Solid Food Scorecard

Spencer has been eating solid foods for a couple of weeks now. We haven't been particularly successful at introducing many foods, but he is currently a big fan of sweet potatoes and peas. It seems that all foods make him gassy so we've started giving him mylicon. It makes me wonder if maybe his little belly isn't ready. He's totally into the foods he's eating -- just has had some adverse reactions.

The Scorecard:

Rice Cereal: Very, very bad. Major constipation and gas.

Sweet potatoes: Good.

Carrots: Bad. Very gassy and screaming with his back arched.

Green Beans: Very Bad. Started screaming and threw up.

Peas: Good.

Next up oatmeal.

Literally heartbreaking

On the cover of last Sunday's Los Angeles Times was the photo of a man listening to a baby's heart through a stethoscope. The baby wasn't his, the baby's heart was.

There was a tragedy in Florida that saved the life of a baby in Los Angeles. The baby in Florida was accidentally smothered by a pillow. He was in a vegetative state and his parents pulled the plug and donated his organs. Because of that, another baby gets to live.

I admire the parents of the boy for their selflessness. But I can't imagine listening to the heart of your baby beating inside another. I just can't.

Reading the article made me weep and I can't talk about it without crying. My heart just aches for the parents. I'm haunted by this sad, sad story and I can't get the image of the father out of my mind.