Like I said, though, we have been really busy getting out of the house, visiting with family, etc. and having a grand time this summer. Robinson is *this* close to walking, I can just feel it. He's also trying so hard to talk these days and belly laughing a lot more. He's learned to 'wrestle' with you on the floor and has the best time laughing rolling around with you. This is a fun age for laughter!
Eating is getting better. He's back to loving his bottle (so I think the teething is what was bothering him before). He's taking about 24-28 ounces per day and he's getting better with the table food. He'll feed himself with puffs and cheerios and pieces of chicken. He likes cheese, blueberries, peaches, apples (soaked to make them softer), bananas, any kind of bread, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and he's getting better at pasta. The only hiccup is that it takes him FOREVER to chew some of this stuff, so he still doesn't eat enough of table food to constitute a full meal and giving up the puree, just yet. I think within the next few weeks, though, we'll make great improvements. Robinson has shown time and time again that he does things on his own time.
We have yet to find a sippy cup that he just loves. He'll drink out of them, but not more than ounce or so...he gets bored with them. I have to admit that's it's frustrating as a mom too. They either are so slow flow that it takes too much work to get any out or they just come pouring out and he chokes....I mean, isn't there a medium flow or faster flow sippy cup??! If you have any suggestions, let me know. We've tried 4 different kinds as of right now...I've heard good things about the Nuby ones, but I don't know if Robinson will like them since they are a straw....he has one that is a straw and he refuses to even try to drink out of that one. It's all trial and error...we'll see! :)
Here are some pictures from the 4th- I was so busy chasing Robinson and visiting, that I didn't take many pictures. I promise to do better as his birthday party!!
Robinson with Uncle James - who by the way is no longer an intern. He passed his boards and is officially a Family Medicine Resident- wooooohoooo!
You know I always have to get a close up of our handsome boy...
Kissing his cousin, Preston. He just adores him :)
Robinson and Preston
Robinson with his cousins, Peyton and Preston
We started out with Nuby sippy cups with Olivia, but they were the ones that were like a normal sippy cup lid and not the straw. She liked them because they were soft like a bottle. But just beware, they don't hold up long and start to leak! Once she got used to those, we switched over to the Gerber small ones with the two handles (which are easy to hold). I will tell you tho, the easiest to keep up with are the ones that have just the cup and lid with no extra stopper piece. (Made by First Years) Here is a link to them... http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3123895
ReplyDeleteHope that helps! Ha! Sorry I wrote a novel!
Brandon has the same flag shirt as Robinson that he wore on the 4th of July. Can you believe he is almost 1? Brandon is also back to drinking more from his bottle and eating better. It was definitely the teething. His top two teeth finally cut through and he started doing better. He is also feeding himself some table foods now but not enough for only table foods yet either. It is like a light switch finally came on and he figured out how to. He also takes FOREVER to chew. I got Brandon the NUBY sippy cups with the soft spout. They have no valve so the flow is good. His problem is he chews the spout. Robinson is so cute!
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