Veggie Update

I am proud to announce that Aubrey has had a change of heart and is eating her carrots! After my last post I spoke to several of my Mommy friends and they gave me lots of suggestions on how to introduce solids. I added about a teaspoon of the carrots to her rice cereal/breastmilk combination to help slowly introduce the new flavor. After the first bite she gave a puzzled look but kept opening for more. Over the last few days I have added more carrots to the mixture at each feeding and today she ate carrots straight up! Nate and I were so happy. I hope this continues because one thing I have learned about babies is that they change daily. This is a helpful link a friends suggested about introducing solid foods.

My doctor did not discuss any of the suggestions my friends told me about. I guess that's why I was so shocked when she wouldn't eat the solid foods. I didn't do any research other than what the doctor told me and just fed her stage one baby food and thought it was going to be easy as that. I was clueless. Well now I will know for our next child, Nate you are going to have to wait for awhile (he is ready for number 2 already:)

I have a baby food maker so I am going to start having fun with that after our Thanksgiving travels!

Carrots are the enemy!

Aubrey had her 6 month apt on Monday and everything looks great! She is 16 lbs and 26 inches long. The doctor said I could start her on stage one solid foods. She already gets rice cereal before bed so on Tuesday I planned to feed her some carrots in the afternoon. I am suppose to introduce one food at a time for five days to make sure she doesn't have a reaction. I was really excited about this and bought carrots as our first solid food. Well let me just say that Aubrey does not share in my excitement. I have never seen her shun food in this way. I mean she wants to put everything in her mouth but when those carrots touched her lips she locked her jaw and made the most horrible face, she acted like I was torturing her with this orange mush. I thought maybe it was just the first feeding and she would need to get used to the flavor since she is used to only breastmilk. So I tried again Wednesday, same reaction.

I broke the 5 day rule today and tried sweet potatoes because I heard EVERY baby loves them. Well this baby doesn't. I am going to keep trying and be patient. Maybe she is not ready for solid foods with all that flavor or maybe its the veggies. I want to hold off on the fruits and keep trying the veggies for now. Here are a few pics of our first feeding. Nate was at work so it was hard to take a photo of her true disgusted face but I think I captured it pretty well.

First spoonful, you can tell she wasn't sure what to think at first

Hold up......that is disgusting and I will not eat it.

Sick Mommy!
We ended with Aubs giving me the "evil eye"

I would like to add that even though she has carrots all around her mouth probably only a 1/2 tsp went in. When she locks her mouth ain't nothing getting in!

Dedication

Aubrey was dedicated today at First Baptist Church of Norfolk. I was a little worried she would get over stimulated on the altar and start to cry, but she did awesome (as did the other 3 babies) and just smiled in my arms. We wanted to dedicate Aubrey because she is a gift from God and we pray that God will grant us grace and wisdom in raising Aubrey and carrying out our responsibilities as parents. Aubs, we pray that one day you will trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

Family pic on the AltarDaddy and Aubs

She fell asleep during the sermon. This was her first time to be in the service, we normally put her in the nursery. Bill and Stac came to support Aubs

Aubrey checking out her new book and Bible from the dedication. A few shots after this she had them both in her mouth!

Whoop Aubrey is 6 months

Happy 6 Months Aubrey Lynn! I swear each morning you wake up bigger than I put you to bed--you are growing so fast. Here is a picture to mark your 6 month Birthday in your Aggie Cheerleader outfit. Jess is going to babysit you tonight so Mom and Dad can go the the squadron Dining Out at The Cavalier, don't grow too much while we're gone!

Baby Hats

I am in the search of warm, soft, and cute winter hats for Aubrey. For some reason I have the need to accessorize her head. She has a beautifully shaped head and actually a decent amount of hair but its just so much fun to dress her up that I can't resist. Not to mention as the weather gets colder and colder I need to keep that baby's head warm! I also realize that my accessorizing days are numbered because she is bound to start ripping things off her head, so I better enjoy it while it lasts:)

She has sadly outgrown most of her newborn hats but she does have the one pictured below that Nate's Aunt Di sent. We went out to dinner on the beach on Saturday and she needed an extra layer with that cold air coming off the water. Off to find some hats for my baby girl....

Daddy's Girls before dinner at Mahi Mah's (if you look close you can see Reba popping a squat, lovely:)

Before dinner.....Did I do that?

Sitting Up??

Is she sitting up? Mom says yes and Dad says no. We have to put Aubrey in the sit up position but she will stay in that position for a very long time on her own so I think that is sitting up! Nate however thinks she needs to be able to put herself in the sit up position to be considered as sitting up on her own. I don't know what the official definition is, but in my book she is sitting up with a disclaimer! Here is a pic of our little Bugger Bean showing off her new skill. You go Aubs, work on that core strength!