Just today I got caught up on feeding my 7 month old solids. I have noticed she doesn't like some things, but I've learned that if I mix some pears in with whatever the offensive food is she will then take to it and gobble it up. As I was feeding her I was obsessing for a few minutes about if I'm ruining her taste for different foods, if she'll never like vegetables, and finally, at the height of my obsessing: will she think everything tastes like pears?
It was at this moment that I remembered the advice given to me by the leader of our Great Beginnings group at Isis. Whenever we would obsess over things like, "how can I get her to sleep through the night?" and we'd appear overwhelmed by it, she would simply respond with an, "I assure you, when your baby goes to college they will be sleeping through the night." So, whenever I get stuck obsessing over some current baby situation, I just apply her wisdom and smack back into reality into my current situation.
There I am obsessing over the fact that I think my daughter thinks all food tastes like pears, and then it hits me. "When my baby goes off to college she will not think all food tastes like pears."
'Nuff said, I could relax and just laugh at myself, moving on with our day.
It was at this moment that I remembered the advice given to me by the leader of our Great Beginnings group at Isis. Whenever we would obsess over things like, "how can I get her to sleep through the night?" and we'd appear overwhelmed by it, she would simply respond with an, "I assure you, when your baby goes to college they will be sleeping through the night." So, whenever I get stuck obsessing over some current baby situation, I just apply her wisdom and smack back into reality into my current situation.
There I am obsessing over the fact that I think my daughter thinks all food tastes like pears, and then it hits me. "When my baby goes off to college she will not think all food tastes like pears."
'Nuff said, I could relax and just laugh at myself, moving on with our day.
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