Food Strike

This is the Bear on a semi-eatwhiney day. He's not really smiling even though it looks like he is.

 There were a couple of days last week where Stanbear would either eatwhine which is eating while fussing the whole time. Or simply refuse to eat and if I did get a spoonful of something in his mouth he would just hold it in his mouth for what seemed like ages. I wonder if the food felt good against his achy gums? We worried a little but not too much as he was still peeing and pooping a lot. So, I looked up why babies refuse to eat and came upon this post on baby center dot com: Teething and not eating since a week. Posts like that always set my mind at ease. You know that there are millions of other parents with similar baby issues and knowing that you're not the only Mama with an 8 month old who is on strike due to teething is reassuring. Meanwhile, he isn't on strike anymore as he ate 4 oz of butternut squash with a dollop of applesauce and half an avocado yesterday evening. I kept telling him to chew his food and slow down but he kept opening his mouth for more! more! more! Here he is:

This is a good picture of his eye color. Pretty true to what they look like in real life. Greyblue.