Reason #39 – I use an “Alice in Wonderland” approach to baby nutrition
Reason #39 – I use an “Alice in Wonderland” approach to baby nutrition
Jul 16What? Did you really not know Lewis Carroll was an expert in balancing a baby’s diet? For shame.
My gorgeous boy did not inherit my looks: he is fair-skinned, blond and blue-eyed. (And did I mention he’s gorgeous?)
Unfortunately, he did inherit my delicate, erm, “digestion”.
This leaves me in a constant quest for just the right balance. Poo too runny? Feed him more potatoes and apples. Dang, now it’s starting to look too hard. Water down formula, give him papaya for dessert. Too runny again! Time for more rice cereal. Ack, too hard! Off with his head the potatoes! Bring in mashed bananas… and paint them red!
Too runny!
Eat This!
Too solid!
Drink This!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
At least C doesn’t shrink and grow.
He just grows and grows.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH…so that's it? My browser has been nutty since I started reading this blog. I didn't make a connection until now. Maybe that's it?
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ofthesea Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
My deepest apologies! I am mortified AND working on it as I type this!
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ofthesea Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Update: I think I found the culprit and I KILLED IT DEAD.
Please let me know if it ever acts up again!
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It crashes your browser too? I KNEW IT!!! I'll have someone who knows look into it today! Thanks for confirming my worst suspicions…
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I've been stalking your blog for two days now, trying my best not to laugh out loud and tip the rest of the office off to the fact that my success here is blind luck and not diligence. I'm still on it, even though it crashes my browser every sixth page change. I just restart and gleefully go on to the next post.
You're brilliant, funny, and you're voicing every sane mother's journey, married or not. Because those of us with any sanity left lower our standards and raise a glass often.
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Hahaha love this post! I like the way you think, and what a little cutie patootie you have!
Found you via the lady bloggers tea party!
Love the blog style friend!
-Kirsty @http://kirstygirl7.blogspot.com
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ofthesea Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Thank you! The tea party is quite the go-to place for fun new reading experiences. Don’t be a stranger now! :)
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Stopping by from the LBS tea party. Love your writing style!
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You said it, sister. Or like me and my girlfriends, who thought we were cool and liberated Moms who Do Cocktails until we realised we had been chatting for half an hour while a dirty diaper graced our table.
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I do the same thing with my little one. We are playing the anti-biotic diareah game. Runny add bananas, constipated add prunes.
I never thought I would ever sit at a restraunt, martini in hand and discuss baby shit with my girlfriends. Sad!
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Ah, you are one of *those* who do it right the first time! I wish i could be like you… but then I'd have nothing to write about! ;)
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LOOOL! I can't wait for my son to start saying those things to me. The way I go about things, they seem inevitable.
Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!
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Hilarious!!! I can relate, just a few days ago I was staring into the toilet coming up with my next calculation to attain the ideal consistency in Monkey's tummy and she came in and said “Mommy, you really like poop don't you” and I realized I am spending way too much energy on it!!! Thanks for the laugh. Glad I stopped by this morning from the tea party!
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Visiting for LBS Tea Party.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane about the finding the “perfect” food combination!
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The “1000 reasons” is a really funny approach for a blog. Great idea!
I never connected baby feeding with Alice in Wonderland, but you're right! it's so true!
Visiting from the tea party.
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Visiting from LBS :-) Funny stuff here!
So sorry about your son's “digestion” and your quest for the perfect poo. lol I can't say that I've ever had to deal with such a stinky situation. ;-)
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Love Cheryl's comment – its very hard to make the perfect poo. So true.
Visiting from the tea party. Have a great weekend.
Tracy
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Balance is hard, isn't it? It's very hard to make the perfect poo!
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You understand me. Please don't start charging me $50 an hour!!
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Tweet and I shall come to your rescue!
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You're my fairy godblogger, come to rescue me in my times of doubt and self-loathing. The best timing ever!! <3
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Ah, I remember those days of testing out foods and figuring out what worked by changing diapers. Good luck with that. (:
Love your writing.
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