Learning to be a Mother

Abrisa doesn't like anything.....no food will do. I have made her so many different types of food this week that she has turned away, it's not even funny. I will make her something and she won't even put it in her mouth to try it. I know she's starving...I know it!! Although, if you look at her she doesn't look like she misses a meal. Sometimes, I'll just shove a piece of 'whatever I've made at the moment' in her mouth to see if maybe she'll taste it and then realize how delicious it is. ...but no, she'll spit it right out!

Food she will eat: carrots, but only if they are mush like baby food. hummus, but only a few bites. eggs. toast with jelly. applesauce. yogurt. well that's about it. She hates everything else. I mean, I'm sure she wouldn't turn away a nice big cookie or a huge piece of chocolate cake, but come on!! I did make her a smoothie kinda thing today though and I slipped some vegetables in it and she had no idea!!

It's funny, when you have an infant, you have to learn how to take care of them. You have to learn how and what to feed them. You have to learn how to give them a nap and put them to sleep. You have to do a routine so they'll get comfortable with what is happening. Then, right when you get everything down and you feel awesome about it....and you feel like you're possibly the best mom that was ever created----BAM! --they get a little older and everything changes. They start throwing little tantrums (for no reason at all--just out of the blue), they don't like anything you make them to eat, they hit you (ya!! not kidding--she usually laughs after she hits me, not sure what it's about). So, I am having to go through a whole new learning experience. I guess now that she is 1, she thinks she is supposed to be all grown up or something.

But even if she does hit me or not like any of my food or even if she didn't like me, I would still love her more than anyone. I would love her more than ever. She is my sweetness and she is why I get to be a mother. I feel like sometimes I take it for granted....I know there are people out there that wish they could be mothers or could have been mothers ....I just feel so happy that I get to be a mother. It is the greatest thing I've ever experienced.