Bailey vs. Food

Bailey fought a nap all morning long. At lunchtime, this is what happened. Now, this picture is noteworthy for several reasons. First - I don't care who you are - when a baby falls asleep in her food, it's cute. Secondly, and the real reason I snapped the photo, is that she was EATING!

Those who know our little gal know that she has an unexplained aversion to solid food. (I know, a Foster who doesn't love food??) Take a look at her sweet cheeks (and the rest of the sweet chubby package) and you'll see that she's definitely not starving. She just won't eat anything that is not, well, milk. She had a tiny stint last summer that she'd eat a little bit of infant cereal. I've no clue as to what changed, but she one day refused to eat it or anything else. I say that she refused to eat, but in our case, "refused" means , gagged, heaved, shuddered, choked, and ended up crying. Seriously, everytime we tried to give her anything from strained squash to banana, she would gag, choke, and shudder -- and spit out anything that defiled her poor lips. She will be a year old next month, folks. So the fact that this past week or so she's started to munch on crackers and bread is a big step. She'll be eating like a champ in no time!