Ladies and Gentlemen, it's finally happened! Kari has finally eaten an entire container of baby food!!! (Well, she ate half of the jar yesterday, and finished the rest today, but hey, this is still a first for her!)
Kari is 8 1/2 months old. She loves to nurse and loves to eat biter biscuits, arrowroot cookies, wagon wheels, sucking on apples, and any "real" food that I put in her mesh strainer. She even likes bits of chicken, dinner rolls, and apple crisp :-). Basically, anything that she can feed herself. Ever since we started trying various baby foods and cereals at 6 months, she has either grabbed the spoon or just buttoned up and refused to eat more than one or two bites. I didn't want to act like it was a big deal or cause any food aversions so I didn't push it. But, I did try and stay persistant with the little efforts. It may just be starting to pay off! To see her open-wide for her sweet potatoes was big stuff for this little one!
From Tuesday at midnight through yesterday evening, Kari has been a BEAR. She came down with a really awful cold/mild croup and even got some steriod medicine at the doctor's office on Wednesday. Well, it must've jump-started her appetite b/c ever since then, she's wanted to eat food instead of just nursing! (A blessing in disguise perhaps??) She's doing much better today and, apparently, is still wanting to eat!
This is my happy girl, amidst her finished sweet potatoes and half of the waffle that she destroyed. (The other half is in her lap.) I'm not sure how much of the waffle got into her tummy, but she sure had fun with it!
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Oh she is so darling! Oh the stress food causes mothers! Glad she is eating so well. I love your new family pictures. Emily has grown up so much... I love her long hair. And Christian is just adorable. What a darling little mischeivious look in is eye! Little Kari looks like such a sweet baby!
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