Feeding Himself

After a long day a shopping and driving last week, Lincoln was a hard sleeper.

Jenn and I recently returned from our brief stay in Columbus at the Midwest Veterinary Conference. In the past we've made a long weekend of it, but this year, given the circumstances, it was an abbreviated stay. Jenn took in some lectures on a day-trip on Thursday, then we took in a full day on Saturday. We learned more about the liver and the pancreas. On Saturday evening we went with Chris and Val to Hyde Park for our annual Hyde Park Dinner. We talked Merial products and Idexx testing, and then we talked kids, politics, wine, houses, business, etc. for about 4 hours. It was a fantastic dinner (again!) with great food and great conversation with great friends.

We had to move his Exer-Saucer up to the highest setting. He's a growing boy!

Lincoln has been fussier than usual lately as more teeth have been making their way into his mouth. He's having some good play-time, but it hasn't been lasting as long as it had over the past couple of weeks, and he's been drawing the line at If he gets a hold of your finger, you'll regret it!

Attempting to crawl is one of the latest advancements, although he's only crawling backwards at this point.

Lincoln's latest interest is feeding himself. On Friday before we left for the OVMA Meeting, Jenn tried to feed him. He was interested in his mommy feeding him every so many bites, and he wanted to be in control of the spoon. What followed was a spinach fling.


After a couple of "bites," he threw the spoon to the floor, and Betty started licking it. She's not usually interested in anything green, but she gave the spoon a try. Then while Jenn left to get the camera, Betty propped the spoon up between her little Pug-paws and began to gnaw on the spoon. We had to throw it away.

A Boy and his Spinach.