out the window

The whole introducing only one food at a time thing has gone out the window. Eddie has been wanting to eat whatever I am eating more and more. This week while out for lunch twice he took my sandwich and bit into it full on, eating turkey, tomato, lettuce, bread and mustard. Of course I look and the bread is full of various seeds, sunflower, flax...whatever, I say, and let him proceed to devour my lunch.

In general I find myself being a pretty lax parent when it comes to letting Eddie do what he wants, even if it seems socially unacceptable or downright dirty. He has a hard time sitting still and just wants to crawl everywhere. When carrying him, he motions to be put down all the time, even if just to examine a manhole cover (ok, of course I don't put him down in the street). But I have let him crawl around in restaurants, stores and parks. You'd be amazed how dirty the floors are in public places! His hands are black after only a few minutes of exploring. He loves it though. Crawls around so fast, with the biggest smile on his face - how could I deny him of such experience? It is getting to be more of a challenge to take him out and about though, since he wants to explore so much. In a way I cannot wait until he can walk and he can trot around on two feet instead of all fours, mostly so I am not constantly washing his hands but also because I will cease to feel the judgemental stares of onlookers.