The Amazing Colossal Baby

Did we mention our child is huge?

Maddy had her 6 month checkup today. She went from 14 lbs, 2 oz (60%) and 25 inches (75%) to 17 lbs 1 oz (50-75%) and 27 3/4 inch (97%). So basically she is tall and skinny, like a string bean.

Her new doc is pretty nice and said that Maddy was doing great. We had no problems to report and she said that we seemed to be doing fine on the hardest aspect of the 6 month old-feeding real foods. So...yay us!

Looks like Dad got Maddy drunk again.

 

SLC Punk-Baby

 

I told you I would post a picture.

But I bet you regret it now.

 

Veloci-baby

The second attempt at the Feeding of the Squash went a little better. She was more receptive but still not used to this weird, bright orange mush I was trying to shove into her mouth. At least she held it in her mouth a bit longer before spitting it out. I am certain at least some of it actually got inside her tummy. I will try again today, but I guess the most important thing is that she has not had any reactions. Next-the Sweet Potato.

Maddy actually seems more interested in the cup of water I have been trying to give her with her meals. She was fascinated with the whole shebang-the cup itself, the water, and the fact that there was no bottle in sight. She's doing quite well on that end.

She has also developed a new hobby: high-pitched screeching. She will be really quiet, get a big smile on her face, and just let out a Jurassic Park-like squeal. Michael said that when he picked her up from daycare yesterday, she squealed when she saw him. I do too, but for different reasons...

Oh, well.

The Feeding of Real Food did not go as well as I had hoped. I steamed some butternut squash up yesterday, pureed it, and spooned it out into individual serving sizes, very proud of my attempts to make homemade baby food. Shortly after Mike and I ate dinner, Maddy started being fussy, which I interpreted as hunger. The first spoon full went in and Maddy got this look of horror and confusion on her face and began crying. Since sometimes it takes her a couple of spoonfuls to realize she is being fed, I tried a few more, putting a little bit in her mouth and watching it come right back out.

We decided to make her a bottle and while Michael was preparing it, I put a plug in her mouth. She promptly fell asleep. Oops.

After her nap, we tried again. She was a little cranky and still unhappy with the squash. We tried barley. She wasn't even happy with that, which was unusal. So we resorted to a bottle, watched "The Corpse Bride" and decided to try again the next day.

"Feed me!"

I am very excited-Maddy is going to try her first "real" food this weekend-butternut squash. She has been eating rice cereal, oatmeal, or barley at least once a day for about two months and vicariously too. But I don't really consider those real foods since I wouldn't eat them myself. So she is going to have squash tonight. I'm excited about that and making her baby food from scratch. Will post on how it goes...