Days 23-26

Day 26

Nap and milk schedule are off today so we're skipping solids again.

Day 25

Menu: Sweet potatos and pureed prunes

Not much for variety, but we had leftovers. She did have a gagging incident with the sweet potato today (actually got quiet for a fraction of a second which freaked me out). Dan handles these things much better than I do! She, of course, cleared it and was happy as can be.

Day 24

Menu: Sweet potatos and pureed prunes

Newest food - pureed prunes! We went with prunes to help correct our recent "too many bananas" issue. It seems to have helped. I still can't tell if she loves purees or if she really just loves her spoon, either way she tends to have a good time. For now, I think prunes are in the top 5 foods for her (#1 is carrots and #2 is butternut squash). She flipped out a bit towards the end. We think it was a combination of her still being tired from last night's lack of sleep and the prunes starting to dry and get sticky on her face.

Day 23

Emmaline was a very good girl for Jess while Dan and I had our eye exams (and got new glasses). By the time we got home things were too rushed getting ready to go out of town and so we skipped solids for the day. Part of me feels like I should feel guilty when we skip foods, but I know that all of her nutritional needs are being met via breastmilk (and the vitamin supplement she now takes). The point of BLW is letting her experience textures & flavors while she develops a healthy relationship with food. I truly think that if we pushed ourselves to do solids everyday, we'd be stressed and that would start to make foods a negative thing for her.

Speaking of our out of town trip. That was quite a learning experience! Dan learned to never try to put Emma to bed without a bottle. We both learned that she won't sleep in a pack 'n' play - so we need to get rooms with a king sized bed unless I want to wake up with her turned sideways kicking me in the back! Generally, we are not co-sleepers and we are very proud that Emma has slept in her crib since her first night home. We are, however, very comfortable with letting her sleep with us on trips now. :)