but does it squish.

K.Lo's latest phase is that she won't eat much of anything, other than the old familiars: formula, oatmeal (sometimes), yogurt (sometimes), crackers (maybe), and Cheerios. There are no fruits, no vegetables going into this child, no peas are ever given a chance. Calcium isn't so much a problem, as she has recently become an almost angry fan of Polly-o string cheese. Just don't keep her waiting too long for it, is all I'm saying.

It's not that she won't try anything new, it's just that anything she's feeding herself must pass The Squish Test. If in any way the food can be squished with one tiny baby finger and smeared across the tray, then forget it. It's to the dogs with that mess. Bender and Bailey, by the way, are loving this special time in the life of the Bug.

I've given up trying to force the kid into any of it, as the last thing I want to do is turn her off from new things altogether. She'll get it, eventually. Until then, though, there is this:

Step 1:

Small amount of food, in this case scrambled eggs cooked up special by J.Lo (aka Da-da-da) placed on tray of subject, whom we shall call K.Lo. K.Lo delicately applies index finger to food, and slowly (but with noted force) pushes down.

(Closeup, Step 1.)

Step 2: Subject looks quite pleased with self as she rejects the texture in question. Charms audience.

Step 3: To test validity of The Squish Test, a tiny piece of bacon is placed on tray, Step 1 is repeated.

Step 4: Food in question passes The Squish Test, and item is picked up by tiny baby hand.



And we have success. Item shortly thereafter makes it to subject's mouth and is taste-tested, swallowed. Again she looks quite pleased with herself, having won this round of the War on Squish.