Feeding Time at the Zoo

In addition to her rice cereal, the doctor recommended that we give Genevieve a different food every three days. Needless to say this makes meal time a constant source of amusement. Some things she likes, some things she hates and others...well, they just confuse her. She loves her rice cereal now and goes beserk for it. She attacks the spoon when you bring it near her face. Unfortunately she doesn't have very good coordination skills and ends up with rice cereal up the nose.

We tried feeding her apple sauce. She was very confused by apple sauce. The spoon would go in. Her mouth would move for a second and then this incredible grimace would come across her face. But she would open her mouth wide for the next spoonful. She looked absolutely pitiful yet kept coming back for more. After three days the reaction was still no different.

Tonight I mashed up some boiled carrots and tried feeding them to her. Boy was that a mistake. I put the little spoonful of mush into her mouth and she proceeded to push the lump of orange right out. I quickly scooped it up and put it back in only to have it come right back out. I tried a third time and she broke out in tears. Methinks she doth not like it. We tried mixing it with milk but had no better results. Kinda sucks for her because Carrie will probably keep trying to give her carrots for three days. She had a similar experience with bananas. I think peas are next up on the menu.

Locomotion update:
She rolls over like a fiend but still cannot sit up. We can no longer leave her unattended on the bed or changing table. She hasn't fallen off anything yet but I'm sure she is just biding her time. Her leg muscles are still incredibly strong and when she lays on her belly she can proto-crawl. By this I mean her legs are doing the proper motions but she doesn't consider using her arms. She drives her head into the ground and pushes it forward like a broom. It is silly to watch but she gets to where she wants to be. Carrie has started stealing her toys and moving them a foot in front of her. This gets G a little pissed off and she'll grind her head against the ground and start to crawl until she bumps up against the toys. She picks them up and gives Carrie a dirty look. Carrie says she is trying to teach her to crawl. I think she is just having some fun with her.

Judging by the way things are going it looks like she is going to be able to crawl before she can sit up.

Carrie left our USB cable in Georgia. We've got lots of pictures stuck in the ether of my camera's memory card. It was mailed last week so it should show up soon and we'll have some new pictures up.