The Return of Mealtime Mess
The last time I wrote about how messy his mealtimes were was back in April, when he was eight months old.
And it’s all happening again. Since some ten days ago actually.
He’d look away and make sudden moves when the spoon comes near. He’d push it away. He’d make really loud shrieks (which basically means that he wants something to be given to him). And once in a while he puts his index finger into his mouth and by the time it comes out, so is the rest of the food!
[Occasionally, he’d put stuff on his face, like what he’s doing in the photo, and it serves as a ‘natural barrier’]
And the mess. Oh my.
Food goes all over his bib, shirt, hair, earlobes, face, baby chair and of course the floor. Bits and pieces land on my shirt too at times.
[It goes without saying that his pram is also ‘decorated’ with dried-up foods]
To distract him, I entertain him with stuff like silly songs and moves, and whatever ‘new’ things that can double up as toys (plastic bowls, cards, keys, paper and crayons, books, etc).
And oh, these toys often need to be ‘changed’ every sixty seconds or so, because otherwise their ‘distracting effectiveness’ sort of … fades away
(on good days, a particular something can keep him entertained during mealtimes for more than five minutes!)
*takes a deep breath*
Oh well.
Kids do somehow manage to keep your life constantly ‘interesting’.
Especially when you have a little one like Vai.
*smile*
[added]
When he’s given toys that can be stacked or need to be inserted into something else (eg. cards and its box), he can be kept occupied for a bit longer.
