackass". But then again, I may have a skewed sense of what the word "charm" means. Meh.
He's just too cute for words. Makes me want to have oatmeal.
That is what I titled my post - CAVED! We totally gave in because the baby girl was staring at us hungrily over the past few weeks. We finally caved two weeks ago and she is filled with joy about this. I did however forget the messiness of eating and she totally rubs it in her hair. Rice cereal as funky What About Mary look... OY! Who needs a bib? I mean unless of course they make a plastic coating that you envelope your entire child in while feeding - that I will buy into!
Awww, Congrats for your first solid food Ezra.
You are hilarious Amy... a bib. You always crack me up.
HA HA HA HA HA! That last sentence about killed me. Ah, sleep deprivation.
Ezra is a cutie (DUH!). Glad he's enjoying his oatmeal!!
A bib? OMG what a GREAT idea!!
FYI - I've had the exact same brain damage recently with my 2nd kiddo. A few days ago, she peed. Everywhere. Imagine my suprise when I realized her diaper was only closed on one side. ONE side. And I was the one to put it on. Imagine using both sides? Maybe they would actually contain all the pee?
He is so ridiculously cute. Also, did you cut your hair? It looks fabulous.
Ok, he's so darn cute that it's making me forget that I spent the morning barfing because I'm preggo with my first. UUUUUGH. But apparently it's all worth it :-)
Yummy oatmeal!
We started my boy on solids at about three months because he would.not.fill.up. on formula. He mastered the rice cereal in no time, then onto the veggies and fruit ala Gerber. He would actually squawk like a freak bird thing when I took the spoon out of his mouth and dipped it back into the jar of baby food. Apparently, 4.295875 nanoseconds is too long to wait for your next bite. And now at 13? He is eating us out of house and home. And has about 4% body fat. Which is okay, because I've got the other 96%. What was I saying again?
My baby is 17 months and I still forget the bib sometimes (okay, a lot). Now if only he would eat oatmeal again. Oatmeal cookies on the other hand are very popular!
The Bumbo is an excellent highchair-like option at this age and is way easier to clean. We didn't even buy a high chair until O was 7+ months old. Yay for oatmeal but yay for boobies still being in the picture.
I SO TOTALLY have that same picture of my kid in the bumbo on the table. Dude.
Here
Is cracking up because, you know. We're like that.
girl, you crack my shit up.
I totally once sat around in a tshirt thinking there should really be something you can put on your arms that would keep them warm. Then I realized there is something like that. Sleeves.
You really have the cutest kids EVER!!
I think my Mother in law thinks I am a total idiot sometimes because I suffer from bib senility. "I wish he wouldn't get messy like that." "where is his bib?" "oh...yeah."
I blame the lack of sleep and stuff. And pregnancy.
http://www.biology-online.org/articles/leading-pediatricians-group-recommends-infants.html
Please check this out. You are endangering Ezra by insisting he sleep with you. Referenced this for you because this was brought up again after mother was on GMA pleading for people like you to reconsider. She had smothered her son in his sleep. No drugs or alcohol involved and ruled as an "accident". Not really an accident when you are going against American Academy of Peditrician's strong counsel against this.
Wow, buzzkill from previous poster, huh?
Love Noah's expression of, "If that kid even ATTEMPTS to steal my sippy, it's so on," in the background.
I heart you Amy. (Even if you are a jackass*)
*You are totally not a jackass.
Also, shall I kick the person who posted right before I did?
"what we really need here is some kind of protective space-age coverage device that would prevent some of that mess! What a fantastic, magical invention that would be!
Then I remembered that it's called a bib, you fucking jackass. The end."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...thanks for the laugh!
i think it must be second child syndrome because i also totally forgot about bibs.
I think the last two sentences of the post will go down in history. Amazing :D
I think the last two sentences of the post will go down in history. Amazing :D
Almost peed myself reading that last sentence. Brilliant.
I recently awoke thinking that my husband was being very affectionate, only to realize my infant was rooting my neck. Thank God! Because I did NOT have the energy for THAT!
Loved every bit of this. Thank you!!!
Yeah. Don't cosleep or whateverthefuckdowhatyouwant.
OMG We had two drawers full of bibs for my first but he loved food so much that he did not EVER let a drop of food fall. I had never seen such a thing. Now my 3 month old takes pride in.. spit bubbles. And not swallowing. Ever. And anything messy. So.. I am sure I will forget bibs exist about a million times now that I have a child that actually needs to use them.
Awesome post - glad Ez is doing well with the solid foods. Yay!
(I swear that "Anne" is my cousin who has a knack for pointing out your faults as a parent because she just wants the best for you and your child and you are obviously too stupid so she must step up. That's why I broke up with her 7 years ago and haven't looked back.)
Boobs always trump spoons.
Oh how I love you Amy! I LIVE for checking your blog daily. THANK YOU!!!!! :)
xo
It's official: I can't even stand how freakin' cute Ez is.
Oh, I totally had that dream too! I would be adjusting my boob in my sleep and then realize, Oh, damn, there is a tiny human attached to it! Have to say that I'm glad the those days are behind me (though she is still going strong on the nursing front at 17 months--just not in *my* bed!)
PS: I had my daughter in England and had her in bed with me at the hospital--every single midwife who came into my room told me (without my asking) that it was completely safe and natural and not to worry about what anybody said. So there AAP!
So I was at the mall a while ago and there was this woman with a screaming baby and she kept saying "I know, I know you're hungry, but I forgot to bring a bib. I have your bottle right here, but I can't believe I forgot to pack a bib!" She had 3 employees searching the racks at winners for a damn bib but all they could find were outfits that came with bibs and she didn't want to buy a whole outfit just to get the bib. Finally she said "Oh I give up!" which I took to mean she was going to let the kid have a bottle even without a bib, but no she had just decided to go try another store. I offered her a recieving blanket (because I too had no bib, although I fed my kid anyway) and she said "but how will I tie it to her neck?" I fear for that child's future.
Ezra on the other hand, has got it good, crusty sleeper and all.
That last comment floors me! Seriously, give that kid a bottle! But, I had to comment because that baby is too cute for words - oh those eyes and that smile - they melt me. And, I was gonna tell you that you can also make rice cereal out of brown rice and all sorts of whole grains. I got this book "Super Baby Food" with my first baby, and while the author is a teensy bit crazy (IMHO) I liked a lot of her stuff. You can just grind up the raw grains of brown rice (or whatever grain you like - seriously, my first baby had like, millet, and other kinds of crazy birdseed-looking crap that he totally ate up - the other kids - not so much!) in the blender for about a minute until it makes a powder, and then you mix it with water and boil it for about 10 minutes, and you've got brown rice (or millet or oatmeal cereal) I think it was 1/4 cup rice to 2 cups water. And it made enough to last a about a week in the fridge. Give that baby a kiss and some boob!
OMG these pics of Ezra...he is just so freaking cute! Now I want to go to my almost 5 mo's pediatrician and have the rice cereal discussion. This wasn't even mentioned at our 4 mo check up so now I'm curious...is my son starving? Will he gobble up oatmeal? But I guess I'll wait until the 6 mo check up, or when he starts sneaking up to my b**bs while I'm sleeping. Although...hmmm...would love to skip the 3AM feedings.
Loved the last line. Classic!
OMG, you totally cracked me up at the end. Sounds like something I would say, and my kids are now 3.5 and almost 6. Your kids are ADORABLE. I love your writing and I admire you for keeping up your blog so well!
I too forgot about bibs with #2! I think successful breastfeeding does that to you... you forget about all of the accessories.
And yeah, the bumbo on the table totally gives it away that this is indeed the second child. ;)