We had heard that new parents should never plan to eat a meal at a set time, or plan to eat together. While that was sometimes the case, Leilani lets us eat together most of the time. At first, we put her in a swing next to our table, and we would eat while she slept. For a while, she could be awake and watch us eat while she watched her mobile or the ceiling fan.
But recently, seeing the parents put things into their mouthes is too interesting for her to watch and she wants more attention. Half of the time, it makes her hungry, and Mommy can feed her at the table while we eat. The rest of the time, she just wants to sit on our laps and watch us eat. It’s hard to eat over a baby, so we’ve had to put napkins on top of her when we eat messy foods:
To be fair, Mommy spilled food in this photo because she was laughing so much while I was taking the picture.
