Writing is kind of like the gym if you get out of your routine of doing it getting back into it isn’t always easy. It’s Saturday and this isn’t usually one of the days I write but it also isn’t usually a day that I am home. We often take full advantage of our weekends and get out of town. We woke up to 6 inches of snow and a snow storm still going full speed. I am not exactly in the mood to go anywhere this weekend knowing the highways are going to be a pain. This week was a busy one anyways. Kaia and I put on a lot of miles. We went to Eureka to pick up some parcels and then we did a day trip to Calgary for Ikea of course. Although I am totally pissed about the snow I am content to stay home today and just do nothing...or at least do house chores. Now the only thing I have to do is convince Erick that it is a good idea to stay in today. He is of course outside doing snow removal detail.
I am trying to get Kaia to go to bed a bit earlier. Right now we average around 9-930 getting her into bed. Last night she was in bed at 8 well she probably didn’t fall asleep until 830 but it’s a start. She was up twice in the night and then woke in the morning at 730. I guess that is a good start. I can’t complain considering only just a couple months ago she was up every 2.5 hours.
I am trying to persuade kaia to start rolling over and sitting up. She can sit without support but when she reaches for a toy she slowly slumps down to the side....she hasn’t really grasped the concept that she can’t just take a backward swan dive into the floor. She just stiffens right up and falls back. Thankfully her little head has only been caught by me and not met the cold hard wood floor. I do think that having hard wood flooring is part of the reason why we don’t spend a lot of time playing on the floor. But I am trying to change that we put blankets out and have little play sessions.
Kaia has been eating rice cereal like a champ for the last couple of weeks now so I thought it was time to start a new food. I thought that Yams would be great I love yams. Kaia was happy at the first tasting she kind of made a face at the new flavour but she seemed to be happy. The next day she totally rejected me and my yams. She gagged and grimaced and winced. I was persistent and forced a few more bites into her but I had to give in, her poor gag reflex was cute but probably torturous for her. So now I don’t know what food to attempt next. I did buy a book to help give me some recipes and tips the tips are good but the recipes are not well at least for this age group anyways. There is an abundance of recipes for the 12-18 month category but not so much for 6-8. I don’t know what food to try, I thought I would try avocado I love avocado so she should too right? Well that idea back fired on me with the yams. The recipe for avocado in my book is for avocado and bananas. Eww avocado and bananas mixed together blah. I am not ready for her to have fruit yet either. I have always been told to do the fruity flavours last so that she doesn’t develop a sweet tooth. So I guess that I will be doing some online searching for avocado recipes or other ideas of what veggie to try next. Until then rice cereal it is oh and of course breast milk. Erick said that when he was a kid his mom made him avocado milk shakes and he loved them. I am pretty sure that recipe consisted of evaporated milk, avocado and sugar. Two of these ingredients Kaia definitely cannot have but I wonder if it would be all the same to just add breast milk I hear that is sweet tasting. Alright enough thinking out loud!
Kaia is napping husband is outside ploughing time to get some stuff done.
I am trying to get Kaia to go to bed a bit earlier. Right now we average around 9-930 getting her into bed. Last night she was in bed at 8 well she probably didn’t fall asleep until 830 but it’s a start. She was up twice in the night and then woke in the morning at 730. I guess that is a good start. I can’t complain considering only just a couple months ago she was up every 2.5 hours.
I am trying to persuade kaia to start rolling over and sitting up. She can sit without support but when she reaches for a toy she slowly slumps down to the side....she hasn’t really grasped the concept that she can’t just take a backward swan dive into the floor. She just stiffens right up and falls back. Thankfully her little head has only been caught by me and not met the cold hard wood floor. I do think that having hard wood flooring is part of the reason why we don’t spend a lot of time playing on the floor. But I am trying to change that we put blankets out and have little play sessions.
Kaia has been eating rice cereal like a champ for the last couple of weeks now so I thought it was time to start a new food. I thought that Yams would be great I love yams. Kaia was happy at the first tasting she kind of made a face at the new flavour but she seemed to be happy. The next day she totally rejected me and my yams. She gagged and grimaced and winced. I was persistent and forced a few more bites into her but I had to give in, her poor gag reflex was cute but probably torturous for her. So now I don’t know what food to attempt next. I did buy a book to help give me some recipes and tips the tips are good but the recipes are not well at least for this age group anyways. There is an abundance of recipes for the 12-18 month category but not so much for 6-8. I don’t know what food to try, I thought I would try avocado I love avocado so she should too right? Well that idea back fired on me with the yams. The recipe for avocado in my book is for avocado and bananas. Eww avocado and bananas mixed together blah. I am not ready for her to have fruit yet either. I have always been told to do the fruity flavours last so that she doesn’t develop a sweet tooth. So I guess that I will be doing some online searching for avocado recipes or other ideas of what veggie to try next. Until then rice cereal it is oh and of course breast milk. Erick said that when he was a kid his mom made him avocado milk shakes and he loved them. I am pretty sure that recipe consisted of evaporated milk, avocado and sugar. Two of these ingredients Kaia definitely cannot have but I wonder if it would be all the same to just add breast milk I hear that is sweet tasting. Alright enough thinking out loud!
Kaia is napping husband is outside ploughing time to get some stuff done.
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