Feeding Master Sammy - The Swat

If Mommy or Daddy don't get the message that Sammy doesn't want to eat, and if they still persist in trying to deliver a spoonful of food to his mouth, then the little emperor ups the notch by pulling another trick from his sleeve: the swat.

Once the spoon is in range...SWAT!  He flicks his hand and hits your hand, sending food flying from the spoon down to the floor.  Tempers flare.

Sometimes it's a bulls-eye on the spoon and the spoon itself flies out of your hand and onto the floor. Oh, the blood pressure.

A carpeted floor is the worst kind of floor to have when spilling wet and soupy baby food.  And yes, that's the kind of floor we have.

This swat trick has trained Mommy and Daddy to develop their individual techniques in holding the spoon firmly, to tense their wrist and hand muscles when feeding Sammy, and to be alert at the first sign of a coming swat.

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