Kaylee, Almost 7 Months.

My littlest baby is getting so big!! She weights 19lbs 1oz and is 28 inches long. I always remember when the other kids were young them promoting solids less. They wanted breast milk or formula to be their primary source of nutrition until a year old. Kaylee eats solids twice a day. Once in the morning which is 2oz of fruit  and then at night she eats 2tbsps rice cereal, 2tbsps oatmeal usually made with 2oz breast milk and then 2oz of a veggie. Some days this of course varies. She was having trouble pooping so I cut her solids back (I know tmi). We tried offering her diluted juice and all it did was cause her to spit up. So we bagged that idea, we had tried prunes before and she ummm hated those. So we rely on the foods she eats. The doctor said today  that I should push solids more with her. I have mixed feelings about this. Why push a child to grow up? She is going through a stage where some days I'm lucky if if can get her to eat her tiny little 2oz of fruit in the morning. Some times she gobbles it down. She still nurses 5 to 6 times a day even with her solids, and rarely in the middle of the night. I have to say I think tonight was the first time in awhile that she was even a little eager to eat her solids. She tried Turkey for the first time tonight. Maybe she's just bored eating the same thing over and over in a different order.

Just ordered a bunch of Earth's Bests dinners and grain combos, to try stuff with her to decide what she likes. I hate to make a bunch of something to find out it's something she hates. Hoping to get some ideas of things she really likes to give her a little more variety in what she eats. Since the doc seems to want me to push solids, but I just don't get why. She nurses fine, and is in the 90th percentile for all areas of her growth. I think I'm just going to do what feels right. She likes a pacifier, and didn't even really cry until the 3rd shot today.  She's such a strong girl. She's hard to make laugh though, if you do the same thing enough she gets bored with you, and whatever you are doing is no longer funny.

It amazes me how time changes the standards, and recommendations for young children. No solids before this this age, and now they are introducing meats at 7 months? Seems a little early, but I guess all I can do is follow what they tell me right? I was always under the understanding that meats weren't to be introduced until 9 months. It's hard to know what to do, and what's right for your child. With how Kaylee ate tonight with something new in the mix, I'd have to say I think she is ready for more variety.