Food!

Over the past couple weeks we've started giving Anna some solid food. She was showing lots of signs that she was ready but when we tried to feed her she would not open her mouth for the spoon! When I did manage to sneak some food in she pushed most of it out and made some pretty funny faces. Avocado, sweet potatoe, and rice cereal all got the same response.It kind of threw me off - Grace was a very enthusiastic eater right from the start.

I started doing some reading on baby led weaning. Anna loves chewing on things and I started thinking maybe we might have more success if she could control what was going into her mouth. I will admit I was/am a bit nervous about introducing larger pieces of food right away but decided to give it a try anyway.

A few nights ago I gave Anna some soft baked sticks of sweet potato and a quarter of an avocado. It went well! She loved squishing everything in her little hands, and I'm pretty sure she ate more avocado this way than she did when I tried to feed it to her!

First food - Avocado

Much more interested in the spoon

Avocado - Take 2

Sweet potatoe

Mum-Mum

A quarter of an avocado - she was much more interested in this!

Banana!

7 Months!

At seven months:

• Anna is on the move! She is not crawling yet,but she can scoot around on her bum, and she pushes herself backwards when she's on her tummy and slides along the floor. 
• She is such a smiley, happy baby. She has so much personality already. 
• She's started eating solid food. So far she is not a fan of purees but enjoys chewing/sucking on big pieces of avocado or banana. 
• Naps have gotten so much better! 
• Still no signs of teeth but lots and lots of drool. 
• She loves being a part of the action whenever anything is going on. Generally, the only time she still falls over while sitting is when she is trying to keep up with everything going on around her and tries to turn around too fast. 
• I mentioned last month that she was starting to like a certain blanket. I think it's safe to say it's her Blankie now. She loves rubbing the blanket on her face and sometimes sucks on the corners. 
• Her favourite toys lately are not toys at all - tupperware containers and lids are all the rage. She also likes anything Grace is playing with, of course. 

This month's photo shoot was a little more challenging - she was too interested in the chalkboard!

Thankful on Thursday

Grace and Anna both slept in until 7:30 this morning! For the past few weeks our days have been starting around 5:30 so those extra two hours of sleep were so nice, especially since I stayed up later than usual last night drinking wine with Aunt Theresa and Aunt Linda!