The month of June brought many firsts to Carli's life.
First, Carli began to eat real food. First came the sweet potato. The first few bites were not easy. Joe neglected to tell me that Carli had not had a nap. She would eat a bite, then cry, eat a bite, then cry. After a few bites, I put her down to sleep. When she woke up, she finished all of the potato happily!
Next came butternut squash. Carli liked this one too. We added rice cereal to a few servings and she ate with gusto.
Next...banana. The first bite-what is this!!!??? The second bite-Carli spit out. Then she refused to open her mouth at all. We thought she would not like it, but decided to give it another try the next day. She ate every bite!
Avocado...again the first day, Carli would eat it but make very bad faces. The next serving was mixed with banana...Carli gobbled it up. Finally, she ate some just mixed with formula, and enjoyed it. Now we have a variety of foods to enjoy. Apples and pears are next.
Carli also began to sleep in the big girl bed this month. Prior to this, Carli was sleeping in a Moses bed in our room. I enjoyed being able to hear her breath and move since she was so close. I also enjoyed being able to get to her quickly when she awoke at night wanting to eat. One night last week, I was staying up to read. Carli didn't want to go to sleep. She would lay there playing with her foot hiked up on the side of the basket. Then she began to look at me and eat at the side. I told her that she had to sleep so she was going to the big girl bed. Within minutes, Carli was asleep. She has been sleeping there every night since. But she will NOT take a nap in there. She will just cry and cry. What is the difference???
Finally, we bought Carli her very own little wading pool. At first, Carli didn't know what to think of the big tub of water. After just a few minutes, she began to laugh and play while trying to splash around. She even tried to sit up alone while in the water. At one point though, she fell over onto her side. After just a second of "what have I done" Carli began to play yet again. I believe we have a little dolphin here. Can't wait to get her into a big pool and see what she does.
What will the month of July bring??! Can't wait to find out.
