It must be so hard to be booted from the #1 position...
We were at Taco Bell today and I had some teddy grahams for Mandy. I gave her one, but needed to go to the bathroom, so I slid a few more towards Mike - obviously for him to continue feeding her while I was gone.
He said "I don't want any."
"huh?"
"I don't want any of those."
"They're not for you, dear. Give her one at a time until I get back."
Poor guy - everything USED to be about him.
I'm sure the 3 of you that read this are asking that very question.
We've even had a birthday in the meantime (on the 24th). I video taped the whole thing, but getting it loaded, transferred to the mac & edited is a pretty time consuming process & I just haven't gotten around to it. The cake was a non-event. She ate very little, just a couple of nibbles, and basically played with it until it was reduced to a pile of crumbs. She didn't even seem to enjoy it - I got the impression she just wanted me to clean her up & get her out of the high chair already. But she did get a great kick out of the presents. We sat a gift bag in front of her & let her pull the tissue paper & toy out of it. She seemed to enjoy that whole process and gave us several over-the-top excited squeals. The house I bought her was a hit and gets played with a certain portion of every day.
We've also had our 1 year check-up. Remember the last one, where her weight dipped down to the 25th percentile & I didn't like it? Well, somehow we've jumped up to the 75th percentile for weight. I think a big part of it is the muscle development in her legs as she walks EVERY WAKING MOMENT. Kid won't sit down for anything. But when I took her to an indoor playground the other day & watched the other babies her age, I was very glad to have one that apparently is going to capture every bit of fun she can from every moment. There were two other babies her age & both just stood beside mommy & looked around, not sure what to do. Mandy never even looked back at me - she was off trying to climb on everything & see what everything was.
But this wasn't about the playground, it was about her check-up. The other development is that we're getting referred back to a gastroenterologist. I still can't feed her anything other than fruits, vegetables and grains and she should be getting over this already. Plus she still sometimes has problems and I can't figure out why, which makes me wonder if her problems are even food related. I'll be glad to be back under the care of a gastroenterologist and feel more certain that I'm feeding her what I'm supposed to be.