When I was pregnant I remember thinking"what is he/she going to be like? Is he/she going to be laid back like Jason or stubborn and hard-headed like me?" Well I'm starting to get an idea of what the answers to my questions are -
Bret picks his nose like I do (hey, I like to breathe!!), he is pretty stubborn and is very inquisitive. Unfortunately, he has inherited a trait that I was hoping he wouldn't; my pukiness. When I was little (like 5-8 years old), I would always seem to puke. If I didn't like something I ate, if I ate too much, if my spoon or fork hit the inside of my mouth just the wrong way. I don't know....but I was a puker. Bret has inherited my sensitive puke trait. Jason was feeding him dinner last night and Bret was eating great until I gave him some apple. I cut it up pretty small since his front teeth haven't come all the way through yet. Bret didn't seem to get that he had to chew it, then swallow it like his Cheerios. Maybe it was the texture that wigged him out. He kept chewing and chewing and chewing. Finally Jason was like 'ok it's been like 10 minutes and he still hasn't swallowed the apple. I'm getting it out of his mouth before he chokes.' Just as he said that, Bret starts the cat-hurling-a-hairball-noise and pukes. YUCK.
A few nights before, I was feeding him and I put just a little bit too much on the spoon and he puked. Then some time before that, I gave Bret 2 Cheerios to eat (and put the rest out of his reach). He grabbed the 2 I gave him then banged his hand on the high chair tray (which moved the Cheerios) and grabbed THREE more, shoved them into his mouth and then didn't know what to do with a mouthful of food, so he puked. NICE. I give him credit for figuring out how to get the Cheerios to move, but seriously, why puke?! LOL :) Bret has inherited picky eating from Jason. The only vegetable Jason will eat is corn and it has to be either on the cob or kernel. He'll puke if it's cream of corn. Yes, he'll eat other vegetables but very sparingly. Bret is getting to be the same way. Meals are taking FOREVER to get through. I don't think he likes his high chair because for the past week, he whines whenever I put him in it. I think he's in the in-between stage - he doesn't want pureed foods anymore but he doesn't have enough teeth to really chew anything (I tried giving him ground up turkey and chicken, with no luck). He WANTS to eat what we're eating but kind of can't. I tried making some food a little chunkier so that the texture is different but - he doesn't like it and pukes. UGHHH it can be frustrating at times.
I swear, I'm afraid now of all the bad things I've done when I was younger because I have a feeling that they will come back to haunt me pretty soon!
