Trevor Plays Peek-a-boo

For awhile now Trevor likes it when we play peek-a-boo. Until today he has only been a passive participant. This evening when I was nursing him he was getting all squirmy and hiding his face by turning into my tummy, then looking up at me and smiling. At first I couldn't figure out what he was doing. By chance I said peek-a-boo when he did it and he burst into giggles. Every time he did it I said peek-a-boo and he laughed and then turned his head back into me after I said it. If I didn't say peek-a-boo he kept looking at me and smiling until I said it. If I wasn't looking at him he would gurgle and babble until I did and then the game started again.

Then this evening, when Trevor was sitting on the couch watching cartoons, Travis walked into the living room and Trevor smiled and turned his head into the couch. Travis thought Trevor was being rude and ignoring him until I walked up to him later and he did the same thing. Then he looked back at me and smiled then turned into the couch again. When he looked at me again I said peek-a-boo and he giggled and played the game some more. It was soooo cute!

Adventures of eating

I keep telling myself that I'm going to do better in keeping up with this. But I'm not doing so good am I? Jeez, it's been 3 weeks since I've written anything. I thought for sure I had posted when Trevor started eating solids but I guess I didn't. That was well over a month ago... What a fun and sometimes frustrating experience it has been.

So here is a bit of a timeline...
12-19 Had his 4month checkup with Dr. Runez and she said it was ok to start him on cereal and slowly introduce solids. We went and got all the feeding gear, went home and fed him. He LOVED his cereal. (see picture below)

1-5 Trevor had his first veggie... Carrots. He loved carrots too. He was fussing and squirming if we didn't feed him fast enough! (picture below) Then we moved on to sweet potatos and green beans with great success.

1-19 Next was peas, he did ok for the first few days. On the 3rd day he decided he didn't like them. He took the first few bites, then started spitting it back out. I kept trying and he started to gag like I was poisoning him. Then clamped his mouth shut and wouldn't eat anymore. (see picture... notice the grimace) Over the next few days I tried to disguise peas in with some of his favorites. No matter how small the amount, he wouldn't eat peas. The pea experience has affected his eating habits.

He is now suspicious of new foods and at every feeding the first bite comes out with a grimace. So I guess our house is "pea free" That's fine with me anyway... Trav and I don't like peas either. The smell when I was feeding them to Trevor was nearly enough to make me sick too!

1-25 Trevor had his first fruit, bananas. He loved bananas. We had bananas for breakfast 3 days in a row. Unfortunately, he got a bit "plugged up" After 4 days of being stopped up he was very cranky and uncomfortable, understandably so. So we called the doctor and were told we needed to help him along. Yikes! At least he felt better afterwards!

Needless to say, we haven't had bananas since! Bananas are supposedly a good food for babies, but not 3 days in a row apparently! We've moved on to some other fruits pears, pear juice, apple juice, and apple/prune juice (too keep him regular...hehehehe) He likes veggies better than fruits, not that I can blame him after his experience with bananas. He also isn't very keen on drinking anything but milk in his bottle.

1-28 after reading on a message board about a bunch of ladies feeding their 5 month old's cheerios and gerber puffs I got some to try out. Trevor has been extremely interested in food we are eating lately. They "supposedly" dissolve pretty quickly and aren't supposed to be a choking hazard. Well we gave him one and he choked on it, so we won't be doing that again for awhile! Afterwards he seemed a little mad at me.