Fun With Food

To spare her poor hands from being eaten alive, we have been offering Kendall a variety of things to help her gums through the teething process.  While there are no signs of teeth yet, the process really can take quite some time....fortunately, she hasn't been too horribly fussy.  Don't get me wrong - we have had some crummy days....but it could be worse, I know that.

She has tons of teething toys, but on our last trip to the store, we got her some Baby Mum Mums, which are basically rice crackers for babies who are teething.  Carter had these when he was a baby and they were a huge hit.  They are easily dissolved in the baby's mouth, so there is no choking hazard. And it also gives them practice "chewing".  Kendall has really taken to them.

 But boy are they sure messy!  They pretty much go from cracker to soggy mess in about 2.5 seconds.  But it's sure fun watching her manipulate the cracker and get it to her mouth.

 In fact, not much misses that mouth, lol!  The girl takes her food quite seriously.

Is there Something in My Teeth?

I think we started the feeding game with Kendall a little later than we did with Carter.  I think by four months, he was already on to baby foods such as bananas, peas, carrots, etc.  With Kendall, we are at five months and still just on baby rice cereal and oatmeal. I think the next trip to the store, I will grab some baby food and see how she does.  She's not wild about the rice cereal or the oatmeal, but she does manage to get some down.  I can't imagine it's the best tasting stuff on earth, but it does get her introduced to some flavor and texture.

Here is how we start out - she is clean and dry, the bib is clean and dry, her Bumbo is clean and dry, and MOM is clean and dry.  ;)

 And here is how we end up.........MESSY!

She's trying, I give her credit for that.  We'll see if she does better with some actual baby food.