I love... feeding her

Too many things I love about my little girl and I just can't finish blogging her everyday stories. So, I shall filter just some of my favorites to share to prevent backlog. And these faves will appear in my new blog series 'I love...'. :)

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My 1st 'I love...' blog is '... feeding Rachel'. Ask me what's there to love about feeding? *shrug* I'm not too sure actually. :P

I didn't really enjoy feeding Rachel during weaning stage, perhaps it was because she didn't seem to like the cereal, and after each meal, the feeding area will look like a war zone with mountains of tissue (sorry trees!) and cereal stains everywhere. But now, I love feeding her with anything from milk (record time 6 mins for 180ml) to porridge to Gerber graduate puffs.

She opens her mouth wide each time she sees or senses the food. Once, some porridge dripped onto the side of her mouth, she kept on opening her mouth, thinking it was the spoon touching her mouth. What a cute sight! And she can hold biscuits using her thumb and 2nd finger very well and put them into her mouth. Several times, we saw her passing the food from one hand to another to get them into good position for self-feeding.

House @ Dempsey on 8 Aug 2010

p/s: her mouth looks like Shawn's, not mine. :P

A pity I'm not able to share a video of her enjoying her grandma's porridge, taken on 26 Jun 2010 as it just failed to upload (after many attempts). Still, I'm amazed with the warmth I get simply by watching her eat.

WIth the increased intake/ appetite these days, I hope Rachel will put on a little more weight. Just a little more will do... :)