Monday, July 14, 2008
Big girl food
Hannah and Leah have gotten very frustrated with me feeding them. They want to do it themselves, and tend to scream at the spoon. So, the past two nights the girls have eaten their dinner without my putting anything into their mouths. They did great with it! Last night they had little pieces of chicken nuggets, and shoveled in mac n cheese. Bananas are a favorite as well. I have to say that it is a strange experience watching them feed themselves like big girls, and they do very well with it. A LOT ended up in their laps though which the dogs loved. Im not ready to give up the baby food, even though they could care less about it, but it seems a lot easier to get in all their vitamins and essentials with those little jars. But for dinner, right before their baths, they can be messy and independent if they want to be. They grow up so fast!
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That's so awesome that they want to feed themselves. They are way ahead of my son who is almost 11 months! David won't feed himself and he won't eat anything that is chunky. Even with chunky baby foods, he will spit out the big chunks! I don't know what to do about it! (and he has almost 6 teeth now)
I have something to show you. People are always telling me that my baby is too big, so I did some research on it and I thought you might want to see:
Baby Fat
Don't be concerned if your baby is chubby; he or she is supposed to be that way. At this point in their lives, babies have a much higher percentage of body fat than they will later in life, and this is completely normal and healthy. They need larger amounts of calories, fat, and cholesterol to meet their high energy demands and for proper nerve-cell development. Children usually grow into their bodies and lose their "baby fat" over time. Never put your child on a diet without consulting your pediatrician. Children on low-fat diets (less than 30 percent of calories consumed as fat) fail to get the recommended dietary allowances of vitamins B12, E, thiamin and niacin.
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