Well, we had 2 days of banana, and then slept through 2 days of dinners. So last night we gave her sweet potato! She had a lot more success getting that to her mouth, and even though there was some requisite gagging, she did manage to get a couple of small chunks down (don’t ask … [Read more…]
So Tuesday was the big day, we got out the high chair, cleaned it up, plopped some banana on the tray, and here’s what happened. Hint: rewind 3 years with a dark eyed and haired baby and it’s almost exactly the same. It’s hilarious! If you’ve never heard of baby led solids (baby led weaning … [Read more…]
Keeley is a great eater. Veggies, fruit, most kinds of meat she just chows down. Occasionally something will get a ‘spit’, a few types of beans, broccoli, etc. For the most part, though, she really goes after whatever we are eating. Heaven forbid one of us eat without her. That is the 8th deadly sin. … [Read more…]
The idea of BLS is to let the baby feed itself. Does it sound extremely lazy? Yes. Does it sound a little bad on the part of the parents? Maybe, as you’re playing fast and loose with ‘big’ pieces of food instead of mush. Does it work? A lot of people say so. Here was … [Read more…]
Has anyone else ever heard of this? Baby led solids? The idea is that your kid can just scoop up some sweet potato and mash it with her gums (more likely spit it out) and learn to feed herself instead of trying to cram jarred mush into her mouth. She won’t have to learn how … [Read more…]
Today something kind of funny happened. My oldest asked if my toddler still could nurse. It was an innocent (but loaded) question. Because immediately she asked to nurse. Since the second week of June, that was only about the 3rd time she had asked, and the other 2 were during the day, and I had … [Read more…]
The Baby Led Solids post has a video now. Sorry for those of you that looked at it without it, it really is kind of cute. I’m going shopping this Friday with my friend Tricia and her baby Ben (5 weeks older than Keeley). God knows how we’re going to manage. Anyway, point being. Any … [Read more…]
When we lived in another state, we discovered the recycling center and happily crunched boxes, rinsed out jars and cans, and looked for the elusive recycle symbol on every plastic thingamajig that came in the house. We shredded documents and heaped them into boxes. Our trash output was half of what it had been. I … [Read more…]