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The Adventures of Baby ArthurHello There! Here is the story of Baby Arthur, Lincoln and Liz. On this blog, we'll be sharing our experiences on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. Because it's not just a baby, it's an adventure.[Previous Posts][Archives] Wednesday, November 11, 2009Food Training!by Lincoln I guess I knew in my mind that you have to teach a child how to do everything. But every time I hear about another kind of "training" we need to start doing, I'm thinking to myself: "WOW, that too already?!". Everyone knows that babies don't sleep through the night right away. The first thing I'm always asked is: "Is Arthur sleeping through the night yet?". YES he is! But no one ever asks if he eats by himself or poops by himself. I guess those particular essential life skills slip the mind! We've been struggling with trying to "food train" Arthur as dictated by Dr. Frenchy. While we've normally followed Dr. Frenchy's advice on most things, we have not been able to subscribe to his methods of food training. According to Dr. Frenchy, we are to leave a bowl of food in front of Arthur and just let him be. He will figure out how to eat. If he throws the food on the floor, mealtime is over. Limit his food to 3 square meals a day with no snacks in between. If we let him snack, he won't feel hungry, and no lesson will be learned. Dr. Frenchy certifies that after 10 meals, Arthur will be eating by himself. We just can't bear the thought of letting Arthur go hungry. I'm not about to let my kid starve!! In addition, there's really no way we're ever going to convince the Grandmas to follow this. Both Grandmas are literally feeding Arthur 5 meals or snacks a day or more. So we've been doing our own method of trying to show Arthur how to eat by himself by guiding his hand with utensil to scoop the food into the mouth. If it doesn't work out, we basically just feed him! Call it the "Half-Assed Frenchy Method".  Normally, after about 30 seconds of mealtime, Arthur is reaching for Liz's bowl or plate and trying to eat off of it. She usually relents and gives him her plate and they share for the rest of the meal. We did try to switch things up by giving Arthur the large "adult" plates while we used the "baby" bowls for ourselves, just to see how he would react. He refused to eat altogether. So much for that experiment! Now that the "food training" is underway with a little bit of success, I've begun to hear the instructions about potty training. Apparently, we are supposed to quit using diapers. If he "goes", he'll feel discomfort and he'll learn not to go in his pants. Of course, we suffer the cleaning consequences. Expect a far more unpleasant blog entry soon. Labels: parenting Previous Posts Happy Halloween! ArchivesJanuary 2009 March 2009 April 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010
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