Friday, July 23, 2010

Raspberries

Madeleine's latest favorite thing to experiment with is blowing raspberries in the air, which, because of the excessive drool that currently accompanies her teething, usually results in spit flying through the air at us. It's even more fun when she decides to do it after having just been fed a bite of pureed food. Last night's dinner went something like this:

ETHAN: putting a spoonful of pureed carrots in Madeleine's mouth.
MADELEINE: loud farting sound as she blows a raspberry in the air. Orange slime spatters her high chair tray.
ETHAN: No. No. No spitting, Madeleine.
MADELEINE: Gazing at Ethan with a smile at the corners of her mouth. Another loud farting sound. More orange slime sputters explosively out of her mouth.
ETHAN: No! No! Madeleine. No spitting. No spitting or you don't get any more carrots.
MADELEINE: Gazes at him solemnly.
ETHAN: Prepares the next bite and brings it towards Madeleine's mouth.
MADELEINE: eats spoonful then blows another raspberry. More orange goo sprays out of her mouth.
ETHAN: Okay. That's enough. You don't get any more if you're going to do that.
MADELEINE: Gazes at Ethan, unperturbed.
ETHAN: Puts carrots and spoon down, begins eating his own dinner.
MADELEINE: Continues to gaze at Ethan. Suddenly bursts into indignant, wailing sobs.
ETHAN: Sorry, honey, but you don't get any more if you're just going to spit it out all over me.
MADELEINE: tears rolling down her cheeks, continues wailing.
ETHAN: Are you going to stop spitting?
MADELEINE: WAAAAAAHH!!!
ETHAN: lifts up spoon, resumes feeding Madeleine, who stops crying and accepts her spoonfuls without blowing any more raspberries.

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