Give Peas a Chance

Don't ask us how, but Jasper got a pea stuck on his eyelid during dinner last week. We had two additional witnesses to this event: Jorge and Sarah Angulo. Jasper was eating while we were transitioning to leave for the M3 Christmas party, and all of a sudden we all took a double take and saw this green spot on Jasper's eye. Drew, in fine fatherly fashion, captured it for posterity. In case you're concerned, it did not bother Jasper one bit. He didn't even appear to notice it. Crazy boy!
Peas are still a crowd favorite. But green beans have shown an emergence as of late. I nearly fought him tonight to eat sweet potatoes. He reacted the same way he did yesterday morning with oatmeal. I had to get it on his lips so he'd taste it. Then he'd open up wide for another bite. But only one bite. Beyond that it was another wrestling match. We repeated this multiple times. This morning, oatmeal went down without a fight. I'm hoping for the same with sweet potatoes tomorrow. We'll see!

In addition to nursing and taking one bottle of formula at night, Jasper is also drinking whole milk. He's not a fan of traditional sippy cups. He takes big gulps (b/c we remove the valve inside), and then he lets it all run out both sides of his mouth. Lovely! So we introduced a cup with an integrated straw, and he took to it immediately. The cup has a cover that flips over the straw, so right in front of the straw is a little alcove in the cup design. Jasper has started (yesterday) putting food in there. Every meal, he takes something from his tray and tries to cram it into that little alcove. It's getting kind of gross, but it's really great engineering insight. So we'll let it go for a while ... until he starts trying to stuff a grilled cheese sandwich into the dvd player or something.