Whew. That was ugly for a while. Two sick kids, then two sick parents… even the damn dog got in on the act. Not fun times. Thankfully, though, we all seem to be pretty much back to our old selves. Still some seriously funky diapers on the under-a-year set, but otherwise we’re back to just the standard amount of spitup from both.
Unfortunately, it further delayed our plans to Ferberize, which I’ve (perhaps perversely) been looking forward to. Since I know it will involve a fair amount of screaming and very little sleep for me and M, we want to start on a Friday night in the hopes that M will be in some kind of shape to return to work on Monday. And since the kids weren’t 100% and M and I were operating at about 5%, this was not the weekend.
However, because everyone seemed to be feeling pretty good today, we decided to try a different adventure. FOOD!
I had planned on waiting for our six-month well-baby visit, which was postponed from last week. But then we decided to just go for it. I know enough people who have started solids recently to have already heard the majority of the info that the doctor will give me, and I read up on appropriate first foods. As neither M nor I have particularly notable food allergies, I decided I wasn’t too worried.
We went bold. Skipped the cereal and went straight for mommy’s homemade sweet potato puree. Well, I’ll just let the pictures tell the story…
Hrm. We’ll have to try again tomorrow.
Oh, they look thrilled!
So glad you guys are better.
We started with the same about a month ago…Mom’s sweet potatoes, and had pretty much the same reaction. We switched for a few days of feedings to cereal and that went better. after that, we moved onto veggies and fruits. Baby Kate had my sweet potatoes this evening and ate every spoonful, so give it time. They will love what you give them.
Lisa