Days 30 and 31

Day 31

Menu: Carrot/Apple puree mix

We finally got a high chair! (Britney, the cat, was very excited about this since it meant a big box for her to play in all afternoon.) She was having fun with the carrot/apple stuff again, but got fussy at the end. Dan discovered why when he went to strip her down for a bath. (I'll spare you the details, but wow! There is no doubt that she is eating a good portion of what we offer.)

After a major clean up, we headed out of town and went to Portrait Innovations to get her pictures taken. She was wonderful! At first I thought she was going to cry, but after about 30 seconds she warmed up to the photographer and was my perfect little model. She smiled on cue, clapped her hands, sat in a chair by herself, stayed on her tummy without rolling all over the place. We got a package yesterday from Dan's parents with 3 beautiful dresses, so we took one of those along to use in addition to a couple other outfits we had already picked out. The photographer was very happy to have such a cooperative baby. We were bummed because their printer was broken (waiting for a part to arrive tomorrow) so we weren't able to walk out with the pictures, but we will have them by the end of the week. It was so difficult to narrow down our options. I know I'm biased, but that baby is stinkin' adorable!!! We had been wanting to do pictures for a while, but decided to hold off until she could sit up on her own. I also wanted to do them before she got teeth because I have this fear that she's going to look really weird when they come in. Apparently we picked the perfect day, because tonight she grabbed my thumb and stuck it in her mouth (like usual) and I felt something really sharp on the bottom gum!

Day 30

Menu: Watermelon and Carrot/Apple puree mix

We used the crinkle cutter again, but sliced the watermelon much thinner. We didn't have any gagging, but that was because she sucked on it for a minute and then threw it on the floor. We kept putting new slices on her tray and she proceeded to pick up each one and toss is on the ground. I thought that maybe she just didn't want food, but she went to town when we gave her the spoon! The carrot/apple mix tasted mostly like apple. Dan couldn't get the spoon loaded fast enough for her - she ate about 1/2 a jar.

I keep reading about other BLW babies and it seems like most of them spend the first few months just 'playing' with their food. Emmaline is pretty much all business when it comes to food. She doesn't mash it up, doesn't smear it around, just picks it up and either eats it or drops it on the floor if she's not interested.