Naturally, this was before he scratched himself on the nose, had a diaper incident necessitating a change into his backup outfit, and spit up on his sweatshirt.
Because OF COURSE he would go months without scratching his face until the day before picture day.
Comments Off on Of course.You know how you hear these stories of people starting their babies on solid food – “He just loved it!” “Gobbled it right up!” “It’s his favorite!” HAHHHH. I laugh.
Wesley hates solid food.
We started by giving him tiny bits of banana to taste and a graham cracker to wave around. He did not enjoy the banana much, but seemed to really like the cracker.
Of course, his face broke out in tiny bumps later that day so we haven’t tried the graham cracker again, just in case.
We tried sweet potatoes (hates), avocadoes, (REALLY hates) and then resorted to rice cereal, the most bland stuff on the face of the earth. He hated that too.
Part of the problem is that we finally realized he hates spoons. After some trial and error, the ones he hates the least are Nuk brand silicone spoons, I think because they’re the most similar to his bottles. (Metal spoons are the worst, and plastic and plastic-tipped aren’t far behind.)
We decided to try one of his mesh feeders with a bit of a pear, and finally! It was a hit! A couple months ago we tried giving him the feeder with nothing in it and he would barely touch it to his mouth – he didn’t seem to like the texture – so I was really surprised he liked it enough to eat all the bits of pear.
Today we tried banana, sweet potato, and rice cereal (separately, together, whatever) and he still hates the sweet potato and rice cereal. He seemed to enjoy the banana in the feeder but not by itself.
I’m not in any kind of rush to get him to eat solid foods. Daycare pushed me into letting them try rice cereal during the day, even though I told them he hates it, just to get some practice with a spoon. I just want to make sure we try different things so he gets used to the tastes and textures for when he IS ready to eat real food. For the time being, we’re both happy with him just eating milk.
5 Comments >I love buntings – those cloth banners made from triangles (or half-circles or rectangles). I’ve also seen them called “pennant banners” or just “banners.” They make great nursery or party decorations and are very sweet looking. I’ve been wanting to make one for Wesley for a long time, and finally one weekend I just DID IT.
I made a “pattern” for the triangles out of a grocery bag and cut them out of a simple green cotton fabric with tiny white polka-dots. I didn’t bother trying to make sure the fabric was straight and I didn’t pin my pattern down. I wanted his name on the banner, so I decided to do one letter per triangle. The letters are cut from polar fleece, since I didn’t want them to fray but didn’t want to do any extra work to finish the edges. Lazy sewing FTW!
I laid each letter on one of the two triangles, pinned it where it looked best, and then just sewed around the edge. I didn’t even bother changing my thread so if you look closely, the dark green fleece is sewn on with light sage green thread. Again, lazy sewing.
I put the two right-sides of the triangles together (one with a letter, one without) and sewed the two diagonal seams, ironed, turned it inside out, ironed again, and topstitched the edges.
Once I had all my triangles done, I laid them out on the floor with a package of extra-wide bias tape. I used a mid-range gray since that’s what I had that matched best. Once I liked the placement (about an inch and a half apart), I pinned the triangles to the bias tape and then sewed the tape edges together, trapping the unfinished edge of the triangles inside. It was super easy.
Wesley looks pleased. I am thrilled with it and love that it makes Wesley’s corner of our bedroom look more like a nursery.
I downloaded this pattern from Beeper Bebe and then was a total ass and more or less ignored the instructions. I didn’t pin the pattern to the fabric and did a bad job of cutting it out, so the bunny’s head was oddly shaped. (Once again, I am all about the lazy sewing.) Even so, I decided to soldier on.
The fabric I used was a dress that I bought for super cheap at Ross and then never ended up wearing since it wasn’t totally my style. I was initially going to donate it to Goodwill, and at the time, I had actually been looking for nice, striped knits for cheap online – I finally put two and two together and just cut up the dress.
When sewing the bunny, I also ignored the instructions to sew “dividers” for the arms and legs and to cinch the head – they look positively adorable that way but it was extra work and… well… I wanted Wesley to be able to play with his bunny right away.
For the tail: I cut a circle, handsewed a running stitch around the edge, cinched it, and filled it with polyfill stuffing, and then I handstitched it to the bunny’s bum. I embroidered a really simple nose/mouth and two french knots for eyes. Nothing fancy. Even so, I love how it came out and Wesley really seems to like his bunny friend:
It’s easy for him to hang on to, wave around, bite, and hug.
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