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!

Quick Update

Sunday Edward had sweet potato, again not terribly interested but it did go down.

Monday We tried some organic baby muesli, Edward seemed to quite like it and kept opening his mouth and leaning towards the spoon which I though was promising. For dinner he had some carrot to play with, he didn't really eat any of it, but he gave it an enthusiastic attempt.

Overall eating is getting less messy, the pair of us seem to have got the knack it of now and manage to get through a meal without smearing it everywhere....I think a secret naughty part of me is kind of disappointed about that hehe!

Six Months Old Today

Edward had about two tablespoons of butternut squash puree for his half-birthday it took him a while to get into it and then he wolfed the last bit down. Luke was laughing at him as he kept trying to eat the pot rather than the puree on the spoon.

I should write something far more enthusiastic, I should have done something more enthusiastic, but today has just been a very quiet day of sleepy cuddles for us all.

Octopus and Apple Puree

Shameless excuse to put up this photo of Edward concentrating very hard on his octopus it's just SO cute!

Edward was a bit fussy again with his milk today, however did drink more than yesterday overall. He had a tablespoon of apple puree which went down very well, certainly his favorite so far. He also had some pieces of broccoli at dinner, though I think he was too busy watching everyone else to really eat it, and mostly just slid it around his tray.

Just 2-3 teaspoons of baby rice

We did it, we stuck to the plan, just the recommended 2-3teaspoons of baby rice made up with formula-milk, eaten VERY neatly if I do say so myself.

Edward hasn't drunk that much today, which I find surprising as it's been quite warm, I'm not too worried though as he will probably drink extra tomorrow.

ROLLING!!!!

VERY exciting day today, Edward rolled over for the first time!! He's been gradually getting closer the last few days, and today has managed to do it lots of time as he's now finally figured out how to coordinate his arms, head and body in one 'smooth' rolling motion hurrah!

Of course capturing a proper full roll on camera is proving impossible he keeps doing it when I go out of the room and I come back to find him laid on his tummy looking highly pesty and proud of himself.

He also had a bit of a giggle today, but as with all the other milestones so far I don't really count 'odd flukes' I only get excited when he can do it consistently.

On the weaning side he managed a good tablespoon of butternut squash, it went down better than the sweet potato, and then he managed to drink all his milk.

His new Bumgenius Version 3 reusable nappies arrived today, they are really nice, and better for sitting in than the Blueberrys. I got them second hand, but you can't tell they are really nice and have hardly been used so I'm very pleased.

All in all a good day in the world of Edward-Tedward :o)