Skye starts 'Solids'
It's now Monday and I have to think back through the Monday morning haze to remember what I did this weekend. Ah - yes, big weekend for Skye as she started solids! Solids is a big word for all I can describe as bland, tasteless mush ;-) Let's start at the beginning of the day though.
John went fishing today, so spent the night on his boat. We felt pretty safe though as we were guarded by our big fearless dog, Tommy - ha ha! I woke up around 6:30am and dragged myself out of bed. Skye was her usual happy self this morning and gave me a big toothy grin. I changed her diaper and lamented on her nasty looking diaper rash. Poor wee thing....this is the first time she's had it and it's doesn't seem to be getting any better. All I can do is keep her as dry as possible, smear her in A&D and hope it disappears soon!
I breastfed Skye for about 30-40 mins whilst reading the paper, then lay her on her blanket to roll about and play with her toys. I had a mommies and me exercise class at 10am to go to in Half Moon Bay so had a bit of time to spare before I had to head out. Did mundane tasks like laundry and making breakfast and changing Skye's diaper 3 times!!! The bowels were really active this morning!!- (i told you this blog would be pretty boring ;-))
The time just flew by and before I knew it, it was time to head out! Fed Tommy, put the jogging stroller in the car and tried to leave. Tommy was soooooo upset. He saw me in my jogging gear and was convinced that I was taking him out for a walk. He made me feel so guilty that I almost took him to the class with me!
The class was ok. There were about 5 of us there. Skye was really tired and fell asleep in the 5 minute car ride there. She woke up when I took her out of the car though and then fought sleep the whole class! She was not too happy! At one point I had her on my stomach as I was trying to do situps and the instructor Pam held her for a bit. I still had fun though.
Afterwards, we headed home to an estatic Tommy. Poor Tommy wouldn't get a walk until much later though as I had to head out to Menlo Park to buy a 'So Easy feeding Kit' for Skye. But before then was Skye's first feeding!! I b/fed her for 10 mins or so, then gave her some formula. Then I put Skye her new highchair. She seemed to quite like it in there. I heated some breastmilk in a bowl and added some baby rice cereal. I made it quite milky so it wouldn't be too much of a shock for her! Now for the first taste... I lift the spoon to her face and quick as a flash her hand fly's up and grabs the spoon. Mush everywhere--except in her mouth! Not a good start. She was really curious as to what the stuff was. The second try was better... I actually made it to her mouth. She gave me a 'yuk - what is this stuff - what are you doing?' look and pulled back. After a few tries I think she might have swallowed some but was wearing more of the mush than she had consumed! I even tried to demonstrate and show her how to do it, by eating it myself. Then I remembered that my breastmilk was in there! Yuk! Anyway, above is a photo of her AFTER the feeding. She looks quite pleased with herself. I'll try again tomorrow.
Drove to Menlo Park to Planet Kids to buy the feeding kit. I took Skye in there in the baby bjorn and everyone we passed said 'Ooh ahh what a cute baby' or words to that effect. I fed and changed her in the car, then we drove home. She was the perfect baby this whole time.
Back home, Tommy finally gets his walk. Just over to the school - me carrying Skye in her baby bjorn and throwing the ball for Tommy. He was a ball-retrieving maniac!!
That night we went to Andy and Kathleens for dinner in San Francisco. Kathleen is pregnant and due in three weeks, but she managed to cook a fantastic meal for us. Also there were Alan Peebles and Greg and Nikki. Alan is my old Scottish/Trinidadian friend and Greg is Irish and Nikki is Scottish. They have a 6-week old baby boy Frazier who they brought. The babes slept in the bedroom whilst we ate. They both woke up later and we fed them in unison. We didn't get home until 1am!!!! Skye got transferred from carseat to crib without making a sound!!
All in all a nice day...
John went fishing today, so spent the night on his boat. We felt pretty safe though as we were guarded by our big fearless dog, Tommy - ha ha! I woke up around 6:30am and dragged myself out of bed. Skye was her usual happy self this morning and gave me a big toothy grin. I changed her diaper and lamented on her nasty looking diaper rash. Poor wee thing....this is the first time she's had it and it's doesn't seem to be getting any better. All I can do is keep her as dry as possible, smear her in A&D and hope it disappears soon!
I breastfed Skye for about 30-40 mins whilst reading the paper, then lay her on her blanket to roll about and play with her toys. I had a mommies and me exercise class at 10am to go to in Half Moon Bay so had a bit of time to spare before I had to head out. Did mundane tasks like laundry and making breakfast and changing Skye's diaper 3 times!!! The bowels were really active this morning!!- (i told you this blog would be pretty boring ;-))
The time just flew by and before I knew it, it was time to head out! Fed Tommy, put the jogging stroller in the car and tried to leave. Tommy was soooooo upset. He saw me in my jogging gear and was convinced that I was taking him out for a walk. He made me feel so guilty that I almost took him to the class with me!
The class was ok. There were about 5 of us there. Skye was really tired and fell asleep in the 5 minute car ride there. She woke up when I took her out of the car though and then fought sleep the whole class! She was not too happy! At one point I had her on my stomach as I was trying to do situps and the instructor Pam held her for a bit. I still had fun though.
Afterwards, we headed home to an estatic Tommy. Poor Tommy wouldn't get a walk until much later though as I had to head out to Menlo Park to buy a 'So Easy feeding Kit' for Skye. But before then was Skye's first feeding!! I b/fed her for 10 mins or so, then gave her some formula. Then I put Skye her new highchair. She seemed to quite like it in there. I heated some breastmilk in a bowl and added some baby rice cereal. I made it quite milky so it wouldn't be too much of a shock for her! Now for the first taste... I lift the spoon to her face and quick as a flash her hand fly's up and grabs the spoon. Mush everywhere--except in her mouth! Not a good start. She was really curious as to what the stuff was. The second try was better... I actually made it to her mouth. She gave me a 'yuk - what is this stuff - what are you doing?' look and pulled back. After a few tries I think she might have swallowed some but was wearing more of the mush than she had consumed! I even tried to demonstrate and show her how to do it, by eating it myself. Then I remembered that my breastmilk was in there! Yuk! Anyway, above is a photo of her AFTER the feeding. She looks quite pleased with herself. I'll try again tomorrow.
Drove to Menlo Park to Planet Kids to buy the feeding kit. I took Skye in there in the baby bjorn and everyone we passed said 'Ooh ahh what a cute baby' or words to that effect. I fed and changed her in the car, then we drove home. She was the perfect baby this whole time.
Back home, Tommy finally gets his walk. Just over to the school - me carrying Skye in her baby bjorn and throwing the ball for Tommy. He was a ball-retrieving maniac!!
That night we went to Andy and Kathleens for dinner in San Francisco. Kathleen is pregnant and due in three weeks, but she managed to cook a fantastic meal for us. Also there were Alan Peebles and Greg and Nikki. Alan is my old Scottish/Trinidadian friend and Greg is Irish and Nikki is Scottish. They have a 6-week old baby boy Frazier who they brought. The babes slept in the bedroom whilst we ate. They both woke up later and we fed them in unison. We didn't get home until 1am!!!! Skye got transferred from carseat to crib without making a sound!!
All in all a nice day...
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