Baby Led Weaning week 4 & 5.

I'm so behind on my BLW posts. Its week 7, or is it 6?  I'll throw in week 6 too.

Last week I tried doing pre loaded spoons, I was shocked at how easily Charlie found her mouth with the spoon, first go, bam, straight into her mouth. It is super crazy messy, but Charlie enjoys it so every couple of days we do a few pre loaded spoons, normally consisting of store brought pre-made organic baby fruit.

Orange: slices, mostly she sucks the juice then spits out the orange.
Strawberry: given whole, managed well.
Watermelon: cut into large triangles, black seeds removed.
Mandarin: seeds removed.
Chicken: drumstick, I have found the softer more moist leg meat is far easier for a baby to manage. In saying that I first gave Charlie a really large slice to try to avoid her swallowing it whole, but she did anyway, guys she didn't even gag. Just swallowed that slippery meat down ha ha. My mummy fears got the better of me and from then on I gave her smaller slices, she really enjoyed it.
Bread: every morning Charlie has bread toasted, I top it with topping such as, mashed banana, sweet potato, pumpkin, avocado, carrot. If I'm in a hurry and can't deal with a messy meal she eats it dry.
Beef: from a slow cooked casserole, this girl likes meat.
Avocado: sliced rolled in corn crumbs, the corn crumbs make it far more manageable, not as slippery.
I have continued with foods iv'e mentioned before such as carrots or Charlie favourite broccoli, which is always a winner but makes my house smell, in a bad way.

At 7 months and one week, I'm still giving breakfast each morning. As soon as we get up, she eats in the bumbo seat, I then change all her clothes, nappy, and wash her with a face washer. This has been the easiest way for me to deal with the mess. Somedays she still needs a bath. I must admit the mess is still hard to handle, I'm hanging out for summer so I can sit her in a nappy on a towel, take her outside and hose her down.
As soon as her clothes are off I rinse and spray them before starting a wash right away, this mostly avoids the stains.

I have been trying hard to give a 2nd meal since she turned 7 months, it might just be a crust off my sandwich at lunch or a strawberry. To be honest it probably only happens every 2nd day but I'm working on this.

I let Charlie have a sip of water, straight out of my glass but plan to keep this to only once or twice a week. When we decide to increase the water Charlie drinks I've read about how well a baby does with a shot glass, so I'll be trying that.

Pregnancy update, 10 weeks 4 days.

This pregnancy is so different for Harpers I can't help but to think I'm having a girl,  of corse those thoughts are pushed away by the other half of me thinking how crazy it is that the sex of a baby could change you pregnancy, sometimes you get lost between the wife's tale and fact.

With Harper I knew I was having a boy, Matt and I agreed we would have the doctor write down the sex at our 20 week ultrasound, we didn't know if we wanted to know but wanted the option for later.

Once we left the building we agreed to open the envelope when we got home. of corse.


We stopped for petrol on the way home, Matt went in to pay and I quickly ripped open the envelope, I was sure it would say boy so was Matt, and it did. I quickly wrote girl on the other side and slid it back into the envelope, mean joke? maybe.

When we got home I opened it and showed Matt it said, girl he looked so shocked, I quickly let him know I had written girl and we were having a boy. We both laughed and called our parents to share the news.

This time we have decided we want to wait, we are both so unfazed by what the sex of the baby is there seems no rush to know. But there is that part of me that thinks, wow if were having a girl I would really love to know so I could go shopping and be prepared, I know as the 20 week ultrasound approaches we may weaken it will be on both our minds, I really hope we can hold out.

The sickness is slowly easing, I'm still on medication but each week is getting easier. I'm hot all the time a heater blowing on me makes me want to hurl! And yes its winter here in Australia. I've turned into an emotional wreck, I would say I cry at least once a day.
I remember I was more emotional with Harper but not like this, I cry if I watch Opera, I cried because there was a little boy in a wheelchair, I almost cried at the pool today watching a proud couple cheering on their baby. Seriously I'm so sappy it's embarrassing!

Have you tried taking a photo of your own belly? It's not easy, but since we were going swimming I thought it was a good time, in the last week I would say my belly has gone done a bit, I'm not as bloated all the time, but my belly is definitely a lot rounder and harder than it was.

10 weeks 4 days