I took Rowan to her “early intervention” appointment today per the pediatrician’s orders. They said that Rowan is right on track, no need for any kind of specialized help from them. I was never worried about her development, but we decided to go just to ease any concerns that her pediatrician had. She passed the vision, hearing, and physical exams with flying colors. They said she was perfect, although, she does need to get her bum in gear with regard to crawling. If she isn’t crawling in two months, THEN we have a problem! 🙂
Rowan slept in the car on the way to the appointment. Sleeping off nerves, perhaps?
Ok, here I am in this strange place with all these strange people. I passed, so can I go home now?
When the pediatrician told us Rowan was off her curve that was about the same time that we were in the process of expanding Rowan’s dietary horizons. We’ve had a lot of success with homemade baby food.
Here’s what a typical days worth of grub looks like. Pears & peaches for breakfast, carrots for lunch, and peas & pumpkin-apple for dinner. Why homemade? Well, it’s cheaper, tastes WAY better, and it’s the crunchy thing to do. I like crunchy! Plus, it’s fun to see steamed veggies whir around in the food processor.
Rowan is pretty serious when it comes to food. I can never get her to crack a smile when she is chowing down. Be sure to feed her as fast as is humanly possible to avoid dealing with “Chief Wiggles Her Head.”
After the starter fruits & veggies we upped the ante and blended even more exotic flavors. Zucchini, yellow squash, peach-pineapple, mango-papaya, and more… She hasn’t turned down a flavor yet!
Apple-Blueberry is her favorite. And it makes for some pretty diapers. Comes out lookin’ just like it went in.
gimme Gimme GIMMIE!!!
We are gearing up for “stage 2” foods. Tonight we sampled peas with chicken and brown rice. Mmmmm! I have to admit, sometimes her food is so good, I’m tempted to polish off her leftovers. Not really, but it is pretty tasty!
Cheerios and crackers are also a staple in Rowans diet, of course. She prefers crackers over cheerios because even though she has the pincer down, getting that itty bitty cheerio into her slobbery mouth is quite challenging. It usually ends up lost somewhere in her fingers, or stuck to her sticky cheek. Oh the perils!
I am glad you are not worried about her development. Rowan is so cute. I love all the food pictures.
Mmmm forget egg rolls! We should make more baby food when i come! P.S. I’m not going on the cruise so i might come in a month!
Man, Rowan gets the gourmet treatment! You’re so awesome! I’d eat too if I was served food like that. She’s so adorable!
So glad everything went well at the dr.s. I hate those kind of appointments! You are really amazing that you make your own baby food! Gerber was my best friend when Emma was a baby.
Homemade baby food?! You never cease to amaze me Amy. If I get the guts and decide not to be lazy, I’ll have to have you give me some of your baby food tips. And Miriam and I were just talking yesterday about what a fun and wonderful mom you are. You’re always doing such fun things with your kids.
You are seriously supermom! I am amazed at all the fun, creative, inexpensive things you do with your cute kids. I seriously am taking down notes from all this. I cant wait to try them out some day. And as always I LOVE your pictures… love love love evey one of them. I envy your skillz.
Oh, Rowan is such a doll, I can barely stand her and all the cute pictures!! When it comes time for my baby to eat food, I am having you over for a homemade baby food lesson, k?! I LOVE all your pictures!
You are so Domestic! I seriously look up to women like you, amazing! I need to call your mom and get some tips, I want my kids to turn out as awesome as you!! Rowan is a doll!
Melody is the same way! She fell off the bottom of the weight chart at 9 months and I’ve had to take her back twice in the last 4 weeks to be re-weighed. Now she’s made it to the 3rd percentile (whooptie doo- trying not to overdo it here!). Her favorite homemade baby food (definitely saves money!) is broccoli. She also likes bananas and strawberries or pears and plums blended together- and she can’t live without her cheerios!
It’ll be fun to see them together at Christmas!