2.27.2002
How to peel and finely mash an egg while holding a howling infant:
You've already determined that you can't put her down. And she needs to get her dinner fairly soon. So you shift her to your left arm and settle her in the crook. With your right you peel the boiled egg in the sink so you can flick the shell without regard for where it lands, then you drop the peeled egg in a metal sieve and chop it roughly. Placing your thumb on the interior of the sieve and balancing the mesh against your palm, you press the egg through. Perfectly mashed to the discerning infant's tongue in no time.

Dinner tonight will be by Gerber, the egg is my frantic attempt at good nutrition. Of course she'll forcibly eject it all.