Clara's Eating Habits

Since Clara is all grown up and has been eating rice cereal for almost a month, I feel comfortable giving her pretty much anything to chew on. It's all psychological (that I let NO food into her mouth prior to starting rice cereal, except a celery stick ONCE), but at least I can acknowledge that. I absolutely refused to give her anything other than from nursing or water. Anyway, she LOVES to suck/chew/gnaw on raw veggies (celery, carrots, green beans, cucumbers, etc.).She also happens to love Golden Spoon (although she didn't get much... and yes, I went there two nights in a row (Clint forced Angela and I to go) and got the EXACT same thing) and the wrappers from Airheads. Don't let this expression fool you, she does enjoy it. In fact, she will keep one wrapper to chew on for ever.Those are the best because they crinkle yet they don't dissolve in saliva. This evening, as we were eating dinner, I gave Clara a carrot to suck on and after I went into the kitchen to do something, she decided to crawl in there after me. Obviously, when you army crawl, you need all your hands have to offer. So my intelligent little child put the carrot in her mouth and crawled with it sticking out. Oh, but it gets better; she'd pause occassionally and slide it in and out her mouth, hands free, by sucking it, then continue crawling. No worries, I got this on video, but on the blog, we'll just have to enjoy the still shot. It was pretty funny.