Adbentures in our Ban

It was a typical busy weekend at the Naegle household.  Saturday we went to a friends house in the ebening for Dabis to play with his buddy Luca.  They had great fun in a small pool and playing trains and trucks in the same space.  Sunday we went swimming at our neighbors house in the morning then spend most of the hot day inside before heading to Whittle's Train Shop (a hobby gone horribly wrong as they explain it) in the early ebening.  Today, we trecked to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in the morning then again spent most of the day inside, with a few bentures outside to play in the sprinkler.   I also got in a run with Dabis; Kristen made two solo shopping trips and we gabe Alex and Eban their first bites of "solid food".

Here are a few pictures from the weekend and last week.  The v->b switch in this post is brought to you by Dabis.

Alex and Eban watching Dabis swim in the pool

Dabis swimming by himself

Dabis at the train store

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Drums at the Botanical Gardens

Lilly is a little crazy sometimes

Alex

Eban

Eban would really like to get this whole toy in his mouth

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Sprinkler time in the back yard

Alex before first contact

Alex before first contact

First bite

Rejected!

Dabis really wanted to gibe Alex his first bite

Dabis gabe him the first bite, then let him habe the spoon

Apple Picking

This weekend, we headed up to Kimball Fruit Farm in Pepperell, MA to pick apples, get pumpkins and enjoy a gorgeous fall day.  The weather was 60s and sunny which is just fantastic weather to be outside in the fall.  Davis had a great time riding in the red wagon, eating apples and licking pumpkins.  He even picked an apple off a tree and put it in the bag.   We learned a couple things: Apples are fantastic entertainment at this age; he spent over an hour working on a single apple.  Also, licking pumpkins seems to be his "thing".  He did it at the farm and again when the pumpkins were on the back porch.

Scouting out the apples

All smiles

Riding in the wagon - he loved this

Dad and Davis looking for the perfect apple tree

Putting the apple he picked in the bag

Eating his apple on the wagon

Still eating his apple while picking out pumpkins

Licking the pumpkins.

Apples and pumpkins

Stages of food acceptance, toddler version

At dinner last night, as I watched Davis poke an olive, I started thinking about the stages of food acceptance in a toddler.

• Stage 1: Physically turns away, leans out of the highchair to get away.
• Stage 2: Throws it when in reach
• Stage 3: Pokes and/or smashes it
• Stage 4: Will eat it off of Dad or Mom's plate and utensils
• Stage 5: Will eat it off if their plate
• Stage 6: Will ask for more
• Stage 7: If present on the table, will not eat anything else

Here are the stages of some of Davis's food:

• Applesauce: Stage 7
• Yogurt: Stage 7
• Black beans: Stage 5
• Olives: Stage 3
• Strawberries: Stage 6
• Raspberries: Stage 7
• Corn: Stage 2, usually
• Kiwi: Stage 6 or 7
• Broccoli: Stage 4 or 5
• Green beans: Stage 2

He has a few stage one foods, but they are not coming to mind right now.