Clementine Drama!!

Edward has been quite adventurous today, he had some melon, half a crakerbread which was a new thing, he fed it to himself and I fear I will be finding for months down the back of the sofa as a resutl!

I gave him a celementine segment to suck on which was going well till he sucked so hard that it slurped out of my fingers and down into his tummy in one fell swoop! I expected choking, gagging, vomit but there was no such thing...now there's just the wait to see how it comes out the other end!!

For supper Edward had a big bowl of muesli, not very exciting except that it was an impressive quantity, probably about 3 tablespoons.

Rusky Peas

Mmm that's some good rusky peas!!!

For lunch Edward had some baby muesli, he still looked hungry after and so I gave him an apricot yoghurt which he liked as much as the raspberry one he had yesterday.

For supper we tried peas again, it was not a popular move, so I gave him a rusk instead which was much appreciated. I decided however that it wasn't good to reward him turning away something healthy with something sweet, and so I mashed the rusk in with the peas and added some of his milk on the basis that if I 'watered down' the taste he's not fond of with tastes he does like the whole thing would become more palatable, the plan worked and he ate the whole pot.

In the evening Luke gave Edward a bath, it was a very noisy splashy affair! I had a peek through the door way but retreated swiftly before I got soaked by the monkey beast, who at that moment in time was doing his best to swim up the bath :o)


Swimmy in the bath!! Swimmy in the bath!! SPLASH THE DADDY MWHAHAHA!!!!

Yummy Yoghurt!!

Edward had his first ever yoghurt today, he REALLY liked it and ate the whole pot really quickly and with minimal face-spreading. It reminded me of the days when he had a mix of breast-milk and formula, he clearly preferred my milk as it would all go down the hatch whereas the formula milk would mysteriously leak down his face.

I have decided to wash up and keep the yoghurt pot for freezing puree in as it makes a good portion size.

For supper Edward had broccoli it took him a littler while to get into it but once he did it disappeared very quickly, some of it was really lumpy as I'd only mashed it with a fork, I wasn't sure he'd manage without gagging but by that point he was so into the swing of things it went down without any problems.

Unfortunately a bit too soon after dinner he rolled onto his tummy and some of it came back up.....mmm broccoli sick in the ears anyone??

I have been experimenting a little over the last few days with different places to sit Edward while he's eating as I find he often flops forward in the Bumbo and I can't get to his mouth and he squishes his tummy. I tried his bouncer chair which worked well, I also tried his car-seat mounted on the buggy which again was good, then finally this evening I just had him sat on my knee at the table. All worked well, sitting on my knee I liked in particular as it enabled us to sit at the table and both of us are easily washable unlike his car-seat or bouncer. I think we will be able to use the Bumbo more when he can sit up better.

We had lots of fun playing peek-a-boo today, Edward was squealing with laughter it was the most heart warming sound I think I've ever heard....apart from maybe that first little cry he made when he was born, even now the thought of it just makes little tears come to my soppy eyes!

Melon, Clementines and Mr Piggy!

I fed Edward banana and peach baby breakfast cereal today...he wasn't terribly impressed.

The honeydew melon was a little more successful though he struggled to hold it because it was slimy hehe! He also sucked on a Clementine segment for a bit and seemed to quite like it.

Sadly....and due to my cocky ignoring of the health visitor poor Edward took a tumble off the sofa, I think Mr Piggy went first and Edward followed haha poor boy got a bit of a bump and a shock, I had put a pillow in-front of him but somehow he wriggled round it....aw well you live and learn!!

This week I have been mostly eating....

...butternut squash!

Luke didn't feel too adventurous to start with and so Edward got given mostly butternut squash, however as the week went on he branched out into rusks, rice-crackers, apple puree and baby muesli.


Edward tried a bit of olive, I sucked the brine off and let him have a bit of a nibble, he seemed to quite like it....proper little Crossland :o) He has also tried Marmite we spread it on a rice cracker for him, and he seemed to quite like that, Aunty Shellie will be most disappointed in him I fear!


Skills wise Edward is getting much better at holding his own bottle, today I bought him a cup with a spout and handles to help him with this development, I chose the Avent one so I can combine it with his existing bottles and teats. I did get him a doidy cup but I'm not overly keen on risking the mess and feel it's a bit too big a leap for him at the moment. It was fascinating to watch him with the spout cup, you could see him trying to figure out how to drink from it and using the same mouth actions he would use on a bottle teat and being confused by the fact it didn't work, I felt a bit mean watching him struggle but he will pick it up soon enough. When he started to get tired and frustrated I swapped back to the teat, there is no rush after all, these sorts of things can go at his pace.


Rather cunningly Edward has finally noticed his feet, and since finding them has decided THE best time to grab them is when he is covered in food...mmm muesli in the toes!! MUESLI IN THE TOES!!
Muesli on my toes up my nose and in the eyes lalala!!


Today Edward tried peas for the first time, sadly he wasn't that keen, however I'm not going to give up that easily, I shall try again in a few days and maybe he will be more receptive, after all he HAS to like peas they are are the only green vegetable deemed edible by Luke.

Lots of butternut-squash

Today's portion of butternut-squash was rather large, not on purpose, I just wasn't that accurate when dishing out the puree into the freezer pots it seems. It all went down though and he managed most of his milk again, evenings are definitely the best time for munchies.

I'm not sure if the blog is going to be kept up-to-date over the next few weeks as I'm off to hospital and the boys are going to have to manage on their own. We have been joking all day about how I'm going to come home and Edward is going to be in a hessian sack, in the same nappy I left him in having eaten nothing but pasta and peanut butter sandwiches for two weeks....thankfully however I know that really Luke will do a fantastic job of looking after his level one human noob!

Rice glorious rice!

Today Edward had his food at dinner time rather than lunchtime, I tried moving the time of day as the last few days he hasn't drunk much milk and I thought maybe if I changed the time of day he may eat as well as drink, my plan worked well and he's back up to his usual amount.

I gave him 3-4 teaspoons of baby rice, however I'd accidentally poured a bit too much of the baby rice powder into his dish, and not enough milk so it ended up quite stodgy, however this all worked out quite well as I was able to give him the lumps of rice to eat BLW stylee!!

I feel there has been a shortage the last few days of food-covered-Edward photos and so today you can have two to make up for it, especially as he made such a spectacular job of smearing the rice over his arms, legs, face (including eyes) and chest to the extent he had to go straight in the bath afterwards!