Rookie Dad: The case of the eating machine

The Youngling has finally taken to eating mushable solid foods. Beginning Friday, she has accepted the strawberry yogurt drops which we bought in June hoping that she'd be some sort of go-getter and be ready to tackle a drumstick by Thanksgiving. So what if we were wrong?

Whatever the case, The Youngling has started to mash and smash those almost instantly soft yogurt drops and even with the disgusted face she sports when she first slides the "dessert" between her drool-covered lips, she eventually eats it - and as a bonus she doesn't even gag on it!

We also found out that she is not a fan of water. This was discovered on Saturday in Waconia with The Youngling sporting her finest summer swimsuit as I dipped her feet into the water. This wise test of mine turned into a 60-minute crying fit. I chalk her dislike of the water up to the cool water after the previous night's heavy rains but she'll eventually turn into a little mermaid. She's in the wrong state if she doesn't.