Harvest of Daily Life – Where is mom? I can’t smell her!!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Friday, January 22, 2010

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Friday, December 4, 2009

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Friday, November 13, 2009

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Where is mom? I can’t smell her!!

Posted on Dec 16 in breastfeeding, parenting, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

One of the things I’ve failed to share with you is that we’ve recently introduced Everly to sweet potatoes. Over the weekend while we were shopping at Target we decided to poke around the baby food aisle to see the different kinds of first stage cereals and the organic/ natural options.

She’s not a huge fan of the cereal we have now. At first she liked it but now she just makes faces and drools it down her chin. Several books have said that some babies (especially those breastfeeding ones with mothers that eat flavor rich foods) get bored with flavorless cereal.

We thought a different grain cereal could provide her some variety but we discovered some stage one jarred foods that we decided to try out. It is Earth’s Best stage one food.

We got a few jars of sweet potato and some jars of peas. Sure enough E loved the taste of sweet potato and did well with her new food. She ate way more than we expected the first day. The second day we gave her a bit more… We aren’t in a rush to wean her and she’s still getting all her nutrition from breast milk. The foods are just a bonus and a very gradual introduction.

Anyway, today I had to teach and N had the day off work so E and N stayed home while I went off to work. I was only gone 4 hours. Fed E before I left and she went down for a nap.

Apparently once I left E woke up and just knew I was gone. N said she was looking all around for me and that she basically had a 3 hour meltdown. During the meltdown he felt she was hungry so he offered her some sweet potato.

She’s only ever consumed a few tablespoons at a time, you know just for taste and experience. Today was different though, she wolfed down the whole jar with N. Unfortunately, the ounce of sweet potato didn’t make her any less fussy.

When I walked through the door at 7:30 N was looking all haggard with E sitting on his lap looking forlorn. Poor E thought I had abandoned her or something. She was very pleased to see me and to nurse, of course. Do you think it’s true that babies can smell if their mom is gone or not? After today’s events I am starting to believe it.

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2 Comments

Donna B. says:

December 16, 2009 at 3:12 am

I’m sure they can smell… and sense in many other ways too. E’s old enough that not being able to see you is enough for a meltdown. In fact… keeping you in sight is likely going to be one of her favorite things for months to come

Frankly, I think babies understand a lot more than they are capable of letting us know, though you and N seem to be really good at picking up the hints E’s giving.
.-= Donna B.´s last blog ..Happy Birthday, Mom =-.
Michelle in AZ says:

December 16, 2009 at 3:52 pm

She knows where the milky comes from! LOL Also, consider mixing a little dollop of baby applesauce in with the cereal. It will add flavor and change the consistency slightly without causing nursing or tummy issues.