Hungry Girl

For the first couple of months of Parker's life we were afraid that she was just a very unhappy being, until we realized that the girl loves to EAT. All the time, and bunches. So, when the doctor told us at her 4 month check up that we could start offering her cereal we figured it was a good idea. Well, it's a hit! The kid goes nuts for it. A few weeks in, she still hasn't completely figured out how to eat it, but she knows that she wants that spoon in her mouth, and when it's not she gets very cranky. This video is from her first attempt, but this is still pretty much what it looks like, except now she lunges at the spoon and freaks out when I take it out of her mouth to fill it with more.

I have to admit that it's been hard for us to add this to our daily routine. I think that the problem really stems from the fact that we don't have much of one. Some days I work in the office, some days I'm taking the girls around town working, and sometimes we're just out and about having fun. Evenings can be just as crazy, Jason has jumped into tennis full force and plays at least 3 times a week, I seem to have something going on at least one evening a week, so a schedule is something that other families have. We eat when we all make it back home, sometimes that's 6:30, sometimes it's 8:30. It's never really been an issue with Payton, since she doesn't eat much anyway, and only eats when she's hungry, not necessarily when we put food in front of her. ANYWAY, the thing with Parker is that she's a tough one. She never sleeps, is always ready to eat, and is quite often fussy. We can't seem to get onto a schedule because she won't sleep until she passes out, so there is no morning, afternoon or late afternoon nap to work around. So, to say she's to be fed at 5 or 6 or 7:15 is ludicrous since we're almost always trying to get her to go to sleep!