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Kaylee's Big News!

Big News! Big News!

Kaylee ate from a spoon today for the first time ever! Up until now, all she would eat was her formula from a bottle. Our pediatrician told us to keep trying. He said one day she will just surprise you and eat. And sure enough, today she had a big surprise for us!

This morning, Naomi was at the dinning room table eating a salad (of course - hehe). I brought Kaylee downstairs and put her in her chair. We try to put Kaylee in her chair when we eat hoping she will make a connection. And we always try to feed her baby food with a spoon. But it is usually a major battle. And she never eats it. We can trick her and sneak the spoon in her mouth. But she just spits it out. This has gone on from the time we brought her home.

Today as she sat in her chair I heated up some apple flavored baby food. We had never tried apple. And we usually add a little apple juice to her formula. So I was hoping she might recognize the flavor.

Kaylee and I play this game where I put my hand way up in the air in front of her and I open and close my fingers fast as I move my hand closer and closer to her face. As I get close to her face, I take my hand and gently grab her entire face. She laughs and I do it again. And again. And again.... She thinks it's fun! I discovered that if I bring my hand down and stop it about six inches from her face, she will lunge her face into my hands. It's hilarious.

So I held the spoonful of baby food up in the air the way we play the hand game. Then I made circles in the air with it as I brought it down to her mouth. As I stopped the spoon a few inches from her, she opened her mouth up and I put the spoon in. She had a slightly confused look on her face but she was licking the food on her lips. I tried again and she opened up her mouth like a little bird waiting to be fed.

I only managed to get 3 or 4 spoonfuls in before Naomi started saying "I try!" "I try!"

Naomi took over and fed her almost half the jar.

We were so excited. We were clapping and celebrating. I ran upstairs and got the video camera and filmed Naomi feeding her.

Big day for little Kaylee girl! Big day for us! This is so exciting.

I love being Kaylee's goofy daddy!