Eating solids and more

Our baby daughter started eating solids finally! She loves eating scrumptious sweet potatoes, green beans, avocados, pears and apples, bananas and carrots. But the other day she became constipated. I read it's sometimes common for babies to pass hard stools when making the transition to solids.  I hope this doesn't become habit. Poor Emilu was so uncomfortable, I saw her struggling. When it was all over she laughed and wanted to play with the remote control (her favorite toy).

Her new thing is to drag herself with her tummy to reach for toys.  I guess this is the precursor to crawling.  Yay, so excited.  I, sometimes, cannot believe she's my daughter.

She's also doing the following:

• Understands the word "no"
• Imitates some of the sounds we make
• Rolls over from tummy to back, and vice-versa
• Looks down when we call Piki, our dog
• Opens her mouth when she sees me chewing something
• {Now this one took us by surprise} Grabs the remote with one hand and attempts to point it to the TV 
• Responds to sounds by turning her head in the direction where they're coming from, such as the mail getting dropped through the mail-hole in the door.
• {This one makes me soft inside}Throws her arms at me when she wants me.

Starting Solids

 I will be starting Emilu on solid, mashed food later this week.  Incredible how time flies.  I still remember when she was a newborn, the sleepless nights, and her inconsolable hunger cries when my breast milk wasn't enough (we introduced formula early, she's a 50/50 breast/formula baby).  Now my baby will start cooked food and I feel a bit apprehensive about it.  Did this happen to you?  Of course, I'm also very excited for her.  I want to cook her organic vegetables and offer her pieces of fruit from my hand. But, I know that this will inevitably lead to weaning and I don't think I'm prepared for that "death" yet.  As much as I like to fret about nursing, and how it's a love-hate thing for me, the truth is I will miss the rapport and intimacy of the act, and I'm paranoid that this will affect our special bond. 

I think I will cook this sweet potato dish for her. Doesn't it look yummy?  I think I might have a serving for me as well.  And for something sweet, I will introduce this one later. 

And of course, starting solids means booster chair time.  She will become an official member of the dining table.  Hurray!  It will be cute when she starts dropping food at our dog Piki.  That could be a new found special bond between them, and then I won't feel as bad about her weaning.  

I will be sure to capture some snapshots of this monumental moment. After all, she's the star of this blog.