The Messy Baby Food Stage

One of my biggest fears of being a mother has always been the messy baby food stage. You know the one where the baby spits his bright orange gooey food everywhere? Where he has a permanent messy face? Where the highchair has to be washed after every meal? Where the diapers start smelling really nasty? That stage. I knew that day would eventually come and it totally stressed me out.

I would look at pictures of my friends’ babies with food all over their faces and wonder how they knew their baby wasn't going to smear goo all over everything while they were taking the picture. The whole messy-faced-baby idea kind of freaked me out.

Maybe I didn’t have an accurate understanding of the baby food stage, or maybe it’s just different when the baby is your own, but yesterday Liam ate squash for the first time and I almost died of cuteness overload. I'm happy to announce that my fears of the messy baby food stage have completely disappeared.