tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post7703475218774050327..comments2023-09-05T23:24:27.006-06:00Comments on Happy meets Crazy: Tuesday Tends to be Better than MondayCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218614720786379961noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-42601571494007388032012-08-29T20:58:35.703-06:002012-08-29T20:58:35.703-06:00"Music is the Heart of the Soul."
One of..."Music is the Heart of the Soul."<br />One of my favorite quotes! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066439450556278442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-51344252077167490962012-08-28T11:41:11.084-06:002012-08-28T11:41:11.084-06:00I'm not going to make it down for TOFW. :( Sad...I'm not going to make it down for TOFW. :( Sadness. Hopefully in 2013. I loved it when I went so I hope to go again someday.<br /><br />I'm loving the small signs of Autumn too. Amanda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662814069840360787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-7537162389189877882012-08-28T11:34:39.850-06:002012-08-28T11:34:39.850-06:00Love this post. And I'm pretty sure we're ...Love this post. And I'm pretty sure we're coming this weekend. :D<br /><br />My first ate solid foods (well, mushy foods...) at about 4-5 months - not because we were like "now would be a good time to start" but because he was like "You're eating something, give me some!" But he could almost sit up on his own, had teeth, knew how to "chew". It was mostly "Oh, you want a bite of mommy's applesauce? Here you go" or "You want a taste of daddy's banana? here you go!" He wanted to try it, he seemed ready, and we made sure to give him nice easy-on-the-gut tastes (i.e., we didn't give him bites of egg or steak, etc - mostly just fruits and veggies).<br /><br />My second wanted boob only for the first 9 months of her life. We had to bribe her to eat table food. But she sat up later, crawled later, etc, and didn't get her first teeth until about 9 months. She just wasn't interested when we were eating. Well, she was interested in me being DONE eating so that I could nurse her...<br /><br />What did I learn from this?<br /><br />That who cares what anyone else says - follow your baby's cues and your gut instinct as a mother. You know your baby better than <i>anyone</i> else.<br /><br />And I don't expect any of my future children to be like my current children.<br /><br />Which ties in completely to your post! Our kids are all different and they might need different methods of parenting, etc. :)<br /><br />Such a good lesson to learn... and sometimes so hard...Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20526785.post-81737009697124241092012-08-28T11:01:10.317-06:002012-08-28T11:01:10.317-06:00Every kid is different and is going to need differ...Every kid is different and is going to need different things. That's a hard thing for me to learn to, and it's really hard to teach it to my kids. My oldest is having a hard time learning this too, because she has different responsibilities from her brother and a different personality. My second kid is so, so stubborn. It's crazy. He also doesn't adjust to new things quickly. So I've learned to just calmly enforce the rules consistently for a while until he gets it. That's hard, but he needs a lot of patience and consistency. <br /><br />I was thinking hitching a ride to TOFW with you but I'm going to be gone that weekend :)<br /><br />I didn't feed any of my babies solid food until they were about 6-7 months. They can't sit up well until then and they don't 'need' the food. I also never gave them plain cereal. Started them with banana or avocado and after a little while added in sweet potato and apple. Sometimes I'd mix it into cereal. Have you ever made your own cereal with brown rice? I did that for the first two. If you don't need another thing on your plate, then don't do it and don't feel guilty about :)FoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.com