Thursday, January 14, 2010

A push, fall, scoot method

Oh my dear Madelyn has turned six months and when I look at her I find myself thinking how did she get so big. We have entered the stage of introducing foods and mobilization. With Christopher I was not ready to introduce foods so we waited and waited and he seemed to be perfectly happy and content. And when Christopher was finally introduced it was a slow, slow process. It's amazing how different the two of them are already. Madelyn has been showing signs of food readiness since she noticed people putting and chewing food in their mouths. I held back. I just couldn't, my little heart was breaking just thinking about introducing a change that would break our bond, again.
You see Madelyn has already had other food. She had to be on formula for a month when I contracted MRSA shortly after her arrival. I was so so very sad. I cried and cried. I was angry, upset, sad, heart-broken, and in disbelief. I wanted the best for my baby and the best was not to expose her to such strong medications. So on formula we went. I prayed and prayed some more. I was scared. I scheduled appointments with lactation consultants and the pediatrician and a follow up with gp. But everything went so smooth. I ended up canceling the lactation appointments because they were not needed. Transitioning back and forth was as if it was completely normal. Wow, how great our God is! As I start to think about this next step, a step that is obviously so essential, I am a bit torn.
She is six months now and we have started the food journey. She loves eating food. She squeals and gets really excited and slurps the food off the spoon and doesn't spit it out ( like her brother did) and she is easy and seems to expect that if I am eating she will be getting her food too. I love that she enjoys this next step, it is so exciting. The fact that Madelyn enjoys bitting me when she breastfeeds makes me feel anxious for that first tooth to appear and much calmer about introducing new foods.
After she eats she loves to go on the floor. She gets on her elbows and pushes up onto her knees. The front of her body falls to the floor and in attempt to straighten herself out she scoots her body all the way forward so she lays flat again. She will continue this pattern until she gets to where she wants to go or gets tired and decides to roll to where she wants. I love getting on the floor with her and watching her push, fall, and scoot her way around. I am a very proud mama.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

amazing post i miss you guys already and i was there last night. maybe i'll stop by today...

Sissy said...

I miss you guys too! especially seeing madie going through all these new changes! love you sissy!