I wonder how do they cope?
Yes, we can all say that things were much simpler - not much kidnap cases, living expenses is cheaper, etc.
I still think it is not an easy feat.
We've started him on puree at 5 months. At first, he hated it! I made sweet potato puree and he shouted, not wanting to close his mouth at all. He is very stubborn and a fighter. But we tried a few more times and he slowly learns how to eat from a spoon and with different textures.
We started with just 1 meal of puree, then increase to 2 meals a day. Now, we're giving him 3 meals including breakfast!
I blend all sorts of puree for him.
- Pumpkin
- Avocado
- Red apple
- Sweet potato
- Carrot
I thought since Ethan is quite picky with exploring new taste/textures, I better explore him to as many as possible. I'm allergic to kids picking their food, so I hope this would not happen to me.
Ethan only turns his body from the chest to the back and refuse to learn how to do it the other way round. Doctor Anna said that he would most likely skip that because he loves to sit and stand. Oh well.
Ethan was down with fever for 2 days when he was about 4 months and 2 weeks old. I didn't sleep the whole night. Not a single wink. Because he's so clingy and refuse to let me put him down. We brought him to the doctor and he was OK right after taking his 1st dose of anti-biotics and paracetamol. I felt so bad for having him take meds at such a young age. But that's the only way to make him feel better.
Ethan is now 6 months old. He'll be turning 7 months in 2 weeks time. Oh my!
Here are some pictures of him:
XOXO,
theRascal
