feed the baby

babies are cool

when you first receive your baby, you'll find that they are a completly finite being. You could catalog almost everything about them and it will sum zero. How many words in Juniors vocabulary? Zero. How many times he's past-out drunk on the front lawn? also zero.

Early parenting is mostly escorting them through a long series of firsts: First Poop, First Bottle, First Sleep, First Tooth and much later First Doctorate. Soon those first words become a vocabulary, and you can list the words they can speak, and a month later that list has grown exponentially.

Many people fret over having babies "How can I possibly be a Mom when I refuse to own a mini van?" Potential Dads worry about what advice they will give. It's all for naught because for years you just have to follow these rules:
Dry things that become wet
Clean things that become dirty
Feed them when they cry

It's certainly not easy, its unbelievably exhaustingt, but it's not Rocket Science. Even I can do it.

My favorite part of food shopping was always the baby-food aisle. Thousands of jars in hundreds of varieties and multiple varieties. Dont be scared it's really simple. Pick out some jars that he likes, and them some that he's NEVER had before. Babies dont hide their expressions, so seeing them try liquified peas for the first time is almost as much fun for you.

I wish my life was that simple, that I could choose what jar I wanted for dinner, and what jar I wanted for dessert and I wouldnt have to worry that it wasnt a balanced meal or that it was deep-fried. Maybe Gerber should make jars beyond stage 4...