Today was wonderful. We left early to drive to Corvallis to visit Ted, Christy, Anders and their new baby, Nora. We lounged at the Corvallis Farmer's Market for several hours -- eating yummy cheese and bread and fruit. Anders, who is 3, was riding his bike super fast around the cool water fountain in the park. Nora slept peacefully in my arms for a bit. Eli ate a ton, as usual :)
Then Eli and I went to a baby shower for Kate Evans. A little girl named Savannah was quite smitten with Eli and kept coming over to talk to him, try to give him jelly beans, take his socks off and perform other very important tasks. Eli was very happy and smiled and squealed at everyone.
Michael and I were pretty tired by the end of the day so we put Eli down for a nap and then fell asleep ourselves. But Eli woke up while we were still exhausted and I just brought him into bed with us and we took a big family nap. Eli was nursing the entire time and it was quite sweet. We slept until almost 7 p.m. (Eli's bedtime is usually 7:30 p.m.) Then we took the dogs to the park. I brought some food along for Eli, who is always hungry! He ate these tiny pieces of banana and he was very careful about chewing each and every one. In fact, he is always trying to get his two lower teeth into the banana piece to cut it into smaller pieces.
Oh, important sleep update: Eli has been basically sleeping through the night all week! A few times he has woken up once between 7:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. and Michael has been able to sing him part of a song and Eli goes back to sleep. Michael doesn't even pick him up or anything. Amazing. We feel great :)
Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Some firsts
Eli tried a few new things today.
He ate some pieces of banana by himself. He did a great job of chewing it up before trying to swallow it. But he had some trouble picking it up with his fingers. He still grabs it with his entire fist and then it is hard to get it in his mouth. But he certainly has fun trying.
He also took a walk in the afternoon in his jogging stroller without the infant car seat. It makes him look like such a big boy when he is sitting in it because he faces forward instead of toward me. He didn't seem to mind at the beginning of the walk but then he started crying before we got home and I had to carry him several blocks to calm him down. And boy, he is a heavy guy!
He was super happy when Michael came home from work and he was rolling around on the floor and squealing. I love it when he is that happy. I love to bury my face in his belly and make him squeal and squeal.
He ate some pieces of banana by himself. He did a great job of chewing it up before trying to swallow it. But he had some trouble picking it up with his fingers. He still grabs it with his entire fist and then it is hard to get it in his mouth. But he certainly has fun trying.
He also took a walk in the afternoon in his jogging stroller without the infant car seat. It makes him look like such a big boy when he is sitting in it because he faces forward instead of toward me. He didn't seem to mind at the beginning of the walk but then he started crying before we got home and I had to carry him several blocks to calm him down. And boy, he is a heavy guy!
He was super happy when Michael came home from work and he was rolling around on the floor and squealing. I love it when he is that happy. I love to bury my face in his belly and make him squeal and squeal.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Coffee date with bananas
Michael took the day off work today and I went in to finish up some stories on the invasive species project I have been working on for the last 10 months. I got to see Eli at lunchtime when Michael walked to my office with the stroller.
Eli and I sat together at the Ike Box coffee shop and I nursed him. He fell asleep almost instantly and he stayed asleep for about 40 minutes while nursing. It was peaceful and I closed my eyes for awhile, just enjoying him in my arms.
When I got home from work, I mashed up some banana and fed that to him. He likes banana a lot, although it could be that Eli likes all kinds of solid foods. He is certainly quite enthusiastic about eating from a spoon!
Eli and I sat together at the Ike Box coffee shop and I nursed him. He fell asleep almost instantly and he stayed asleep for about 40 minutes while nursing. It was peaceful and I closed my eyes for awhile, just enjoying him in my arms.
When I got home from work, I mashed up some banana and fed that to him. He likes banana a lot, although it could be that Eli likes all kinds of solid foods. He is certainly quite enthusiastic about eating from a spoon!
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