So our sweet darling baby girl is six months old now! It's amazing to think she's blessed our lives so much in that time. At her last appointment with our health care provider she jumped from the 50th percentile for height up to the 75th! She is still trucking along the 25th percentile line for weight. Shes's a tall & lean baby.
Miranda loves to take the little pieces of food in her hand and bring it to her mouth.
The approach we are following for feeding is called "baby led solids". We let her choose what she wants to eat and let her bring it to her mouth instead of spoon feeding her because it's helping her develop motor skills and also allows her to have fun with her food with out pressure to have "one more bite". Additionally the face and the mouth is such an intimate part of the body. We hope she will develop healthy attitudes toward food and her body so we allow her to control the food that goes into her mouth and when and giving her a choice if she wants to put food in her mouth. this is one way we hope to show respect for her and show trust in her ability to make choices. I like the tribal baby's perspective connecting food with EC and Wellness Mama's take on feeding real food to baby and that the first year food is about learning and fun.
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| she still doesn't like tummy time. |
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| not even in the second photo. |
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| she loves to skype with her family. |
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| We tried to capture the day her first tooth started peeking through those gums! She was 5.5 months old. |
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| The little white tooth is visible in this picture! |
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| First food was Avacado! Yum! |
The approach we are following for feeding is called "baby led solids". We let her choose what she wants to eat and let her bring it to her mouth instead of spoon feeding her because it's helping her develop motor skills and also allows her to have fun with her food with out pressure to have "one more bite". Additionally the face and the mouth is such an intimate part of the body. We hope she will develop healthy attitudes toward food and her body so we allow her to control the food that goes into her mouth and when and giving her a choice if she wants to put food in her mouth. this is one way we hope to show respect for her and show trust in her ability to make choices. I like the tribal baby's perspective connecting food with EC and Wellness Mama's take on feeding real food to baby and that the first year food is about learning and fun.
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| mmm, raspberries and pears. |
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| Miranda met a horse! |
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| The horse's name is Snickers. |
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| Snickers seems to like Miranda |
3 comments:
finally some new pictures!
Hey, you forgot to tell us that you posted!
I like how she sits in the high chair (what a beautiful girl she is) and it is so cute to see her from the other side on Skype - she is really into watching everyone!
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