Don't Jump!!

So NOW I understand why there's a seat belt on the high chair!

As I'm trying to shovel spoons-ful of warm banana oatmeal into my 1 year olds mouth I am suddenly hit with an epiphany of why the hell there's a seat belt on my high chair.

Rewind 7 years and two boys ago...both spent a few years eating in that high chair and they never used the seat belt. Now I have Evil Knievel Derek whose spelled it out for me in no uncertain terms. He's a jumper!!!

He sits for a few seconds...2, maybe 3 spoons full of food before he starts  twisting and turning and flipping and hanging over the back of the freaking chair! As I grab a fist full of footie pajamas in one hand I scoop and feed him food with the other hand. Occasionally picking him up and sitting him down again (which only lasts a few seconds anyway.)

I seriously feel like he looks at me and smiles before he tries to launch his little body over the back of the chair. This leads me to think of two explanations.

#1: The kid HATES my food and would rather plummet to the floor, possibly causing himself to be injured and knocked unconscious than eat my oatmeal...

OR #2: He's a daredevil in training!

I swear he looks at me and thinks "Lady...put another spoon full of that crap in my mouth and I"ll jump! I'll do it! Don't PUSH me!"

So tomorrow we;ll try the seat belt...and perhaps green beans instead of oatmeal.