Going Granola

Why?

2012-02-08T22:09:00.000-05:00

Lydia ia not even two and it is already happening. dun-dun-DUN!

DH informs me that he spent his first car ride with her that started with one question: "Whatcha doin', Daddy?", to which he replied "I'm driving the car.", and that was quickly followed by a lengthy series of "Why?"s that he was finally able to shut down at around number 7 or 8.

Oy vay! Toddlerhood, here we come!

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2012-02-07T21:23:00.000-05:00

another small victory at our house tonight...

2012-02-07T21:20:00.001-05:00

We have a picky eater on our hands. I don't want to turn every meal into a battle but this is getting ridiculous!

When Lydia was an infant, oh man, she was a dream to feed! It was my goal to BF for a year, but it was not to be. Sadly, I went back to work when Lydia turned 5 months and despite a ridgid pumping routine, I was pretty dry by 9 months. We had to start supplementing with organic soy formula at 7 months. I was devastated. However, Lydia seemed happy to have a bottle and so, besides my supply running low, she might have self-weaned anyway. She was taking bottles all day at daycare and MIL's and it was hard to compete. Once again, I digress...

Starting solids was so fun! We knew that the ingredients label on jar baby food made our stomachs turn. We ordered 2 Annabel Karmel books: The Healthy Baby Meal Planner and Top 100 Baby Purees and made all of our own baby food. She ate EVERYTHING! It was so great to just be able to blend of up all the nutritious food we knew would benefit her development and she would wolf it down.

Fast forward a year and she has limited her menu down to about 10 foods - cereal, pasta, pizza, grilled cheese, peanut butter sandwich, any fruit, any flavor yogurt, applesauce, and SOMETIMES macaroni and cheese. Believe me, we have TRIED. We trick, we hide, we applaud, we beg, we manipulate, we bribe, we make dramatic theater productions about how delicious eating vegetables, bean, chicken, etc. really is...She quickly learned the sentence "I no like it!" *sigh*

So after all this complaining, get to the victory already! Okay, okay!

So tonight, Jeff made a delicious and simple hamburger soup. He cut up some bread and told her that he made her some dip, like guacamole (oh yeah, she eats guacamole, too, we recently learned). She, of course, wanted nothing but to just shove pieces of bread into her mouth, but Jeff persuaded her to try dipping. Lo and behold, she was interested! Before we knew it, she was eating the soup with her spoon. Cautiously, of course, and you could tell she wasn't sure if she like it or not, but she was trying! She ate a decent amount of it before she started singing "No no like it!"

We still celebrated! We went a night without making grilled cheese and she actually ate a meal WITH us! Maybe we're getting a hold of this parenting thing, after all...

One small victory at our house today...

2012-02-06T20:54:00.000-05:00

Potty training SUCKS! Lydia has peed and pooped on the potty many times. She enjoys the cheering when she is successful. She claps and calls out "Good job, Lydia, peepee on the potty." She loves getting to pick out the stamp she gets. We make it a good time.

Put still, we have to initiate.

"Let's try going peepee on the potty" or "Let's leave dipey off for a while in case we need to go peepee" or "You look like your doing a bit of a potty dance over there. Shall we go sit on the potty and try to peepee?"

Sometimes she even refuses, with tears and everything, and that breaks my heart. I refuse to make potty training a battle. What's the point? At the same time, I had hoped for a little bit of a diaper chanigng break before DS arrives in a few months. That is certainly not going to happen now, but I digress...

So tonight, we had a victory on the potty training front. After spending some time on the potty with no results, I suggested that Lydia get up to play for a while, but leave the diaper off in case she needed to peepee later. Not 10 minutes later, during a rowdy invented hide and seek type game with her Daddy, she announces, "I go poopoo potty." She runs to the potty, lifts the seat, and sits down.

My daughter normally poops with great flare. The face turns beet red, the eyes fill with tears, it's a theatric production. So when we saw none of that, we figured it was another false alarm. But then she started with the whole "Yay Lydia" song and dance and we had to check. No poop, but a potty full of pee.

It was the first time that SHE has initiated a need to use the potty. Thank God!

Something to make you smile...

2012-02-06T16:38:00.001-05:00

After posting a couple of serious articles, I felt like it was time for a shared laugh. Enjoy!

DD: "Mom, I'm fat."

2012-02-06T16:35:00.002-05:00

This article is definitely thought provoking! I admit, I teared up remembering my own insecurities as a young girl and imagining my own perfect daughter seeing herself as anything less than that. What would you have said to your DD/DS?

I'm Fat!

WM vs. SAHM

2012-02-06T16:31:00.001-05:00

DH actually stumbled upon this article first and shared it with me. Awesome, totally awesome! I know I struggle with the same guilt that all WMs struggle with. As I work toward becoming a SAHM, it was good to be warned about the guilt that creeps up there, too! We all need to learn to respect and appreciate each other as women with different roles to play in this society. Let me know what you think!

Friendly Fire

Babywearing

2012-02-05T22:09:00.001-05:00

What is babywearing? Is baby wearing for you? Which carrier should I choose? Check out my updated "Babywearing' page and get the conversation started!

Updates

2012-02-04T22:56:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone! I just updated the "About Me" and the "Cloth Diapering" pages. Please feel invited to leave comments about what information I should add or edit!

Check out a Midwife sharing information about the C-Section Epidemic

2012-01-11T20:10:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone,

Came across this article the other day from Cafemom.

Please watch if you are expecting, or know anyone who is. Definitely worth the watch.