Showing posts with label eating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eating. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Olivia: 11 months
Olivia is 11 months old as of yesterday! I can't believe our baby girl will be 1 year old next month! Time flies! I think it flies even faster once you have children.
Miss Olivia can stand all by herself for a few seconds at a time. She's learned how to climb the stairs, too... which is really scary! Hello baby gate at the bottom of the stairs. She can crawl super fast and I just know she's going to be walking in no time.
She is still a nursing champ. I'm so proud that she has been exclusively breastfed for 11 months. She still nurses 4-6 times per day. She also eats solid food like a champ, too. She loves pretty much everything I give her. A few of her favorites are pears, peaches, bananas, graham crackers, beans, cheese, ham, yogurt, and so much more. She really hasn't turned much of anything down. She's such a good eater!
We won't go back to the peditrician until next month but I would guess she is still around 18 lbs. and about 28 inches long according to the chart in her bedroom.
She still doesn't consistently sleep through the night. We have a random good night here and there but she usually wakes up 1-2 times.
Her talking has jump started this month! Olivia consistently says mom mom and dada when she sees us. She always says nom nom when she wants to eat and says dog dog when she sees a dog. She seems to adore dogs and claps her hands when she sees one. She has also gotten really good at waving hello and goodbye.
Happy 11 Months, Olivia Grace!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Weekly Meal Plan: Week of July 23-29
Monday- Ham and Pineapple Kabobs:
http://goodenessgracious.com/2012/04/ham-pineapple-kabobs.html with steamed veggies.
Tuesday- Lasagna Rollups: http://cookingclassy.blogspot.com/2012/02/lasagna-roll-ups.html with garlic toast and a spring mix salad.
Thursday- Slow Cooker Chicken Ceasar Sandwiches: http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/09/slow-cooker-chicken-caesar-sandwiches.html with baked beans (we eat baked beans a lot because the 2 year old adores them.)
Friday- Grilled tilapia (possibly served on whole wheat tortillas as tacos) with mango salsa and black beans:
Ingredients for salsa:
Saturday- Dinner out... I'm thinking Japanese food sounds good!
Sunday- Leftovers/Birthday Party
Now, I'll use this meal plan to create my grocery list. To create my grocery list, I go back through each of my recipes that I plan on using. I organize the list into the following categories: refrigerated, non-refrigerated, frozen, produce, and meat. I add the items that I don't already have at home to the list in the correct category. Categorizing your grocery list makes grocery shopping quicker and more efficient. Especially when you're shopping with a 2 month old and 2 year old!
When I shop, I always try to get the lowest priced item so I often buy the store brand. But if there is a lower calorie, lower fat option that is not a store brand, I buy that.
http://goodenessgracious.com/2012/04/ham-pineapple-kabobs.html with steamed veggies.
Tuesday- Lasagna Rollups: http://cookingclassy.blogspot.com/2012/02/lasagna-roll-ups.html with garlic toast and a spring mix salad.
Wednesday- Taco Soup: http://mostlynice.blogspot.com/2011/03/soup-on-cheap.html with multigrain tortilla chips.
Friday- Grilled tilapia (possibly served on whole wheat tortillas as tacos) with mango salsa and black beans:
Ingredients for salsa:
1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted and cut into 1/2 in squares
1/2 C fresh minced cilantro
1 TBSP freshly squeezed lime juice
1/4 C peeled and diced red onion
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
Saturday- Dinner out... I'm thinking Japanese food sounds good!
Sunday- Leftovers/Birthday Party
Now, I'll use this meal plan to create my grocery list. To create my grocery list, I go back through each of my recipes that I plan on using. I organize the list into the following categories: refrigerated, non-refrigerated, frozen, produce, and meat. I add the items that I don't already have at home to the list in the correct category. Categorizing your grocery list makes grocery shopping quicker and more efficient. Especially when you're shopping with a 2 month old and 2 year old!
When I shop, I always try to get the lowest priced item so I often buy the store brand. But if there is a lower calorie, lower fat option that is not a store brand, I buy that.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
she's growing up so fast
Julianna is growing up to be such a big girl and it's happening way too fast! It seems like yesterday, she was this little tiny newborn and now she's a toddler!
She had 2 pretty big moments this week. First of all, she's been eating much better. Actually trying her food before throwing it. She even stopped throwing her plate as often too. She's started to use utensils on her own. I bought her these:
She ate her entire meal and even licked her plate on Thursday night. She was successfully eating with her new utensils too. Go JuJu!
And our other big moment this week involved the potty. I bought her this potty on Tuesday:
This potty seemed like a great choice but it's also a step stool and you can take the potty seat off and put it on an adult toilet. I sat her on it naked before bathtime every night this week since Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday she just kind of sat there but on Thursday, she peed in the potty for the first time! I was so excited for her! Well, she did it again on Friday night! Mommy was proud but so was she was JuJu because she smiled and clapped after she peed. I think we're on the right track. YAY!
She had 2 pretty big moments this week. First of all, she's been eating much better. Actually trying her food before throwing it. She even stopped throwing her plate as often too. She's started to use utensils on her own. I bought her these:
She ate her entire meal and even licked her plate on Thursday night. She was successfully eating with her new utensils too. Go JuJu!
And our other big moment this week involved the potty. I bought her this potty on Tuesday:
This potty seemed like a great choice but it's also a step stool and you can take the potty seat off and put it on an adult toilet. I sat her on it naked before bathtime every night this week since Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday she just kind of sat there but on Thursday, she peed in the potty for the first time! I was so excited for her! Well, she did it again on Friday night! Mommy was proud but so was she was JuJu because she smiled and clapped after she peed. I think we're on the right track. YAY!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
tummy yummy
Julianna has been really into trying "real" food this week! Due to the ice, I was out of work Monday through Wednesday so we had a lot time at home to really explore with food. Before now, she's been completely against the traditional baby finger foods: puffs or anything like it. She would act like she was choking/gagging. It was scary! But we are making excellent progress now! Sitting in the high chair is a happier time at the Soto house now.
She is eating pretty much what we are eating just much smaller. About the sit of her thumbnail right now. So far she's had:
-bananas
-toast
-cheddar cheese
-broccoli
-eggs
-corn
-rotisserie chicken
-green beans
-roll
-American cheese
-turkey
Tonight she'll be trying vanilla pudding and strawberries. She's had strawberries in the form of baby food puree as well as pudding but she'll get to taste this food in all it's glory tonight!
One of Julianna's first big girl meals:
She is eating pretty much what we are eating just much smaller. About the sit of her thumbnail right now. So far she's had:
-bananas
-toast
-cheddar cheese
-broccoli
-eggs
-corn
-rotisserie chicken
-green beans
-roll
-American cheese
-turkey
Tonight she'll be trying vanilla pudding and strawberries. She's had strawberries in the form of baby food puree as well as pudding but she'll get to taste this food in all it's glory tonight!
One of Julianna's first big girl meals:












