Living in the land of cereal.
By popular request (that means you, Alison!) I have edited this post to include not one but TWO adorable pictures of Evie shoving her beloved Cheerios into her mouth.
Evie is in the Cheerio phase now. If you put her in her high chair and toss a handful of those little circles of goodness down in front of her, she will squeal with joy and then get down to the serious business of shoving as many of them in her mouth as she possibly can.
She's pretty good at, and she never seems to tire of them. Or at least, not super-quickly. She can be entertained by Cheerios for minutes at a time!
I had been looking forward to this phase--feeding her baby food can be such a chore, and I love it when the kids can finally feed themselves. The Cheerios are one little step down a road toward less-then-total dependence upon me.
The thing is, that though I hadn't really forgotten how messy early self-feeders can be, I think I had blocked out the worst of it. Cheerios may be cheap, easy to chew, and entertaining, but they're also small. And fun for babies to throw on the floor. When I pick her up out of her seat, this is what I see. Everywhere I go, every step I take, I find them crunching underfoot.
Sometimes they get stuck to her clothes (or her hands, or her ears) and they fall off when she is in other parts of the house. I am finding Cheerios everywhere, people.
They are in all corners of the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the laundry room. From where I sit at my desk, I can see one on the floor not a foot away from me.
I haven't found Cheerios in my bed yet, but it's probably just a matter of time.
Evie is in the Cheerio phase now. If you put her in her high chair and toss a handful of those little circles of goodness down in front of her, she will squeal with joy and then get down to the serious business of shoving as many of them in her mouth as she possibly can.
She's pretty good at, and she never seems to tire of them. Or at least, not super-quickly. She can be entertained by Cheerios for minutes at a time!
I had been looking forward to this phase--feeding her baby food can be such a chore, and I love it when the kids can finally feed themselves. The Cheerios are one little step down a road toward less-then-total dependence upon me.
The thing is, that though I hadn't really forgotten how messy early self-feeders can be, I think I had blocked out the worst of it. Cheerios may be cheap, easy to chew, and entertaining, but they're also small. And fun for babies to throw on the floor. When I pick her up out of her seat, this is what I see. Everywhere I go, every step I take, I find them crunching underfoot.
Sometimes they get stuck to her clothes (or her hands, or her ears) and they fall off when she is in other parts of the house. I am finding Cheerios everywhere, people.
They are in all corners of the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the laundry room. From where I sit at my desk, I can see one on the floor not a foot away from me.
I haven't found Cheerios in my bed yet, but it's probably just a matter of time.
3 comments:
oh, goodness... I totally agree! :) i've found that the bigger kids love using the vacuum cleaner hose to suck up all the fallen ones. :) Keeps everyone busy and they do a pretty good job! (when they're not sticking various body parts or pieces of clothing in the hose. :))
you need to post a picture of her shoving them in. They're so cute with half their fist in their mouth. :)
I have an easy solution to the cheerio/toddler food mess: get a dog! Sure, then you'll have to pick up dog hair but you will never have to worry about those annoying escaped snacks again! :)
well, I was supposed to be packing this morning but thought i'd indulge in a little blog reading while the kids eat their cereal. So glad I did! Too cute. You can never have too many pictures of babies. :)
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