I wish my 10.5 month old would EAT MORE.
I mean, we are transitioning pretty well to the sippy cup from the bottle, and if were to have been solely up to me, I would still be NURSING the kid (she turned me away at 5.5 months!), but alas, we had to go to formula.
...and so it was. We have formula bottles a few times a day, water in the sippy cup (usually. Sometimes formula, sometimes water, sometimes watered down juice).
The babers doesn't like to EAT so much. Well, she does enjoy her finger foods, and now that the kid is sprouting teeth, she especially likes the finger foods. I just wish there was more I could give her. Today for example, so far she's has half a jar of baby food (the applesauce kind), for lunch she had 6 of those baby finger sausages, and those Gerber graduates puffs she LOVES. She could eat those all day and be happy. She's had like, almost 24OZ of the baby formula today, and I'm sure I'll give her the rest of those sausages before the day is out. She loves the finger foods, and I DO give her what I am eating half the time. She had a few slices of peaches and a slice of pear today, but I just can't tell if it's enough. She gets tired of eating in her high chair and eventually will not eat anymore but just play with her food, but then when I sit down to eat something she is pulling at my pant leg to eat it too. I can't tell if this is general curiosity or if she is truly still hungry.
She is small too. I mean, she LOOKS healthy, but she isn't BIG. I saw a BIG baby in the cafe at the hospital on Saturday. He had a baby like appearance, but his mommy was giving him a bite of her sandwich. The kid was a gargantuan wonder. He looked very chubby and was long, but he didn't look quite like a toddler.
Tatum on the other hand, still fits into some of her 9 month clothing. I think Tatum will be a thin girl. I have a pretty good metabolism, and her daddy has an awesome metabolism...She has "baby fat," but she is definitely thinning out. I just hope she is a HEALTHY thin, you know?
But what parent doesn't want a healthy kid?
In other news, this girl has taken to walking. Well, sort of. She can stand for about 10 seconds on her own and has taken a maximum of 4 steps before promptly falling on her hands and knees. lol. She's a doll. I keep cheering her on, and walking with her hands in my hands to help her get balanced. She is DETERMINED. I have a very head strong child here. When she is determined to do something, by golly she will try and try and try until she gets it, and then she will do it until perfection. Well, baby perfection anyway. I am proud of all her little moments.
I am not so proud that she is a tv watcher. But what can I say? This kid is fascinated by TV. Brian and I never had a tv when we lived in an apartment. Well, not true. We had and have an HGTV and a good video set up, but we only ever used it for moves and games. Here at the house though, it's already hooked up, so the baby watches Sprout and loves it. Of course she'd rather be playing, but she still gets hooked by the tv whenever it's on! I hope that we can break that. It's just difficult if I want to watch tv because she is right here with me wanting to watch as well. I don't watch anything I wouldn't want a kid watching, it's just the principle of the thing. I don't want to set her up for bad habits. She'll discover those on her own without my help!
I mean, we are transitioning pretty well to the sippy cup from the bottle, and if were to have been solely up to me, I would still be NURSING the kid (she turned me away at 5.5 months!), but alas, we had to go to formula.
...and so it was. We have formula bottles a few times a day, water in the sippy cup (usually. Sometimes formula, sometimes water, sometimes watered down juice).
The babers doesn't like to EAT so much. Well, she does enjoy her finger foods, and now that the kid is sprouting teeth, she especially likes the finger foods. I just wish there was more I could give her. Today for example, so far she's has half a jar of baby food (the applesauce kind), for lunch she had 6 of those baby finger sausages, and those Gerber graduates puffs she LOVES. She could eat those all day and be happy. She's had like, almost 24OZ of the baby formula today, and I'm sure I'll give her the rest of those sausages before the day is out. She loves the finger foods, and I DO give her what I am eating half the time. She had a few slices of peaches and a slice of pear today, but I just can't tell if it's enough. She gets tired of eating in her high chair and eventually will not eat anymore but just play with her food, but then when I sit down to eat something she is pulling at my pant leg to eat it too. I can't tell if this is general curiosity or if she is truly still hungry.
She is small too. I mean, she LOOKS healthy, but she isn't BIG. I saw a BIG baby in the cafe at the hospital on Saturday. He had a baby like appearance, but his mommy was giving him a bite of her sandwich. The kid was a gargantuan wonder. He looked very chubby and was long, but he didn't look quite like a toddler.
Tatum on the other hand, still fits into some of her 9 month clothing. I think Tatum will be a thin girl. I have a pretty good metabolism, and her daddy has an awesome metabolism...She has "baby fat," but she is definitely thinning out. I just hope she is a HEALTHY thin, you know?
But what parent doesn't want a healthy kid?
In other news, this girl has taken to walking. Well, sort of. She can stand for about 10 seconds on her own and has taken a maximum of 4 steps before promptly falling on her hands and knees. lol. She's a doll. I keep cheering her on, and walking with her hands in my hands to help her get balanced. She is DETERMINED. I have a very head strong child here. When she is determined to do something, by golly she will try and try and try until she gets it, and then she will do it until perfection. Well, baby perfection anyway. I am proud of all her little moments.
I am not so proud that she is a tv watcher. But what can I say? This kid is fascinated by TV. Brian and I never had a tv when we lived in an apartment. Well, not true. We had and have an HGTV and a good video set up, but we only ever used it for moves and games. Here at the house though, it's already hooked up, so the baby watches Sprout and loves it. Of course she'd rather be playing, but she still gets hooked by the tv whenever it's on! I hope that we can break that. It's just difficult if I want to watch tv because she is right here with me wanting to watch as well. I don't watch anything I wouldn't want a kid watching, it's just the principle of the thing. I don't want to set her up for bad habits. She'll discover those on her own without my help!
ha...I said "HGTV."...I meant "HDTV." Guess you now know what I watch on television. heehee
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