I really do. I love food, and enjoy cooking so don't even mind the preparation too much, but I hate hate hate the constant clearing up, the immovable orange stains on all my clothes and theirs, and I simply do not have the patience to deal with DS who screams if I eat in front of him (even if he's just fed), screams if I don't bring his food that exact INSTANT (because it's defrosting/reheating etc), screams if I try and feed him by spoon, screams when he snatches the spoon off me and then can't feed himself, screams if I get another spoon to carry on feeding him, will not, absolutely will not pick up any kind of food stuff with his hands to feed himself, screams when I try to clean him up, and then grabs the kitchen roll out of my hands and very dexterously shreds it and eats it....arrrggggghhh.
In fact he has such a finely tuned sense of how to eat things he is not supposed to (baby wipes, his sister's ear lobes and phone chargers being particular favourites), that I am almost considering putting food in his reach and telling him not to eat it, but I suspect that way eating disorders lie.
He's 9 months by the way. His twin demurely sits there opening her mouth like a little bird, but just stares at any finger foods I put on her tray. Occasionally licking them or sticking her nose in them like a cat.
On the plus side I've yet to find anything they can't be persuaded to eat, but my god the process is so wearing.