Category: Milestones
Babies and beverages
I have been thinking a lot lately about babies and beverages. The liquids they drink in this crucial first year seems to be one of the most CONSTANT things we think about and talk about, doesn’t it? Breast milk, formula, juice, water, cow’s milk,… Continue Reading “Babies and beverages”
No
Baby Boy has started shaking his head from side to side, like he’s saying “No.” He started doing it about a week ago, when Darling Husband tickled his head doing that “pretend-to-crack-an-egg-and-let-the-yolk-run-down-your-head” trick from elementary school. (Yeah, I hadn’t thought of it since then,… Continue Reading “No”
He’s a cup man
Baby Boy doesn’t like drinking out of bottles.His sippy-cup frustrates him. No, apparently he prefers drinking out of cups.Big-people cups, made of glass or ceramic. The other day I gave him a bottle of breastmilk after he ate his sweet potatoes. He drank from… Continue Reading “He’s a cup man”
Beans, beans, the magical fruit!
I did it! I moved beyond cereal, and gave Baby Boy a REAL FOOD. Lovely green beans, pureed with leftover water from steaming them. Gourmet, n’est pas? Judging from how I agonized over whether or not to give him cereal, it was a surprisingly… Continue Reading “Beans, beans, the magical fruit!”
Sitting up
Baby Boy is officially sitting up on his own. He’s been doing it for a couple of weeks now — since just after the four-month mark — but it’s just in the last week that he’s been staying up for long periods, without tumbling… Continue Reading “Sitting up”
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