Baby food standoff: Will vs.Dad

This is a daily duel in which Will engages Erin and me: resisting our attempts to get the last bites of baby food, or food that he doesn't like, into his mouth. It happens that I recently got some good pictures, but this basically happens with every meal.

It is a constant battle. Every once in awhile we come up with a new trick to get him to open his mouth, and he comes up with new ways to keep food from getting in his mouth. Some of our best tricks we came up with were to get him to smile and then slip in the spoon, until he learned to smile with his lips pressed together. Some meaner tricks are to give him a sippy cup or a finger to suck on, and when he opens his mouth to do so, sneak in the spoon of food. Some of Will's defenses have been to shake his head 'no', which makes it very difficult to land the spoon in his mouth, or what I call the "goalie" - putting both hands in front of him and deflecting the spoon up or down, or putting his hand on it to knock the food out (and then wipe it everywhere).

The two videos below chronicle this epic battle. The first video is a victory for Will, and the second one is a victory for dad.