**Full Disclosure: I am being compensated by Happy Family to tell you a funny feeding story as part of the Stories from the Bright Side campaign. The story (and all opinions) are my own.
As parents, I am sure we’ve all had interesting meals with our kids. Meals that resulted in a funny story. Funny stories that our kids don’t necessarily like to hear anymore (not that that has happened here or anything!)
We got Frank (our heavy-duty cat) when James was about 6 months old. Every time we’d feed James, Frank would jump up on the table next to the high chair and try to bite our wrists as we were spooning food in James’ mouth. Frank quickly learned that this was not acceptable behavior and stopped.
About four years later, Colin was in beginning stages of baby food. His favorite place to eat was his bouncy chair on the floor (so that he could see James). I’d put a bib on Colin, get the food, spoon & wash cloth and sit directly in front of him. On the day we started carrots, Frank started poking around. He’d put his paws up on the seat and start sniffing Colin’s head. Then his cheeks, fingers and finally he’d run off. A few days later Colin was eating carrots, Frank jumped up and started licking his bib!! I was a little appalled but it was too funny. From then on out, every time Colin finished a package of carrots, Frank got a lick or two from the bowl.
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**Again: This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and Happy Family blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.
I thought it was weird that my dog likes carrots. A carrot eating cat is funny!
Colin was such a cutie – well still is, but you know what I mean.
Our dog will eat anything that our son eats, lol. We loved Happy Baby food when the Little was younger.
Very Cute!
That’s too cute! I think my favorite feeding story of Nick comes from a few months ago. I had made popcorn shrimp for dinner and he wanted to try some so bad. I gave him one little one with the warning of, “you’re not going to like it,” but he had other ideas. He ended up eating almost half of my popcorn shrimp that night!
I love it! Has he eaten it since?
Yes! He’s a picky eater, but he still loves popcorn shrimp, so we eat it almost every week!
Awesome!
that’s way too cute about Frank!
My son used to eat everything as a baby! He loved it all and couldn’t get enough! Now the kid is so picky it drives me nuts! Lately his kick is cheese and pretzels and he’ll only eat mac and cheese if it’s shapes…oye.
My youngest daughter and our dog are BFFs! They share a love for the same food – he even shares his with her. Ick!
Haha that’s too cute! What a random thing for a kitty to like.
LOL!! That kitty was like, “where are MY carrots? Hey, pay attention to ME!” oh cats……