Ugh. Ack. Sigh. I’m having one of those sucky mother days. I just got a call from Cooper’s daycare; his teacher wanted to know if she could give him finger food snacks when she gives them to his other classmates.
“Whenever I give snacks to the other kids, Cooper always acts like he wants some, too.”
I explained that we were taking the whole “solid solids” thing very slowly because Each And Every Time we try to give Cooper a bite of a cracker (anyone recall the whole biter biscuit incident?), a cereal snippet, etc. he chokes — as in crying, coughing, face-turning-blood-red chokes.
Admittedly, I’ve become gun shy on doling out hunks and chunks of food that could potentially send my child to the ER. And now, I guess because of that, I’ve let my little guy fall behind.
After the phone call and a panicked conversation replay for the hubby, I did some research on the world of finger foods. Apparently 7-9 months is the average age of introduction. WHAT??!! Coop’s now 11 months. CRAP!
You can set reminders on your e-mail, your PDA, hell, your TV to raise a flag when it’s time for something important … why isn’t there a similar system for parents? A big flashing neon sign, complete with bells and whistles that says, “Hello, stupid, start your child on big boy foods. Now.”
I don’t want Coop to start kindergarten still eating regurgitated green beans, so I guess tonight’s the night. Cooper, meet Cheerios. Cheerios, please be kind to my son. Self: please remember how infant CPR works … just in case.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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2 comments:
Don't feel bad. Everyone keeps telling me to start Brenley on solids, the mushy kind. I'm slow playing it big time. Why make my life more complicated? We've got a good thing going with nursing. I'll start sometime, but not today :)
Don't do it cause everyone else is or some "professional" says so. YOU know what's best for Precious! God gave us that instinct for a reason my friend. Trust it when you don't feel right. Just in case you do want to try something though - rice krispies. They roll around in there and get all mushy. Good Luck Tessa!
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