Today as i write about his feeding time.. it brings in so many memories.. and obviously these will change with time cause he will start eating and experimenting with a lot of things.
Well little Rishab started off with milk like all babies do .... and things were going on fine till he discovered his hands .. around 4 months... Well Well Well this was also the time I had to start with office so it was double whammy for me. He suddenly decided that he wanted to practice pushing his bottle away from his mouth as a first exercise for his hands... And I was terrified .. as the doctor had advised us to start on solids only after 5 months .. so dear baby had to be on milk till then.. a whole one month to go and I had to start with office.. This was a new challenge for us as parents..here's when we started with the magic weapon called "DISTRACTION" will I believe will continue to be our weapon for feeding Rishab hereon.
The distraction methods varied.. we began with mozart music(DISTRACTION No.1).. which lasted for some days before which smart little baby realized "Mozart music means.. someone will come to feed me" so he refused... then we progressed to light therapy (DISTRACTION No. 2) which means we had a player with small red light .. so the mozart music would play and we would move the player up and down so that bay would be distracted following the light and have his feed....within a few more days another distraction came into picture [DISTRACTION No. 3] singing of nursery rhymes which he liked sometimes... "I hear thunder.." being his favourite. We would need to sing the rhymes so many times that our throats would get parched .. so I decided to record the rhymes in a player.. and I remember doing recording "ABCDEFG.." and GOD alone know how many times we would have played it for him... Once it so happened that Hubby dear was at home and little Rishab decided that the normal method of distraction would not work...so in frustration hubby put on the Chinese Song FM radio and dear rishab enjoyed it, had his milk and slept ..:-) (Different ways of a baby, I guess!!)
Now that he has grown and understands the world better.. the "Distraction" weapon needs to be sharpened. This is also because we introduced him to solid after around 5 months. The start was lovely.. meaning obviously his taste bud found a new taste of solid and the first time he had it like a "Cerelac Baby". Oh!! What a moment that was !!! He like it soooo much I cant forget his expression.
Generally we will feed him solids only when we feel he is really hungry as this will reduce our efforts to use our weapon. When he is really hungry we will make him wear his bib and sit in the stroller and he will finish 3/4 th of the feed without the need for distractions. After 3/4th of the feed 3 things happen together for my son :1 ) He will want to burp 2) He will be almost full 3) He will get sleepy and cranky. So now the weapon comes to use...we will show him the fan or a toy or move our hands like a plane up and down or make some funny noises like "tichick" [Sorry but lost count of the distraction method number] and he will start laughing and here's is our opportunity to push a spoon into his mouth. The game plan will usually be 1 person will distract him and the other will feed him... so while he gets distracted.. the other person will hold his hand and push the spoon into his mouth.. Well the precision and timing needs to be excellent otherwise I sometimes miss the opportunity to push the spoon into his mouth as he will close it too soon (timing really matters) or the spoon will bang into his nose as he will suddenly turn his head or push the spoon(oh.!! bad precision).
Sometimes it is possible that he will want to burp in-between the feed. This can be called low category risk (!! yes its a RISK) as he might not take the remaining feed after the burp or we will have to try the highest level of distraction [all 4 of us try to do different things] for him to have a few more bites. You might be wondering why to do all this ..and maybe he does not want more.. but we know.. he wants more but just gets too sleepy half way between the feed so we need to try all these things. Well burp time is quiet some fun for Rishab as we will play with a ball with him. He will be a goal keeper, standing, his father obviously holding him (he hates to sit and burp) and mommy dear would roll the ball over to Rishab. Rishab will do his "JUMP JUMP" and then bend down to pick up his ball. We will play this game 7-10 time and in-between while jumping, if we are lucky, he will burp or once in a way, if we are unlucky, he will not be able to burp then get all uncomfortable and vomit out the feed :(
Its surprising how Rishab can get everyone on their foot and sometimes also get them tired trying to feed him. Nevertheless its a pleasure to watch him eat and grow. Every effort we put in seem fruitful even if many times, after all the dance we do, he will not finish his food. We are looking forward to you eating many more things dear son and finding new ways to entertain and distract you!!
Enjoy one of his eating video:
https://picasaweb.google.com/110030338176687730236/Jan92012#5696622299838729170
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