No Nappin' NCS

I am actually pretty frustrated. I am frustrated about the whole NotGonnaEat thing, and I'm also frustrated about the NotGonnaSleep or NotGonnaSleepWithoutABoob thing.
NCS is now affectionately called "No Nappin' Nicholas" because he will go down for a 10 minute or so nap and wake up totally refreshed. I don't get upset about it at the time because he isn't upset or cranky when he wakes up, but cumulatively, it's really starting to wear on me. And if he sleeps in his crib, you can go ahead and cut the estimated nap duration in half. This kid just LOVES our bed.

I have joined a group on Yahoo of mothers who are trying to get their kids to sleep without crying. I just can't let him cry. I do not agree with the Cry It Out (CIO) school of thinking. How could I let him lie in his bed and wonder why his mommy has stopped coming to him? I can't imagine how scary that is to a baby. It actually breaks my heart. The thing about this group is that it revolves around a book, one I have not bought. I don't know what some of the things are that they are talking about, so I guess I'll just have to break down and buy yet another book that I won't have time to read because my kid won't take a nap in order for me to try to fix his No Nappin' problem. Ironic? See how I am slowly losing my mind?

And now on top of the No Nappin' issue, you know there is the NotGonnaEat problem. It's really funny to see him turn his head around in the high chair, like he's morphing into an owl. Then you can just see the wheels turning inside, calculating how long I'm going to stand in front of him with the spoon loaded with sweet potatoes. He's trying to figure out his odds on being able to wait me out. If I can convince or decieve him into facing me, there is almost zero chance that he's going to open his mouth. If I am able to somehow shove food into his little mouth, I can promise you he's not going to swallow it. At this point in the feeding, I am wondering why we're even going through the motions. He ain't going to eat. So I put some food on his tray and let him play with it. Maybe if he licks some of the food off of his fingers, he'll make the connection that this is the stuff that his Crazy Mommy is trying to feed him? Maybe if I let him put his hands inside the bowl he won't be afraid of its contents? So I let him do both, and he eventually forms a crust over the top half of his body made out of whatever it is I am trying to feed him.
He doesn't care if he gets dirty. Well, he doesn't care because he's just a baby, but he also knows that bath time is next. This kid LOVES to get naked. Just a few seconds after I lift him out of his high chair, he starts squealing and squawking and freaking out because he's so happy. And then I forget that I was even frustrated in the first place.


Of course, after bath time, he nurses for like an hour. Hey, I thought he wasn't hungry?

Solids

It's official: My child hates solid food. He never wants to eat. He turns his head around and tries to wait me out. If I can get some into his mouth, he just holds it there and tries not to swallow it.

I'm backing off of him, and I'll let him eat when he's ready. I'll keep trying to "introduce" foods to him, but I honestly feel like I'm wasting food.

He does like playing with the toys that are snapped onto his high chair. That's fun for him.

Since I've been backing off the solids, we're reverting back to the breastmilk poop, which is really a plus.