Veggie Delight

Now that we're in the season of eating, I'm frequently asked, "What do you feed your baby to achieve his rotundly oblique physique?" Since I last reported, our little porker has graduated from baby cereal...
...to a variety of vegetables Daddy never learned to appreciate:

• Butternut squash
• Peas
• Carrots
• Broccoli

Baby can't resist the delicately steamed, rapidly pureed orange and green mush, which he now quickly gulps down by the spoonful. And if you're wondering why would we feed him things that Daddy wouldn't eat since he learned how to use a fork, it's because we doubt Baby'll resist eating things in the fruit or sugar category, so we're saving the good stuff for when he gets through everything that sits low on Daddy's tasteometer.

Daddy, who ever said you had bad taste?

Introducing new foods to a baby is a lengthy process. Because you have no idea what a baby's body may react to, every food needs to be introduced and then the baby observed for a few days to make sure there isn't an adverse reaction. This is unfortunate, as the holiday season is like lying with your mouth open under a waterfall of carbohydrates and meat, and Baby can only enjoy it one taste at a time.

I can't wait to generously share all the peas, tofu, and green things on my plate with Baby. Hopefully by the next holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving

This year, we're thankful for a 19 pound turkey with giant drumsticks.

I'm thankful for not having to wear pants.

First Haircut

If there's one thing Daddy can do without researching, it's cutting Baby's hair. I get my haircut at least every couple of weeks, and when I do, I watch my barbers very carefully to further hone my skills. One of my barbers, Vlad, can be found in the world famous 34th street Subway station. Vlad can make your hair look much shorter than before like no other barber can. He can also repair your shoes and cut keys.

By applying Vlad's exotic hair cutting techniques to Baby, Daddy knows the results can only be fantabulous. The only differences are tiny blunt-tipped scissors, and a smaller head that doesn't really stay still. No problem.

Wait, what are those? Scissors? You're gonna cut what?

With blunt-tipped blades in hand, and hair-repellent shawl in place, we gauge what Baby will lose and what he'll keep.

That's mine! Don't touch that!

Along with my hair assistant, Mommy, we snipped and nipped at Baby's locks to create a vision of simultaneous masculinity and beauty.

Back off! Back off you crazy people!

Ahhh... Fantabulous!

My hair! What did you do to my hair???

OK, maybe it didn't turn out like we expected... But it'll grow back.

Hey, I can see my forehead!

Had I done some research and saved Baby from weeks of embarrassment, I would have found a few specialized local shops in NY for cutting baby hair:

• Locks N Lads
• Kids Cuts

Or Daddy can keep practicing until he gets it right.

First Feeding

Baby finally had his first bite of food from a spoon.  For now, these baby bites of baby cereal are just practice for the real thing when he gets older. A baby's primary source of nutrition before a year of age should still be from formula/milk, and his spoon feedings shouldn't exceed more than once or twice a day. You would think it wouldn't take too long to get an ounce of food into a tiny tot's tummy, but the video below will show Baby biting off more than he can chew, by not really biting at all.  Leave ample time for clean up afterwards, and know that they may try to bite the hand that feeds them.

I can't say Baby enjoyed his first spoon of cereal, but I doubt he'll complain when I fill that spoon with some cookie dough ice cream. Maybe next week.