Learning to eat is messy business

Confession time. Potty training and solid foods are two of my least favorite developmental milestones. I feel a tremendous amount of anxiety when my kids are learning to use the potty (like the not-going-out-of-the-house kind of anxiety). Also, I can't stand feeding a baby solid foods when they spit most of it out onto their belly. Especially when they are teething simultaneously. That means there will be drool mixed with spit-out food. A combination that I, once again, think belongs to something out of a John Carpenter movie.

Thankfully, I have an 8-year-old. And he thinks that watching a baby eat solid foods is the funniest thing since Spongebob split his pants. Instead of stressing, I just invite Cole to come watch, shuck the baby's clothes, throw him into a plastic containment center (i.e. high chair), and get the camera out. What results is good for immediate AND future laughter.

Here are some pictures of the last two 'sessions'.

Happy start to a feeding session...mom forgot a bib

This expression made me laugh

Again, he is seriously concentrating on eating.

I'm pretty sure he's using the force to get the spoon closer to his mouth.
Doesn't he look like Quado from Total Recall?
This is the face you make after gagging yourself with a spoon.
(Imagine him laughing like Popeye)

Look for my next post - Potty training is messy business. (Just kidding)