Boss Fight Strategy: Feeding the Baby Its Breakfast

Hey guys, I know a lot of people have been having trouble with this one. It's probably one of the most challenging fights in the game, so don't feel bad if you're not able to get it right on the first try.

The Baby event starts as soon as he's strapped into the high chair. His enrage timer starts up right away, so you'll only have a few minutes to prepare the food and start into the first phase of the encounter.


PHASE ONE-----------------------------
Fairly simple: You're just trying to get the food into the Baby's mouth. This is still the introductory stage to the encounter, so it's not too challenging.

For this round, feel free to hold the bowl of food in one hand and to feed the Baby with the other. The Baby isn't very fussy at this point, and will usually just eat whatever's in front of him. Use this time to your advantage, because as the encounter progresses it will become increasingly difficult to do so.

Simply approach the Baby with the spoon full of food, stick it into their open mouth, and scoop the food off with their upper lip as you remove the spoon. Repeat until the Baby starts waving one of his arms around, signaling the start of phase two.


PHASE TWO------------------------------
A lot like stage one, you're just getting the food into the Baby's mouth, but now you've got a gimmick to deal with. No good Boss fight is without at least one gimmick.

One of the Baby's arms will start waving randomly in front of his face, blocking anything that approaches. Make sure not to get hit with this attack as it can cause the entire spoonful to be spilled onto the tray. Sometimes the Baby will also grab the spoon as it passes, which can cost you a lot of time trying to get it free. If the Baby grabs the spoon more than once, I would recommend reloading from your last save and starting over.

The best way to avoid the swinging arm is to set the bowl of food down on a nearby table, freeing up one of your hands to run interference. I usually just grab the swinging arm with my free hand when I'm approaching with the spoon and let go after he's eaten it.

DO NOT HOLD ONTO THE BABY'S ARM FOR MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS AT A TIME OR IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY SKIP TO PHASE FOUR OF THE ENCOUNTER!!!!

Once you've gotten a few spoonfuls through, phase three begins.


PHASE THREE----------------------------
The Baby will still be swinging his arm, but now he'll also avoid eating the food. You need to either distract or trick the Baby into a position where his mouth will be open and you can continue feeding him.

A lot of people try making it look like the food is delicious by pretending to eat it themselves, but this is a waste of time. The Baby doesn't care if food is delicious. The best strategy is to try to make it look like the Baby is not supposed to have the food, and that you'll be unhappy if it ends up in his mouth. This will guarantee the Baby will eat the food.

Sometimes the Baby will move its head just as you're about to feed it, and the food will end up on its face or nose or, if you're lucky, just to the side of its mouth, where you can scoop it in after another pass. If the food drops onto its bib, don't worry too much, but if there is more food on the bib or on the Baby's face than you actually got into the Baby by the end of the encounter when the Mom comes in, you'll lose the encounter and have to start over.


PHASE FOUR-----------------------------
Just like phase three, but now both arms are swinging. So, you'll have to use one hand to block one of the arms like before, but you'll also have to dodge the other one. Again, the Baby's arm can grab onto the spoon if you're not careful, spilling it onto itself or onto you. Remember, YOU WILL LOSE IF THERE IS MORE FOOD ON THE BABY THAN IN THE BABY.

You should be almost done with the bowl by now, so of course things are going to get more difficult for the final phase.


FINAL PHASE----------------------------
At this point, the Baby's enrage timer has reached zero, and it begins to scream and cry, while continuing its attacks from the first four phases. Check your food at this point: If you've gotten at least 80% into the Baby's mouth, the Baby's Mom will come into the room and congratulate you and give you your experience points and the encounter will end.

If you haven't fed the baby at least 80% of the food, though, this phase is really challenging. You'll only have a couple minutes to finish before the screaming wakes up the Mom and she comes in. Usually, I will just start over if I'm not able to get the Baby fed before the enrage kicks in. If you want to proceed, just use the same strategies as before, but you'll need to be faster and more careful.

Besides screaming and shaking his head back and forth, the only new attack the Baby has for this phase is coughing when his mouth is full of food, so even if you get some food into its mouth, it doesn't mean it will stay. Just keep at it until you've gotten 80% of the food into the Baby's mouth.

If you don't get at least 80% of the food into the Baby by the time the encounter is over, the Mom will come into the kitchen and demand to know what you are doing, and then finish feeding the Baby for you. It's a pretty funny scene, so you may want to lose just once to watch it. After that, though, start the encounter over, because if the Mom has to finish feeding the Baby, you'll get no experience for the fight, and you won't be allowed to try it again.