{"id":1339,"date":"2009-07-06T13:35:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T20:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2012-05-19T07:47:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:47:33","slug":"steps-towards-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2009\/07\/steps-towards-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps towards independence"},"content":{"rendered":"

We picked the 4th to finally feed Veronica solid food for the first time. Here’s the\u00a0thing though: the food was not anywhere near solid. The instructions are to mix this hyper-refined rice cereal with enough formula to take all the rice flavor out of it.<\/p>\n

I’d never thought that rice had any flavor to begin with.<\/p>\n

But other than the mixing instructions (which I decided were wrong anyway) I had no idea how to go about feeding her. Here is what happened:
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The face she’s pulling is priceless. I couldn’t see it when I was feeding her. I switched sides and tried again:<\/p>\n

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She was a pretty good sport about the ordeal, and ate more than an ounce. But when I tried again the next day she was hungrier and got impatient. This spoon mechanism was really an inefficient way of getting fed, in her opinion.<\/p>\n

Since the rice gruel really doesn’t taste different from her formula, I can see her point. Next time, I’ll try mixing the rice with juice and see how that goes over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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