Amelia is officially 1 now, which qualifies her as a BIG GIRL in her mind. She eats. She drinks. She walks. She talks. She is officially a toddler. We went to WIC yesterday in our new county, and while they were doing her new 1 year old package, they asked about her eating habits. I explained to her, as I have many times before to others, about Baby-Led Weaning and how she eats, citing the fact that she had pork chops, rice, and cheese cubes for dinner the night before. The nutritionist's response? "That's awesome, good for her! Sounds like you're doing a great job! I will have to do some research on this, because it sounds amazing!"
...*basks in validation*
So our journey with Baby-Led Weaning is mostly over. She eats all sorts of food, real food. There has been very little we've given her that she doesn't like. In fact, I can't think of anything she outright refuses to eat right now. Cheese and yogurt are a current favorite. The only thing we still have to work on is weaning from formula to whole milk, which we're starting this week. She has had milk before, but really didn't drink it. And she's not drinking a whole lot of formula now, to be honest. She'd rather just eat. Most of the time she has a morning bottle, maybe one at naptime, one in the afternoon if she didn't have a naptime one, and one before bed. That's it. And those are only 6 oz., not an 8 oz. bottle. So I think we're going to try to give her half formula, half whole milk, just to get her used to the idea of it being cooler and different tasting, then progress to milk in her sippy cup. If I have learned anything with this process, it's that slow and steady wins the race. She started out throwing food on the floor. Now she sits and eats a ton of stuff with the rest of the family, most of the time out-eating her pickier 4 year old brother!
Stay tuned, folks. I will try to flash-back and update with pictures of the process thus far. They were taken for blog purposes, I just never got around to getting the blog portion done. In the meantime, here's few shots from Big Girl Birthday.
So dainty at first, I was really afraid she wouldn't get into the whole idea of 'smash cake'.
