Rolling, rolling, rolling

Food and Babies

Tonight was banana night. The current prevailing wisdom in baby food is that you try one food for 3-5 days feeding them only 1 teaspoon or so for the first couple weeks and then increasing to two feedings a day. We have to admit that we do more like 1-3 Tablespoons because seriously a teaspoon is nothing! So far we have done sweet potatoes, brown rice cereal, pears and now banana's. Again, the amazing thing is that I am making the food myself, I know mushing up a banana doesn't sound complicated but figuring out how to brush my teeth is complicated for me some nights. Balancing work and parenthood is HARD, I have so much more appreciation for my own mother especially as she was a single mom. Back to food; so the child LOVES banana's and yelled at me tonight when I told her we were done. If I knew where the camera was I would have taken a picture, as it is Taylor is trying to add a couple new video's to the website. Quinn is also really excited when people say her name and has moments of being very sad at daycare if she sees us and we don't pick her up right away, she definitely knows who Mommy and Zaza are now...which selfishly is a pretty cool feeling. I am off to try to get lunches made and get to bed but I would like to take a moment to say congratulations to all the new parents we know (and those of you we don't!). This is a big baby year for our circle of friends and family so welcome babies Max, Ezra, Noah, Aubrey, Madison, Alexandra, Zahra, and soon to be here Blix!

Update

Hi all! We are doing great or rather we are attempting to be doing great...it varies from day to day. Quinn is wonderful, she is in the 96th percentile for height and the 95th for weight. The pediatrician encouraged us to start solids a little early and we have. I have been making food myself (I know, it is amazing) and gave her sweet potatoes and tonight (at Zaza's birthday party) she wolfed down some homemade brown rice cereal. We have only tried food four times but she seems to be getting the hang of it. We also recently went on a family trip to the coast and hung out with Nona and Grampy much to their and Quinn's delight. It was during that trip that Quinn first rolled from her front to her back and within the week she went from back to front. As of today she is rolling over whenever she feels like it...although she does get stuck occasionally. More later!