Boon Squirt - Baby Food Dispensing Spoon

This week I found the most amazing invention ever. It's called the Boon Squirt-Baby Food Dispensing Spoon. Squirt is a baby food dispensing spoon that allows for convenient feeding, one bite at a time. No more messy feedings. The easy-to-fill container holds up to 3 ounces of baby food and attaches firmly to the spoon end. I squeeze the container to dispense just the right amount of food. It is so easy for those of us who travel a lot. We don't need to pack a bowl and a spoon anymore. All you have to do is insert the baby food in the container and attach the spoon. That is it. When baby is ready to eat, just remove the orange spoon cover and start feeding. What a great idea!

My Favorite Baby Quotes

• A new baby is like the beginning of all things, hope, a dream of possibilities. ~ Anonymous

• It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. ~ Deepak Chopra

• What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.~ Marjorie Holmes

• A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it. ~ Frank A. Clark

• Every baby born into the world is a finer one of the last. ~ Charles Dickens

• There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings. ~ Hodding Carter, Jr.

• Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a newborn child? ~ Dorothy Nolte

• A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. ~ Anonymous

• A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops. ~ Maurice Johnston

• People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. ~ Leo J. Burke

• There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~ Chinese Proverb

• Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell, the name will carry. ~ Bill Cosby

• Babies are such a nice way to start people. ~ Don Herold

John Rosemond: A family is not meant to be a democracy

John Rosemond: A family is not meant to be a democracy

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My Baby is More Vocal

This week my baby is 21 weeks old. He is very active and I have noticed that he is more vocal. I have heard sounds like ' ña ña,' or 'a ba.' Of course I am dying for him to say mama, but I'll just have to wait.

I've been reading up on the subject and have learned that girls actually acquire language earlier than boys. So I have to be patient. Also, the fact that my baby is being raised in a bilingual home makes the language acquisition a bit more difficult. On a lighter note, bilingual children understand written language earlier than monolingual children. So I'll just have to see how this goes.

Bumbo Seat

I just bought the greatest invention for babies. It is called the Bumbo Seat. It's a soft chair for babies who are not sitting up on their own yet. The material is extremely soft. The seat is not flat. It is round for the baby's bottom to fit in snug. My baby loves to sit in it, especially when I am feeding him cereal.

Eating Solids

It is official, my baby is now eating solids. After I took him in for round two of vaccinations, my doctor said I could start him on baby cereal. He said some babies are ready to eat solids when they are between 4 and 6 months old. Usually you can tell they are ready when they see you eating and they start drooling.

I started with rice cereal. I mixed baby formula to the cereal. The first spoonfuls were a little weird to him but then he started loving it. He didn't want the spoon to leave his mouth as I got more. Four days later I fed him banana puree. This is all I have fed him to this day. The doctor suggested I try one different food every 3 to 4 days to make sure he doesn't get an allergic reaction.

I am so excited to be feeding my baby solid foods. He seems to love it.

Today my baby turned 4 months so how do we celebrate it? Well, we go to the doctor and have his nurse poke him several times as he gives him his 4 months shots. Poor baby! He was so happy as the doctor examined his little body. He smiled and grabbed his finger. And then the nurse came in the room ready to administer the vaccines.

He cried for 5 minutes. There was nothing I could do to soothe him. He was in pain. He finally calmed down and went to sleep. He was cranky the whole day and got a little feverish. All I kept thinking was that it was for his own good, even if it broke my heart to see him suffer. Vaccinations are very important and necessary. They protect against serious diseases such as mumps and polio.