Baby Led Weaning

At about 8 months I started offering Mia super soft chunks of all fruits &veg she had already tried in pureed form. I had seen a friend (Esther) do this with her baby & it looked like eating was fun!!!  I started with small chunks of banana b/c its super squishy & so sticky it was easy for her to pick up & shove in her mouth.  At 10 months she eats tofu, scrambled egg yolk, steamed veggies, blackberries, blueberries, chunks of cheese, turkey etc.  She loves feeding herself!!! While she concentrates on picking up her food i do sneak bites of oatmeal, yogurt or other purees just for more calories. As chunks start hitting the floor I know she is full!

Baby Led Weaning, teaching baby to enjoy different tastes & textures. Letting her decide when she is full, not having to fight  over every bite. No spoon swatting, ending up w/ pureed gunk all over. A typical breakfast, scrambled egg yolks with chunks of soft tofu & avocado. A few blackberries & watermelon.  The trick is to offer plenty of the things i know she will eat while offering a small amount of something new (watermelon).

Cleanse

Since having Mia my skin has taken a turn for THE WORSE!!!  Call it sleep deprivation or colicky baby INSANITY, my skin is hardly radiant & glowing (despite my euphoric state of joyful motherhood bliss)!!!! I have new lines & wrinkles everyday, dryness that won't go away and new brown spots that appeared during pregnancy that don't seem to be fading. I need some SERIOUS microderm abrasion help... or i stumbled upon this interesting face washing, make up removing, potentially fine line reducing, CLEANSING method.  Check out the info on the Oil Cleansing Method HERE & HERE.

Basically you start with equal parts Castor oil & EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) to cleanse your skin.  This concept is based on the basic idea that oil dissolves oil.  We shall see!!!!!! (Also hoping to go visit my friend MelissaRoshon- AMAZING make-up artiste from my wedding, next time she free lances at MAC so she can recommend a sweet new make up routine that can make my skin look dewy!!!

P.S I have a BIG girl crush on Taylor Swift. She is very Dewy!!!!

10 Months

This month started out great.  You learned to clap & wave !!!!!

You started trying to repeat lots of words. You can say duck, dada & book.

You babble, yell and sing. You try & say dog, bird,  cow, & moo. Apparently i need to get you some non animal books!!!

Every once in a while you slow down from your whirlwind of activity & for the briefest of moments lay your sweet little head on my shoulder. It's heavenly.

Then at about 9.5 months you had a melt down that lasted 2 weeks. The FUSSIEST you have been since we conquered the colicky baby times. You cried & fussed constantly. Everything became a battle. Eating, sleeping, changing, dressing, car rides.  You were not having it.  On February 2nd you weighed 17lbs. On February 16 I took you to Dr. to see if you had an ear infection that may be the culprit of the fussies & you had lost 1.5 lbs, (no ear infection). It scares me a little.  Hoping it is just those 2 pesky bottom teeth ALMOST popping through .

Technically you still have no teeth.lol

You are SOOOOO close to crawling. Just this past week you learned to throw your leg up & scootch forward!!!

During your crazy fussy time you started swatting at your food. We would all end up in a gooey miserable mess. So we started more of the baby lead weaning & it has gone great!! You love to feed yourself peas, corn, chunks of pancake, turkey, squash, quinoa etc. While your distracted w double fisting whatever is in front of you I spoon mouthfuls of yogurt or cereal in!!!

You LOVE reading!!!!! The Forest Animal peek a boo book &  How Big is Baby Elmo are your favorites.

You had play dates w your best friends, Adalaide & Gavin:)

You  LOVE your bath rubber  duckies.
You took your 1st trip to the North Market & Cosi!!!
Still wearing 6-9 month clothes!!!

WE LOVE YOU ANGEL (WILD CHILD) BABY!! Please gain some weight this month:)

The Dirty Dozen

Damon & I TRY to eat well. We are not excellent at it, BUT we are definitely making an attempt especially now that my sweet pea is eating everything she can get her hands on!!!. One healthy lifestyle choice we are working on is buying organic. When he does the shopping he needs CPR after seeing the organic prices..lol  I think these lists will be super helpful in showing what we need to splurge on:)  The chart is via My Paper Crane (so cute!!) I think the chart & list (2011) are different b/c they are from different years. I would def add blueberries to my BUY ORGANIC list. Happy Eating:)

 

E-Valentine

Posting these a little late but Damon found these adorb E-Valentines & posted them on Facebook!! <3 them.  He also got me a singing squid card that Mia loves :) Wanted to a post about my favorite Valentine but my baby girl has been WEARING me OUT for the past 2 weeks. Hoping her sweet disposition store soon!!!!!

Around Here

 DELICIOUS Butternut Squash , Chicken & Quinoa Stew. So ugly I had to decorate:) My Awesome hair dresser, Hayley, made Mia this adorabe owl clip when she was 1st born. So happy she finally has enough hair to wear it!!! Find her Etsy store HERE!!

My Bear

We continue to take advantage of this AMAZING weather. Swings at the park for baby, iphone photo shoot for mama!  Love the mini harajuku bear hoodies from Target. Clearanced from $30 to $9..woot!!!