Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Claire and I celebrated her very first Valentine's day by painting Claire's toes for the very first time!
Super cute baby toes!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
First Foods
This week (in January when I started writing this post) we started feeding Claire rice cereal.
Per our doctor's orders, we waited until she reached 5 months old to start feeding her solid foods--more solid anyway. We personally chose to wait because we were hoping her eczema would clear up more and not be confused with a food allergy (but I actually now think the eczema is induced by a reaction to cow's milk--but we'll see and find out more on that later) and also because we didn't want to deal with the extra supplies for feeding her while on vacation.
Claire's first introduction into foods besides breast milk was water. Every time I would drink from a glass she would eagerly reach toward the glass, and I eventually caved and let her try a sip or two. It went fairly well. The next instance was lemonade from a can. Bad choice. I think she cut something like her lip on the edge. Note to self: no cans. I got bolder as we went along and I finally gave her a bit of bean from a rice and bean burrito that I was eating for lunch. Claire ate the mashed black bean off of my index finger. Once it was gone, she pulled my finger back into her mouth expectantly. Poor girl. She loves food.
I went to the store and bought a whole bunch of different flavors of baby food--every flavor I could find actually. I got home and told Peter that I was ready to start feeding her solids and he happily exclaims, "You bought rice cereal?!" and I said, "no! should I have?". He said, after having been told that there's no going back, that we needed to start with rice cereal and then move on to better flavors.
She likes fruit a lot (except peaches for some reason). She also doesn't mind most veggies, but she gives the best faces when we give her peas or carrots!
Since her first introduction to "solid" foods, she has since warmed up to them a little bit. She still loves fruits, does pretty well with vegetables, but she doesn't like meats.
Her favorites are applesauce, pears, sweet potatoes, and squash.
She eats solid foods 3 times a day with rice cereal at breakfast and dinner. I've also been giving her a bottle with formula when we're out running errands or just once a day. She really likes it a lot. I think I may be out of a job soon! ;-)
This week I purchased one of those mesh bag feeding things that you put fresh, mashable foods in so babies can eat them without getting chunks that they could choke on. We tried raspberries yesterday, and she didn't like it because one of them was really tart.
She loves drinking water from her sippy cup, but she hasn't figured out that she has to tip the cup to get the water out. She just sucks on it. She'll get it soon enough though!
Per our doctor's orders, we waited until she reached 5 months old to start feeding her solid foods--more solid anyway. We personally chose to wait because we were hoping her eczema would clear up more and not be confused with a food allergy (but I actually now think the eczema is induced by a reaction to cow's milk--but we'll see and find out more on that later) and also because we didn't want to deal with the extra supplies for feeding her while on vacation.
Claire's first introduction into foods besides breast milk was water. Every time I would drink from a glass she would eagerly reach toward the glass, and I eventually caved and let her try a sip or two. It went fairly well. The next instance was lemonade from a can. Bad choice. I think she cut something like her lip on the edge. Note to self: no cans. I got bolder as we went along and I finally gave her a bit of bean from a rice and bean burrito that I was eating for lunch. Claire ate the mashed black bean off of my index finger. Once it was gone, she pulled my finger back into her mouth expectantly. Poor girl. She loves food.
I went to the store and bought a whole bunch of different flavors of baby food--every flavor I could find actually. I got home and told Peter that I was ready to start feeding her solids and he happily exclaims, "You bought rice cereal?!" and I said, "no! should I have?". He said, after having been told that there's no going back, that we needed to start with rice cereal and then move on to better flavors.
She likes fruit a lot (except peaches for some reason). She also doesn't mind most veggies, but she gives the best faces when we give her peas or carrots!
Since her first introduction to "solid" foods, she has since warmed up to them a little bit. She still loves fruits, does pretty well with vegetables, but she doesn't like meats.
Her favorites are applesauce, pears, sweet potatoes, and squash.
She eats solid foods 3 times a day with rice cereal at breakfast and dinner. I've also been giving her a bottle with formula when we're out running errands or just once a day. She really likes it a lot. I think I may be out of a job soon! ;-)
This week I purchased one of those mesh bag feeding things that you put fresh, mashable foods in so babies can eat them without getting chunks that they could choke on. We tried raspberries yesterday, and she didn't like it because one of them was really tart.
She loves drinking water from her sippy cup, but she hasn't figured out that she has to tip the cup to get the water out. She just sucks on it. She'll get it soon enough though!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
She's Rolling and Dangerous!
Last night Claire finally realized that she is able to roll over from back to front!
For a little while now she has been rolling onto her side from her back to look at the toys around her head, but would just turn back over. But yesterday was the first time that she went all the way over!
This morning she was going back and forth between her back to front just because she could. I think she may have been trying to get my attention, and she did!
If the video starts with her swatting at the camera, go to about :58. I tried to cut it, but it doesn't seem to have worked. :-/
For a little while now she has been rolling onto her side from her back to look at the toys around her head, but would just turn back over. But yesterday was the first time that she went all the way over!
This morning she was going back and forth between her back to front just because she could. I think she may have been trying to get my attention, and she did!
If the video starts with her swatting at the camera, go to about :58. I tried to cut it, but it doesn't seem to have worked. :-/
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Hey WVU FANS!
Introducing the Newest and Cutest cheerleader!
She's got the Smile!
She's got the Fighting Spirit!
She's got the Body!
She will lead us to the Bright and Winning Future!
But mostly, she's just darned cute!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Spitting
This weekend Claire learned a new trick.
She spits.
She tucks in her bottom lip and blows.
It didn't take long for us to realize that she's actually just copying us buzzing our lips at her.
You can tell that she just figured it out because she really got into this weekend and did it all the time.
But here's a little video, mostly of just squeals, but she does her spitting trick too.
It's funny to me that she doesn't always smile when she squeals. She's just enjoying exploring the extents of her voice.
We just love watching her learn new things. The look in her eyes when she finds something new and interesting is priceless!
p.s. I took the video on my new phone--teehee! Peter and I also bought smart phones this weekend. We caved. It took 3 years, but we gave into the hype. We're getting a big tax return--it encourages small splurges.
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