Ah, Incisor. We meet again.
After a horribly interrupted night of sleep, what should appear in Jacob's precious pie-hole but his third tooth? The thinnest ridge of his top right incisor poked through today. It appears the top left one is following right behind it, as was the case with his bottom incisors.
As this tooth sprouts more, I'm sure he will be thrilled at his new chomping powers. The child, he refuses to eat traditional baby food. Just like the toy situation, where he won't play with objects that are obviously baby-oriented, Jacob sees Big Brother or Mommy or Daddy eating non-pureed food and either insists on having some of that himself or outrightly grabs it out of our hands. Did I mention he also refuses to wear a bib? We're buying stock in Spray-n-Wash.
This has been one major instance of changes in parenting a second versus a first -- I think Isaac was fed from jars until he was nearly a year. Jacob hasn't eaten jar food in a week. What can you feed an 8-month-old baby? His very favorite foods include Eggos, English muffin pizzas, and chili. It amazes me what he plows through with the very few teeth he has. And unlike his brother, Jacob will eat whatever I'm eating, so I usually feed him off my plate, though sometimes it can be seriously challenging to find things that he will eat, but won't choke on.
He's certainly not starving, but it would be nice to coerce him into eating more vegetables and fruit. I'm thinking a trip to the frozen foods section is probably in order to get precooked stuff without all the salt of canned. If anybody else has ideas to share in this regard, I'm always interested, especially if they might be something his ultra-picky big brother might eat.
As this tooth sprouts more, I'm sure he will be thrilled at his new chomping powers. The child, he refuses to eat traditional baby food. Just like the toy situation, where he won't play with objects that are obviously baby-oriented, Jacob sees Big Brother or Mommy or Daddy eating non-pureed food and either insists on having some of that himself or outrightly grabs it out of our hands. Did I mention he also refuses to wear a bib? We're buying stock in Spray-n-Wash.
This has been one major instance of changes in parenting a second versus a first -- I think Isaac was fed from jars until he was nearly a year. Jacob hasn't eaten jar food in a week. What can you feed an 8-month-old baby? His very favorite foods include Eggos, English muffin pizzas, and chili. It amazes me what he plows through with the very few teeth he has. And unlike his brother, Jacob will eat whatever I'm eating, so I usually feed him off my plate, though sometimes it can be seriously challenging to find things that he will eat, but won't choke on.
He's certainly not starving, but it would be nice to coerce him into eating more vegetables and fruit. I'm thinking a trip to the frozen foods section is probably in order to get precooked stuff without all the salt of canned. If anybody else has ideas to share in this regard, I'm always interested, especially if they might be something his ultra-picky big brother might eat.
posted by Claire at 11:03 PM
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Lily is not so into the jar foods either. Sometimes she just wants to put the food in herself. So I gave her some peas from my plate the other night and she did great. Tonight we tried small squares of banana...it's slippery, but she managed. It was a total mess though. Let me know what works for you guys too!
Jen -- we've done peas, which he likes, and bananas, which apparently he has to be in the mood for. Finger foods that work very well with him that I didn't mention:
toasted bagels (usually with cream cheese)
green beans from a can
beans of almost any kind
quesadillas, cut into long wedges
noodles or pasta, especially with tomato sauce
grilled cheese, cut into strips (or I give him the crusts that Big Brother won't eat!)
thinly sliced apples
thinly sliced pears
grapes, halved or quartered
mandarin oranges
Eh, there are more, but I'm beat. I'll post more here if I can remember anything else.
Wow, he is quite the eater!
Lipton or cambells makes side rice dishes.Gracie loves the teriyaki flavor. She also loves the fried rice from carry out. She also drinks out of a sippy cup. I can't keep up.
ISn't this called 2nd child syndrome?
I Hannah was so picky that I am glad Gracie is doing this.
Chopped up veggie burger (I trick Ben into this one ALL the time)!! :)
Liam was like that. Ate so many great foods. Things I don't even eat. On taco night I'd give him ground taco meat with cheese sprinkled on and diced tomatoes and diced avocado. He also loved yogurt, anything in those dole snack cups, kashi mighty bites, diced chicken, veggie burgers or meatballs, noodle o's with spaghetti sauce, chunky soups-strained. blueberries -halved
That's awesome. When I give Miles finger food he has no clue what to do with it. He picks ut up, looks at it and then looks at me waiting for another spoonful of baby food.
I keep wondering, should I not be so worried about the whole "wheat allergy" thing? I see mom blogs pf kids Miles age who talk about feeding their kids stuff with wheat. I feel like my options are limited if I try to avoid the wheat until he's one!
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