Growing up fast

Paige continues to do well and is getting cuter and cuter every day.  She seems to be improving with the solids.  She eats them at daycare which Jake and I both found hard to believe.  However, he fed her today and she actually did pretty well.  She really seems to like the avocado which is great since we need to fatten her up.  Surprisingly she still doesn't love any of the fruits but hopefully she'll adjust in time.

She seems to be changing on a daily basis and is learning new things every day.  A few days ago she showed an interest in Jake's glass when he was drinking water.  So we broke out the sippy cup and she started experimenting with it.  She made the same faces of disgust when she first tasted the water that she made with the food but she seems to grasp the concept.  That's definitely a relief since I've heard that transition can be a challenge with some babies.

We're heading to Greenfield this weekend in an effort to vacate the house so Jake can get some work done.  We're hoping to get the house on the market by late spring but there's lots of fixing to be done before we can do that so we'll visit Grammy and Papa for the weekend.  I'm hoping Paige will do ok sleeping in the Pack N Play while we're there.  At least she can get her naps in while we do the drive.  One thing's for sure, it will be a weekend of spoiling for her!

Pedi appointment

We had Paige's six month appointment this morning and overall it went well.  It was at 9 a.m. which is typically morning nap time but she was content as can be despite that.  She only weighed in at 15.5 which is a mere one ounce more than she weighed when I brought her in for a wheezing episode almost a month ago.  She had a big growth spurt in her height which was 28 inches!  So her weight was 50%, height was almost 90% and head size was 75%.  Overall pretty decent but her weight to height ratio had dropped pretty significantly so guess what that means?  We have to get this girl to take some solids.  Her suggestion was to add some rice cereal to the bottle a few times a day while we work on her taking it with a spoon.  She said that some babies have a strong gag reflex and hopefully this will improve over time.  We need to bring her back for another weight check in a month and to report back on the solids situation.

Other than that, everything looked great.  She felt like her head control was strong, she's almost sitting up and she will put a lot of weight on her legs if you hold her in the standing position so all of that was a big thumbs up.  Definitely good news.  She did well with the shots, barely crying at all.  Both the pedi and the nurse were so impressed with her laid back demeanor.  I guess she's inherited her father's personality now that she's gotten past the fussiness.  Ok, off to try the rice cereal in the bottle...

Battle of the solids continues

So after a two week hiatus from the solids, I decided to try them again with Paige.  I figured I should give it a go since she has her six month appointment with the pediatrician on Friday.  Two days ago we tried peas and cereal again and she was having none of it. Sigh.  Won't open her mouth, turning away from me, pushing the spoon away, etc.  So despite my better judgment of introducing fruits before I can get her to take veggies, I decided it was time to pull out the big guns and bring in some pears.  I was 100% confident that this was the answer and we would at least get her to eat something...wrong!  Once again, no luck at all.  The few times I was able to get the spoon in her mouth, it was the same reaction...terrible faces, gagging, etc.  At this point I'm not quite sure what to do about it but I'm hoping for some advice from the pedi this week.

Other than that, Paige is doing great.  She's happy nearly all the time.  She has recently started making this screaming noise that sounds like she's in distress but I think she's actually fine, hard to tell sometimes.  We also tried moving her into her transitional tub that's an inflatable one that goes in the regular bathtub.  Bad idea.  She started sliding at one point which was terrifying for me.  She also was a bit panicked in there.  I recently read that some babies have a difficult time transitioning from their infant tub so I was glad I had read this and knew it could be an issue.  She stuck her bottom lip out and almost started crying but we were able to settle her down after a few minutes.  At this point, we're going to stick with the infant tub for a few more months...she's definitely not ready for that yet.  It will be interesting to see how she does with the swim lessons that start next month.  I'm not very optimistic given that experience but hopefully it will be ok.