No More Baby Food

I think Daphne is officially over baby food. That might sound odd to some of you out there. I know she’s 11 months old and it seems that all her peers are chewing on chicken legs. But Daphne didn’t want anything to do with baby food until she was 8 months old and still only has 2 little nubs for teeth. In the last week she’s refused pretty much every savory baby puree I’ve tried to feed her. She still eats her Yo Baby yogurt and pureed fruits and has started to show a real interest in whatever we are eating.

Anyway, yesterday she practically attacked me to get to my chicken fried rice. We were not going to brave the crowds stocking up for the storm at the grocery store Monday night so instead we ordered a ton of Chinese take-out. I was sitting on the sofa, having the leftovers for lunch when Daphne walked up and wanted a taste. I gave her a bit of rice and a few veggies and her face lit up, she started bouncing up and down while reaching for the bowl. Let’s just say she ate all my rice and squawked when the bowl was empty, so then I had to get her another helping. For dinner I gave her some chicken, mixed with her organic chicken and stars baby food. She wouldn’t eat it. But she did have more chicken fried rice. My husband never wants to eat Asian food, unless it’s PF Chang’s. I’ve asked him several times what he would eat if we did decide to pursue international adoption and had to be in China for 2 weeks. His answer? White rice. So at least I’ll have a little buddy to go eat Chinese with now.

While I’m on the topic of eating, Daphne bit herself for the first time on Sunday. We were eating cake at my niece’s party and Daph chomped down on her fingers. Hard. And it apparently hurt. A lot. She cried and shook and refused to take another bite of cake. Poor kid.

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