tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post6507311091546996783..comments2023-12-26T20:52:08.357+00:00Comments on The Sound of the Silent: Walking, smiling, seizingThe Sound of the Silenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09669598042879486343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post-27369495076938305642015-01-26T15:39:44.911+00:002015-01-26T15:39:44.911+00:00And I can relate to your frustration over Sophie&#...And I can relate to your frustration over Sophie's food strike (your January 21st post: Fox Socks and Leopard Pant and Tiger Mothers) <br /><br />C. has gone on a few of those. She starts them out of the blue and inexplicably. But they only involve her independent eating - she'll accept spoon-feeding and drinks from me. But I hate to see her abandon any skill. I mean, shes got precious few at the best of times.<br /><br />So, I confess, during strikes I try, with perhaps a bit of force, to get her to lift the spoon to her mouth. Sometimes, after such spoonfuls she takes off on her own. Other times I end up reluctantly feeding her the rest. <br />Her strikes can last up to two-three weeks. Then they end as suddenly and mysteriously as they began and she resumes eating with gusto.<br /><br />Has Sophie's ended? The Sound of the Silenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669598042879486343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505187301023634468.post-33407910494208973312015-01-26T08:27:05.901+00:002015-01-26T08:27:05.901+00:00Oh, god. How horrible. And you know I can relate -...Oh, god. How horrible. And you know I can relate -- Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com