So with Elliott eating more solid foods and becoming increasingly disinterested in his baby food, I have started buying canned vegetables since he loves eating veggies when we go out to eat. Yesterday was Shelbi's first day back at work after Christmas Break and I gave him baby food, bananas and bread prior to Shelbi getting home, telling her that he would probably like some veggies for dinner.

When I get home a few hours later, I find Elliott's entire high chair littered with carrots and what looked like half a can his bib, not to mention pieces of carrots in our dog's whiskers. It was like a crime scene from CSI: Kindercare.

I asked Shelbi what happened since I couldn't possibly fathom how this scenario, which should have consisted simply of sitting next to Elliott for 10 minutes and handing him one sliced carrot after another, could have ended in such a disaster. 

"I just put them in a bowl," she said. And before I could ask my obligatory next question, added "I thought it would make him feel like an adult." 

Sigh. By that logic, I'm about to head to Petco to get our dog's nails trimmed and I'm letting Elliott drive.