Okay so I have seen some gross food combos in the last almost 18 months and have decided it is time to write them down. Why? Well, I don't want to forget so I can tell Kiya all about what she used to combine together. Her combos fall into 2 main categories. Things she dips in ranch dressing and things she dumps into her yogurt and then eats.
The following items have been dipped in ranch: (I am not listing the normal foods, just the weird ones)
--chocolate teddy grahams
--cinnamon teddy grahams
--banana
--pretzels
--pasta with tomato sauce
--raisins
--peaches
--apples
The following have been dumped into her yogurt doesn't matter which flavor:
--cheese pizza
--pasta with sauce
--hot dog
--cheese
--raisins
--chicken
--fish sticks with ketchup already on them
--peas
This all seems really gross to me but doesn't seem to bother her in the least. On the plus side she eats pretty well it is just gross to watch a chocolate teddy graham being dipped in ranch or hot dogs in banana yogurt really got me the other day.
Silly girl.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Adventures in meal time
Meal time in our house has become quite the adventure. You see Miss Kiya has decided that she would prefer to feed herself. Not just finger foods mind you but cereal, yogurt, soup, anything and everything and she wants to use a fork and/or a spoon by herself.
Here are a few pictures of our recent adventures. To her credit she is quite good with a spoon I think for being almost 15 months. She scoops quite well and actually holds the spoon pretty well and gets it mostly in her mouth. Sometimes she puts too much stuff on the spoon which is fun.
As for a fork she can't quite stab the food herself but if you help her get the food on the fork she can feed herself from there. As you can see in the photos she is quite focused and very proud of herself. We are proud of her too and are learning to let go of the utter mess that has become meal time.
Here are a few pictures of our recent adventures. To her credit she is quite good with a spoon I think for being almost 15 months. She scoops quite well and actually holds the spoon pretty well and gets it mostly in her mouth. Sometimes she puts too much stuff on the spoon which is fun.
As for a fork she can't quite stab the food herself but if you help her get the food on the fork she can feed herself from there. As you can see in the photos she is quite focused and very proud of herself. We are proud of her too and are learning to let go of the utter mess that has become meal time.
Could she be any cuter even when she is so messy? Our baby girl is growing up and is so independent.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Pictures :)
Okay--I have been a bad blogger lately so here are some cute pictures of Kiya to make up for it. I have the best job ever--Mom:)
She isn't too happy with me because I am taking her picture and preventing her from getting to the outlet. Don't worry it is plugged but she still likes it.
This is what happens when you turn your back on an active 13 month old....if only she could fold the laundry.
Not sure why she thinks this is funny but she has a shoe on her head. She loves to put things on her head.
This cruising on furniture stuff is tough....
Life has just been busy, busy. Work has been a little okay a lot nuts lately but is hopefully going to settle down in the next few weeks.
She isn't too happy with me because I am taking her picture and preventing her from getting to the outlet. Don't worry it is plugged but she still likes it.
This is what happens when you turn your back on an active 13 month old....if only she could fold the laundry.
Not sure why she thinks this is funny but she has a shoe on her head. She loves to put things on her head.
This cruising on furniture stuff is tough....
Life has just been busy, busy. Work has been a little okay a lot nuts lately but is hopefully going to settle down in the next few weeks.
Kiya is doing well. She has started to cruise on furniture, slowly but she is going. We have gotten lots of comments both encouraging and critical about Kiya not walking independently yet. She is still on the low side of average so we aren't worried. Our pediatrician told us that average age for walking is 14-15 months and some kids won't walk until closer to 18 months.
We have gotten some GREAT suggestions from her daycare teacher and other adoptive mom's on things to do to encourage Kiya pulling herself up on something besides our fingers. She will get there when she is ready.
We think she is going through a growth spurt as she has been eating and sleeping a lot. I mean sleeping like 13-14 hours a night plus at least an hour-2 hours a day for a nap. As for food--just wow. Some days I think she eats more than I do. She is definitely working on feeding herself a lot more and is pretty much off baby food. We feed it to her on days when she is crabby and won't eat or out and about and it is just easier but that will come to an end shortly.
My little peanut is growing up so fast.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Operation Make Formula Colder
A couple days ago we started this operation. We and daycare had been making Kiya's bottle's pretty warm. Well, a wise friend advised that when we switch to milk to not warm it or you will likely always have to warm it as she does for her 4 year old. Good advice. So we decided to start weaning her off the warmness.
Mommy always made them warmer than Daddy so it was a harder adjustment for me to make. As for Kiya, she could care less. She is drinking more formula now than she ever used to warm or cold. The trick--let her hold the bottle herself. She will usually do about 90% of the bottle on her own now unless she is really tired then she wants help.
We still sit with her and watch as she sometimes likes to turn the bottle upside down in her seat. Yeah she thinks it is funny or she just drops it and is too tired to pick it back up. We just pick it up for her and hand it to her and she will take it and drink it.
You can tell she is just so proud of herself. When she is done and 9 times out 10 she will drink the entire 6 oz she has a huge smile on her face. She has never been great about drinking bottles at daycare but we told them to let her try and bam she drank 6oz which is almost never heard of. There was one teacher she would drink for and for everyone else it was a miracle if they got 3 oz in her usually it was much less or none at all.
We haven't gone all cold yet but will get there shortly. Then the game plan is to just offer her milk in a cup with meals and bottles(formula) only first thing in the morning and at night. We are going to eliminate her midday bottle but still offer her milk just in a cup. We will try that for a couple weeks and then closer to or just after her first birthday start making the switch to all milk. First the morning bottle and then the night time depending on how well she does with it.
Game plan is in place for the big milk switch. For now just getting a little colder a little at a time.
Mommy always made them warmer than Daddy so it was a harder adjustment for me to make. As for Kiya, she could care less. She is drinking more formula now than she ever used to warm or cold. The trick--let her hold the bottle herself. She will usually do about 90% of the bottle on her own now unless she is really tired then she wants help.
We still sit with her and watch as she sometimes likes to turn the bottle upside down in her seat. Yeah she thinks it is funny or she just drops it and is too tired to pick it back up. We just pick it up for her and hand it to her and she will take it and drink it.
You can tell she is just so proud of herself. When she is done and 9 times out 10 she will drink the entire 6 oz she has a huge smile on her face. She has never been great about drinking bottles at daycare but we told them to let her try and bam she drank 6oz which is almost never heard of. There was one teacher she would drink for and for everyone else it was a miracle if they got 3 oz in her usually it was much less or none at all.
We haven't gone all cold yet but will get there shortly. Then the game plan is to just offer her milk in a cup with meals and bottles(formula) only first thing in the morning and at night. We are going to eliminate her midday bottle but still offer her milk just in a cup. We will try that for a couple weeks and then closer to or just after her first birthday start making the switch to all milk. First the morning bottle and then the night time depending on how well she does with it.
Game plan is in place for the big milk switch. For now just getting a little colder a little at a time.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Vacation Day 1--Kiya flies to California
Well we made it here to sunny California and let me tell you. We have the BEST baby EVER! She did so well.
I was dreading the thought of having to wake her up in the morning as our flight left at 6:30. Low and behold she was awake at 5 all by herself. I got her dressed and she ate a bowl of cereal and off we went.
If you have never gone through airport security with an infant--be prepared. We declared that we had more than 3 oz of liquid because of the baby food we brought for the flight. Yeah each container was wiped down and tested for explosives as were all of my belongings and I had to be patted down as well.
Anyway, we thought we were going to be in trouble as Kiya was getting fussy while we waited to take off but once we started moving she was fine and fell asleep on the short flight to Minneapolis. We got her a bottle in the airport and we figuring she was going to be awake most of the second flight. Well, again she got fussy while waiting for take off but once we were in the air she settled fairly quickly and all 3 of us slept for at least 2 hours. She was so good except that she somehow picked up how to chirp like a dolphin so yeah that was getting a little annoying but she thought it was so funny.
We get to the San Jose airport and we figured she had to still be tired/hungry so we made her another bottle and she drank all of it while waiting for luggage. Then Kiya and I got to hang out in baggage claim while Dave got our rental car or should I say minivan. If you travel and rent cars don't use Avis--terrible customer service and our rental car is DIRTY inside.
Kiya ate her first In N Out french fries while we enjoyed our burgers :) Then we had to head to the grocery store for the first time for things we forgot. Side note: we made 2 more trips to CVS for other stuff we forgot. I thought mommy brain went away once you had a baby--guess not.
Kiya slept in the car for a little while which is good and bad. She woke up in her carseat as we were heading up to our hotel room. The crib wasn't in our room yet so we plopped her on the bed and wow super happy baby appeared it was so cute and she was having fun. We tried to see if she would take an actual nap so Mommy could too but that didn't happen. We went for a walk and had dinner.
One of the things I miss most about living in CA is the fresh seafood. So of course we had fish for dinner. yummy!!! halibut!!! Wish I could have shared it with you Mom as I know you love it too but since you weren't here I shared it with Kiya. And guess what she LOVED it. By this time she was getting a little cranky but it was only 5:30ish CA time so we were trying to keep her awake a little longer. The fish worked. She kept wanting more. And she ate goldfish crackers for the first time too. I had to feed her though as she kept throwing food on the floor and looking for the dogs. Thank goodness we sat outside.
So back to hotel we went for bath, bottle, book and bed. By 7:30pm CA time, Kiya was sound asleep in the crib and down for the night. She woke a little earlier than usually as it is 8am in CA and I am blogging and she is taking nap but it is just fine. She has been so good and happy and of course as cute as ever. Fingers crossed our return flights will be just as successful.
AND A HUGE CONGRATS TO MY BLOGGING BUDDY THERESA!!! THEY PASSED COURT IN ETHIOPIA AND ARE THE PROUD PARENTS TO AN ADORABLE ALMOST 2 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL.
I was dreading the thought of having to wake her up in the morning as our flight left at 6:30. Low and behold she was awake at 5 all by herself. I got her dressed and she ate a bowl of cereal and off we went.
If you have never gone through airport security with an infant--be prepared. We declared that we had more than 3 oz of liquid because of the baby food we brought for the flight. Yeah each container was wiped down and tested for explosives as were all of my belongings and I had to be patted down as well.
Anyway, we thought we were going to be in trouble as Kiya was getting fussy while we waited to take off but once we started moving she was fine and fell asleep on the short flight to Minneapolis. We got her a bottle in the airport and we figuring she was going to be awake most of the second flight. Well, again she got fussy while waiting for take off but once we were in the air she settled fairly quickly and all 3 of us slept for at least 2 hours. She was so good except that she somehow picked up how to chirp like a dolphin so yeah that was getting a little annoying but she thought it was so funny.
We get to the San Jose airport and we figured she had to still be tired/hungry so we made her another bottle and she drank all of it while waiting for luggage. Then Kiya and I got to hang out in baggage claim while Dave got our rental car or should I say minivan. If you travel and rent cars don't use Avis--terrible customer service and our rental car is DIRTY inside.
Kiya ate her first In N Out french fries while we enjoyed our burgers :) Then we had to head to the grocery store for the first time for things we forgot. Side note: we made 2 more trips to CVS for other stuff we forgot. I thought mommy brain went away once you had a baby--guess not.
Kiya slept in the car for a little while which is good and bad. She woke up in her carseat as we were heading up to our hotel room. The crib wasn't in our room yet so we plopped her on the bed and wow super happy baby appeared it was so cute and she was having fun. We tried to see if she would take an actual nap so Mommy could too but that didn't happen. We went for a walk and had dinner.
One of the things I miss most about living in CA is the fresh seafood. So of course we had fish for dinner. yummy!!! halibut!!! Wish I could have shared it with you Mom as I know you love it too but since you weren't here I shared it with Kiya. And guess what she LOVED it. By this time she was getting a little cranky but it was only 5:30ish CA time so we were trying to keep her awake a little longer. The fish worked. She kept wanting more. And she ate goldfish crackers for the first time too. I had to feed her though as she kept throwing food on the floor and looking for the dogs. Thank goodness we sat outside.
So back to hotel we went for bath, bottle, book and bed. By 7:30pm CA time, Kiya was sound asleep in the crib and down for the night. She woke a little earlier than usually as it is 8am in CA and I am blogging and she is taking nap but it is just fine. She has been so good and happy and of course as cute as ever. Fingers crossed our return flights will be just as successful.
AND A HUGE CONGRATS TO MY BLOGGING BUDDY THERESA!!! THEY PASSED COURT IN ETHIOPIA AND ARE THE PROUD PARENTS TO AN ADORABLE ALMOST 2 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
More Kiya firsts
The day has arrived. Kiya has a tooth! A real actual tooth. I can hardly believe it. I felt it twice just to make sure. It isn't all the way in but it is definitely and finally there.
This definitely explains why she hasn't slept well. She did great last night a solid 11+ hours without a peep but the two nights before that were not so great. She would call out or just be awake and playing in her crib. We didn't get it at the time as she is such a great sleeper but now we do. TEETH! I thought they would never show up.
Kiya also got a new toy. Her very first soccer ball. (Grandpa will be so proud.) She has shown quite the fascination with balls whenever she has been around them so we decided to get her one. We had to think about the dogs and a beach ball or something similar would never survive the wrath of our nutty little pugs. So while roaming around in Target it hit me. A soccer ball.
She loves it. I will post pictures soon. She squeals at it. Bats it away and slaps it. So cute :)
And in terms of eating people food, she will eat bananas, pita bread, toast, graham crackers, cheese and nilla wafers. She has attempted to eat cheerios but usually spits them out and watermelon but it was too cold for her. We are going to try plums, peaches and blueberries soon. And yes I realize this will be a huge mess but all in the name of learning to feed ourselves.
We have been successful in our attempts to feed Kiya Stage 3 foods also. She has had bananas and broccoli, carrots and cheese. As for meat she seems to like beef and chicken the most, then turkey and then ham. We have lasagna, macaroni and cheese and a few other varieties for her to try. We shall see. Baby steps as those are a lot chunkier than she is used to.
This definitely explains why she hasn't slept well. She did great last night a solid 11+ hours without a peep but the two nights before that were not so great. She would call out or just be awake and playing in her crib. We didn't get it at the time as she is such a great sleeper but now we do. TEETH! I thought they would never show up.
Kiya also got a new toy. Her very first soccer ball. (Grandpa will be so proud.) She has shown quite the fascination with balls whenever she has been around them so we decided to get her one. We had to think about the dogs and a beach ball or something similar would never survive the wrath of our nutty little pugs. So while roaming around in Target it hit me. A soccer ball.
She loves it. I will post pictures soon. She squeals at it. Bats it away and slaps it. So cute :)
And in terms of eating people food, she will eat bananas, pita bread, toast, graham crackers, cheese and nilla wafers. She has attempted to eat cheerios but usually spits them out and watermelon but it was too cold for her. We are going to try plums, peaches and blueberries soon. And yes I realize this will be a huge mess but all in the name of learning to feed ourselves.
We have been successful in our attempts to feed Kiya Stage 3 foods also. She has had bananas and broccoli, carrots and cheese. As for meat she seems to like beef and chicken the most, then turkey and then ham. We have lasagna, macaroni and cheese and a few other varieties for her to try. We shall see. Baby steps as those are a lot chunkier than she is used to.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Hush little baby...
Well, I think I spoke too soon in my previous post. Peanut is still perfect she just doesn't like to nap. First it was a day with no afternoon nap and total meltdown in the evening and then it was no morning nap, a quick snooze on the floor and a nap at 6pm. So we are working on it.
I complained to my husband that she didn't want to nap and this morning he goes and lays her down in her crib for her morning nap and within a minute she is asleep. Now how that differs from what I did yesterday, I have no idea.
We are still having some food issues. I swear if I let her she would eat us out of house and home. She loves to eat. We were trying to stay on the every 3 hour schedule that she was used to but some days she just doesn't make it 3 hours.
She is bearing more and more weight on her legs and can that girl laugh. It is the best sound ever. And the smiles, I just can't get enough of them. You go to get her in the morning and you are greeted with the biggest grin. It melts my heart and never gets old.
She is still sleeping through the night 8-9 plus hours a night. I find that I wake a few times to go check on her just to make sure. Can't help it...
We are definitely starting to settle into our new routine. It is amazing to me how much you can accomplish before 8am. And if she starts taking naps regularly again, watch out world here I come.
We took some family pictures this weekend at church and she was okay for awhile and then was just done. Why? She wanted to sleep of course....We wore traditional Ethiopian garments in the pictures too. We did get some cute pictures and even pictures with just Dave and I. These were the first professional pictures of just the two of us since we got married almost 10 years ago. And we have an awesome family photo of the three of us. Wow, I can't believe we are a family of 3 (5 if you count the pugs). I think someone better pinch me just to make sure I am not dreaming.
I complained to my husband that she didn't want to nap and this morning he goes and lays her down in her crib for her morning nap and within a minute she is asleep. Now how that differs from what I did yesterday, I have no idea.
We are still having some food issues. I swear if I let her she would eat us out of house and home. She loves to eat. We were trying to stay on the every 3 hour schedule that she was used to but some days she just doesn't make it 3 hours.
She is bearing more and more weight on her legs and can that girl laugh. It is the best sound ever. And the smiles, I just can't get enough of them. You go to get her in the morning and you are greeted with the biggest grin. It melts my heart and never gets old.
She is still sleeping through the night 8-9 plus hours a night. I find that I wake a few times to go check on her just to make sure. Can't help it...
We are definitely starting to settle into our new routine. It is amazing to me how much you can accomplish before 8am. And if she starts taking naps regularly again, watch out world here I come.
We took some family pictures this weekend at church and she was okay for awhile and then was just done. Why? She wanted to sleep of course....We wore traditional Ethiopian garments in the pictures too. We did get some cute pictures and even pictures with just Dave and I. These were the first professional pictures of just the two of us since we got married almost 10 years ago. And we have an awesome family photo of the three of us. Wow, I can't believe we are a family of 3 (5 if you count the pugs). I think someone better pinch me just to make sure I am not dreaming.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Last travel related shopping trip?
I am hoping that today was my last travel related shopping trip. I found a great pair of sandals to bring on the trip so I am SUPER excited. I found my map that we will hopefully be able to give members of Peanut's birth family. I really think I have everything else. Fingers crossed that when I start checking things off on the list, we have it all. I really think we do. Wow.
After all these little odds and ends were purchased, I headed over to the baby food aisle. You see for some crazy reason I missed the info that Peanut starting eating cereal 1 time a day in Ethiopia a month ago. She also gets orange juice once a day in the afternoon. I had the info but I guess in all the excitement I didn't retain that piece of info. I bought a box of rice cereal.
Wasn't really thinking solid foods until today. I have the bottle thing down. I have been there done that times 2. I was ready for that. I am not ready for solids. There is going to be a learning curve here. I am however not bringing cereal to Ethiopia. If we find we need some I will buy some there and then get some to bring home to ease the transition. You see the cereal Miss Peanut is eating right now is sweetened. Rice cereal is not. Hence the potential problem. I have heard from other adoptive moms that mixing cereal with baby food, fruits preferably, usually work. We shall find out...
We also got our room assignment yesterday at the guest house. We are upstairs in the main guest house, the one they serve the meals at. We have our own bathroom which is nice. Based on previous travelers review, our room is small and has character. Can't wait to see it, we will just have to make sure we don't lock ourselves in and be nice to the 'ghost'.
After all these little odds and ends were purchased, I headed over to the baby food aisle. You see for some crazy reason I missed the info that Peanut starting eating cereal 1 time a day in Ethiopia a month ago. She also gets orange juice once a day in the afternoon. I had the info but I guess in all the excitement I didn't retain that piece of info. I bought a box of rice cereal.
Wasn't really thinking solid foods until today. I have the bottle thing down. I have been there done that times 2. I was ready for that. I am not ready for solids. There is going to be a learning curve here. I am however not bringing cereal to Ethiopia. If we find we need some I will buy some there and then get some to bring home to ease the transition. You see the cereal Miss Peanut is eating right now is sweetened. Rice cereal is not. Hence the potential problem. I have heard from other adoptive moms that mixing cereal with baby food, fruits preferably, usually work. We shall find out...
We also got our room assignment yesterday at the guest house. We are upstairs in the main guest house, the one they serve the meals at. We have our own bathroom which is nice. Based on previous travelers review, our room is small and has character. Can't wait to see it, we will just have to make sure we don't lock ourselves in and be nice to the 'ghost'.
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