Today you tried (and gobbled up) your very first food-pears. I know, I know, you are "supposed" to wait until the baby is four to six months old before introducing solids but who are "those people" anyways? I'm your Momma and I know you better than anyone and for many reasons I could tell you were ready to at least try something.
Reason number one: You have amazing neck control-since day one really. It's kind of freaky but I'm glad you came out so strong as I never had to worry about supporting your neck like you were a fragile little bird or something when I held you or passed you to someone else.
Reason number two: You have been showing a big interest for about a month now in real people food. Every night you watch Daddy and I eat our dinner before you go to bed. You watch us as we put food in our mouths, chew and swallow and I can tell you are learning because you are following with your eyes and reaching out with your hands.
Reason number three: This may be too much information but I'm going to say it anyways, my peiods have come back for a couple of months now and I feel like my milk supply has gone down. Breastfeeding has become challenging for us right now. You are teething something fierce and the pressure on your gums as you try to nurse frustrates you. Also you are way more aware of your surroundings lately. The dog barks and you pop off to look at her, you pop off to tell me stories, you pop off because the neighbour came home and slammed her door shut, you pop off when you see my phone and want to play with it, you pop off when you hear Daddy talking...I think you get the idea. I'm trying to build up my supply with pumping more often as you have no problem talking a bottle of pumped milk but it's nice to know that you can now be fed something else if you need to be fed in a hurry from Daddy (aka we haven't defrosted a bottle and your freaking out).
Reason number four: I'm trying a new thing out. It's called trusting my instincts. This is going to be challenging but I'm up for it.
And the main reason or (reason number five): I gave you pears today because I opened a can of them for part of my lunch and didn't want to eat the whole thing so I busted out my baby bullet and voila-baby food.
Someone sure loved his pears.
Love & Hugs,
Mom
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