A Great Day for Up!

I loved that book as a child, and as today Sarah went to a book themed birthday party, I thought it was a fitting title for this post (pictures from the party with be forthcoming).  Sarah has become remarkable adept at pulling herself up onto objects - most of the time they're stationary, though she's had some issues with trying to stand holding onto the base of a carseat (it rocks) or a stroller (it rolls).  Normally this isn't an issue as she's never out of eyesight... except when she's in her crib at night.  This morning when we went to get her out of bed she was standing and holding onto the edge of her crib, and when I went to get her after her nap she had also pulled herself up.  As we hadn't lowered the crib mattress yet, this was quite easy for her, and yet quite precarious. I've learned in the past 9 months that what gets done is often what Sarah dictates that we must do RIGHT THEN, so this morning instead of going to the gym or folding laundry, we spent time lowering the crib mattress.  I just put her down for the night now, and she missed her afternoon nap today (and we paid for that tonight) so it will be interesting to see what position we find her in in the morning.  I suspect the position we'll find her sleeping in tonight is the same as always, on her tummy, legs tucked under herself, tush in the air.

In other news, we've moved onto protein in her diet.  One of the advantages I've found with making her food is that texture doesn't seem to weird her out - I've read that babies who are on jarred baby food have a harder transition to table food since their food is so smooth, while food that I make is always a bit lumpy, irregardless of how long I run the food processor.  So at lunch today, T.J. ordered grilled chicken from the kabob place, so I decided to try to give her some piece of chicken that I tore up into small bites.

 

As evidenced by the pictures, she really took well to "real food" (even though it had a bit of kick to it... apparently she also likes spices).  It is becoming easier to feed her now - even though it's much messier as she prefers to try to feed herself, I don't need to mash up or puree everything.  At the aforementioned birthday party this evening, I was able to just rip off pieces of banana or pull of bits of pizza and give them to her to gnaw on.  I was worried about how we were going to travel with all of her homemade baby food, but the last couple days have shown me that as long as I bring some veggies, she can really make do with whatever I can find.

My little baby has moved on to big people food.  I think when she takes her first steps, a moment that is quite imminent, I'll probably cry.