{"id":288,"date":"2022-05-21T03:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T10:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infotel-staging.go-vip.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/20\/yo-mama-just-another-very-messy-day-in-the-life-of-feeding-a-baby\/"},"modified":"2022-05-21T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T19:03:00","slug":"yo-mama-just-another-very-messy-day-in-the-life-of-feeding-a-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/288\/yo-mama-just-another-very-messy-day-in-the-life-of-feeding-a-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"YO MAMA: Just another (very messy) day in the life of feeding a baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Example Feeding Plan for a 6-12 month old<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Wake up, nurse.<\/p>\n

7 a.m. Breakfast<\/p>\n

You offer oatmeal and fruit.<\/p>\n

Baby prefers mystery crumbs from last night’s dinner.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Snack<\/p>\n

You offer half a banana and plain yogurt.<\/p>\n

Baby accepts the banana, but attempts to ingest it through his eyeball. Applies the yogurt liberally as a face mask.<\/p>\n

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9:15 a.m.<\/p>\n

Fistful of cat hair, bit of lint.<\/p>\n

Mid morning:<\/p>\n

Nurse three more times between breakfast and lunch.<\/p>\n

11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Front page of Goodnight Moon<\/p>\n

12 p.m. Lunch<\/p>\n

You offer steamed broccoli, roasted sweet potato wedges and grated cheese.<\/p>\n

Baby demands the cheese, wears the broccoli.<\/p>\n

You eat the sweet potato fries. <\/p>\n

12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Nurse, nap.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Snack<\/p>\n

You offer avocado and mashed beans.<\/p>\n

Baby favors the Tupperware lid.<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Floor broccoli (a delicacy)<\/p>\n

Mid-afternoon<\/p>\n

Nurse two more times<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tablespoon of dirt with a slice of pinecone.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Dinner<\/p>\n

You offer minced steak, green peas and rice.<\/p>\n

Baby offers his steak to the dog and wants yours instead. Eats three green peas, throws the rice off his tray.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

One square of toilet paper.<\/p>\n

Evening\/night<\/p>\n

Nurse three more times before morning.<\/p>\n

Repeat.<\/p>\n

— Charlotte Helston gave birth to her first child, a rambunctious little boy, in the spring of 2021. Yo Mama is her weekly reflection on the wild, exhilarating, beautiful, messy, awe-inspiring journey of parenthood.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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