Bigger and better adventures

Daddyfeatures suggested we rename Talia “John West”, in keeping with the quantity of food being rejected at the moment.

There is a lot of discussion on the forum about how to deal with babies who don’t want to eat.  Some mothers see it as a fight but we are pretty determined not to take that path.  Some mothers are concerned about feeding disorders but I think our issues are merely a combination of small appetite (not much we can do about that), teething (ditto) and early onset of rampant I’ll-do-it-my-way individualism (no comment really!!)

I decided today I would take before and after photos, as Talia has been doing some impressive rearranging and redistribution of food from highchair tray to floor.  So I laid out and photographed a beautiful little bento box of nibblies in an ice cube tray and put it on the high chair. And do you know what? The little imp either ate the contents or left it exactly where it was. Out of the entire spread she dropped a single cheerio over the edge. So there was no aftermath to photograph.

Some days I swear she must be able to read my mind.

Corrected age: 5 months, 3 weeks
Weight: 5.555kg (yes, today has been brought to you by the number 5!)
Diet: breastmilk, formula, a smidge of vegetable mixed with farex and milk

We’re back with the solids, but not very convincingly. I’m starting to wonder if the tongue is a problem, so I asked the child health nurse this morning if it was abnormal for her to be sticking it out so much. She said it might just be a habit, or it might be the sign of an underlying problem - but she is not qualified to comment. So I’ll just have to wait and see.

I have a freezer full of orange icecubes - sweet potato, pumpkin and carrot. I’ve also discovered that orange coloured mush is really hard to wash out of bibs.

I wasn’t expecting to hear from the hospital until shortly before Talia’s 8 month check up in February, but today I received an “infant temperament questionnaire - 6 months” in the post. It is LONG - 95 questions! I intend to ignore it until later in the month. Don’t ask me what that says about parent temperament.