Our sweet Elle is officially 6 months old as of yesterday! I can't believe she's been in our lives for half a year now. Even crazier, just one year ago I was early in my pregnancy. Pregnancy is WAY too short. We took her down to Orange County for a playdate with her friend Katelyn and to visit her Babcia Kinga. The playdate turned into a lunchdate for the grown-ups because we were all hungry. It was Elle's first time in a high chair! She did pretty well but next time I'll need to make sure to bring toys that can attach to her high chair cover. She was knocking her toys on the floor the whole time. Casey took a silly video of Katelyn pulling Elle's pacifier out of her mouth. Too funny!
I discovered a feeding approach called "Baby Lead Weaning" and spent some time researching it last night. Needless to say, I was intrigued but not sold yet. Basically, you skip the puree and introduce large chunks of fruits and vegetables that the baby is able to grasp. The baby then decides how much she wants to eat and feeds herself. The idea behind it is that this was the method of feeding prior to the invention of baby foods and so it's more natural and allows the baby to discover foods. I assumed that baby's would choke on anything not pureed and you have to feed them small chunks of food, if anything. I learned that feeding them small chunks is far more of a choking hazard and the baby wont chew off more than she can swallow. So interesting. I need to do more research first but to test it out, I decided to give Elle a slice of orange (with the skin) and a slice of pear. She did FAR better with the orange because she was able to get a good grip. The pear was slimy and kept falling on the floor. She didn't choke! She didn't actually --eat-- that much of either fruit. I had some orange alongside her and she seemed to LOVE that we were eating the same thing. It was really cute. She was "mmm-ing" and grunting the entire time.
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