More Adventures in Eating
After our one-year checkup, Dr. Neely told us the twins could move off of formula and onto solid foods. If only it were that easy.
Once again, having twins prove the point everyone is different and will do things in their own way in their own time.
Chloe has been great drinking milk from the sippy cup. In fact, she likes it so much she cries if we try to give her any food without first giving her a sippy cup of milk. Then she cries when she drinks it all. We've been giving her a little bit more milk, but we don't want her to fill up on milk because she's not so great with the solids. She'll only pick up and eat a few things with her hands, more often than not we need to spoon feed her servings of soft items. This weekend we made a plate of strawberries, kiwi, blackberries and cheese for lunch. It looked like a fabulous fruit and cheese platter and Connor loved it, eating every bit. Chloe wasn't as excited and barely ate anything. She didn't have a great reaction to the blackberries and they gave her a baby Hitler mustache.
Each twin is almost working at opposites on eating styles and it's getting a little complicated as parents figuring out how to make it work for both of them. The biggest thing we're learning now is how to be patient and laugh at the mess.
Once again, having twins prove the point everyone is different and will do things in their own way in their own time.
Chloe has been great drinking milk from the sippy cup. In fact, she likes it so much she cries if we try to give her any food without first giving her a sippy cup of milk. Then she cries when she drinks it all. We've been giving her a little bit more milk, but we don't want her to fill up on milk because she's not so great with the solids. She'll only pick up and eat a few things with her hands, more often than not we need to spoon feed her servings of soft items. This weekend we made a plate of strawberries, kiwi, blackberries and cheese for lunch. It looked like a fabulous fruit and cheese platter and Connor loved it, eating every bit. Chloe wasn't as excited and barely ate anything. She didn't have a great reaction to the blackberries and they gave her a baby Hitler mustache.
As I mentioned, Connor loved all the fruit and cheese, in fact, he'll try almost anything. When we went out to eat he tried noodles from his Dad's plate and even had a taste of sliced lemon. He loved it all!
Where he doesn't cooperate as much is drinking milk from his sippy cup. First we learned he wanted it warmed, don't even try to serve Connor cold milk, he's not having it. Our next trick is to give him a little milk in a sippy cup on his tray at every meal. He can drink some if he likes, but there's no forcing it, just an opportunity to quench his thirst while he eats. He doesn't drink very much and usually ends up playing with the cup and making a mess. We then have to fill another sippy cup with the full amount and feed it to him like it's a bottle. I guess I can understand why he wouldn't give up that treatment.
Each twin is almost working at opposites on eating styles and it's getting a little complicated as parents figuring out how to make it work for both of them. The biggest thing we're learning now is how to be patient and laugh at the mess.
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