Whoops!! I've been seriously meaning to update this thing, but alas, life gets in the way sometimes, ya know?? So sorry for the long absence, and back to our regularly scheduled program!
Life has changed a LOT since the last blog. First of all, I've become once again employed, hence the reason for the lack of blog time. Yay! Secondly, we've had 2 holidays and a good 2 week bout of bronchitis in the Q house, so that's taken up a majority of our time as well.
As far as baby-led weaning goes, there's not a whole lot to report on that front. I know, seems strange, right? Not really. Due to all the changes in schedules, illness, and just flat out sleepiness at meal times for Amelia, we haven't really progressed too far yet. She's still sitting at the table with us, still being offered steamed veggies, fruits, anything she can get ahold of, and still doing well with those. She's even starting to 'chew' on things, though very little, if anything, is being swallowed yet. Well, except Cheerio's. She loves those. She's also the proud owner of 2 shiny new bottom teeth! This has progressed her desire to chew on things somewhat, as well. However, she's also showing aversions to food. For funsies, I bought some pureed, organic veggies, just to see if she'd eat them, since she's really not 'eating' much as far as table food is going. HATES purees of any sort. Makes a face, gags, and spits it all promptly out. Offer her the real thing, and she's happy to pick it up, play with it, and maybe put it in her mouth. So she's getting there. She's a lot more dexterous with her hands as well, which has really helped.
She was seen yesterday at the pediatricians for her 6 month well-child check (even though she's already 7 months). She's officially 28 inches long, 20 lbs and 10 oz, a perfectly healthy little girl. Her doctor asked about what she's eating and how she's doing with it. It's great having a pediatrician who is cool with doing whatever works best for your family and your child. She says that Amelia looks great, and that she's developing just fine (yeah, take that, WIC!) and to keep doing what I'm doing, as she's gaining weight and clearly happy and healthy. I can't help but feel a little smug about it all. It just reaffirms that my judgement as a parent in how I'm weaning my child, and my instincts in general, aren't off-kilter, after all. WIN!
No pics this blog, because I'm on the laptop. Don't worry though; I now set the camera at the table side along with the dinnerware, so next blog may be entirely devoted to food pics. Bon Apetit until then!
