Anya is nothing like Ally! Ok, so she looks kinda similar and lately, she's been sleeping like Ally used to, and ...
But! She eats! In fact, she eats almost too much. I strap her into her booster (I don't like the highchair, so I put her in a booster at the table. She loves it) and she's reaching for the table before I even scoot the chair in. She eats just about anything you put in front of her. The other day she even ate some hamburger at day care. They gave her some little pieces and said she chewed them and chewed and chewed and when she'd finally gotten them all soggy and tasteless, she spit them out and picked up another bite. She's almost gotten the picking up part figured out. Although, sometimes she still gets them in her palm and doesn't know they are hidden there. Rob gave her a half of his biscuit this weekend and she ate it almost instantly. Then we gave her a muffin and it disappeared. There were crumbs everywhere, but she ate most of it herself. So far she has eaten:
Toddler food
wagon wheels
fruit puffs
cheerios
many many jarred foods (that aren't jarred now, they're in these little plastic containers)
crackers
Table food
pizza
hamburger
french fries
biscuit
blueberry muffin
little bit of enchilada
Chef Boyardee ravioli
pasta
mac and cheese (yes, it's pasta, but it's entirely different)
toast
bananas
cooked carrots
There might even be more. We have just been giving her whatever she wants. She reaches for everything. Even our cups. We've started letting her drink a little water and she laps at the cup like a little dog. So cute. But, she's getting the hang of it. She's not even 7 months old yet!
She needs to slow down, but she doesn't want to. or maybe I'm just sad because she's not dependent on nursing as much if she starts eating solids more. I never really thought I would be sad about it. I wasn't with Ally. Of course, she didn't eat like this. I was more than happy to wean her when the time came and only had mild pangs of nostalgia. Mostly, I felt an overwhelming freedom. I really suffer through the infant stage just to get to the other older stages. Infants are so hard. Anyway, where was I?
I know at this age food is really just practice, but I don't really remember how much is the upper limits (since last time I mainly dealt with the minimums) of what I should be giving her. Ally has a Dr appointment in a couple weeks. I'm going to have to talk to him about Anya then, too.