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Originally Posted by spughy  Amy, sounds like your girl is a budding gourmet. Encourage her! Give up on the bananas and mashed potatoes - get her some foie gras, artisan sourdough bread, lobster, fresh figs and creme fraiche. Oh and some French brie would probably also go over well.
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Thanks Spughy; I was just thinking about this morning! Actually I was going to see if you all have any suggestions because I am a *very* unadventurous eater. We went to the fancy gourmet market the other day so that I could try to find some new things for her to try, but I didn't end up with much. Seems like she's leaning towards salty/savory foods and isn't really interested in anything sweet, except granola (which she loves). I feel like I should be giving her more to experiment with, but I'm just not sure what! It's just frustrating for me when she says she's hungry and wants to eat, but obviously doesn't want the usual offerings (like this morning).
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Originally Posted by flapjack
So how do your babes eat olives? Do you slice them for them, or ????
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I either give her a whole one and she bites part off, or I slice it in half for her, like you'd do with a grape.
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Originally Posted by spughy Yesterday a good friend came over to visit and brought her little boy who is about 6 weeks younger than Rowan. They had a good time together, once the initial shy period passed. There was a lot of kissing - it was SO cute.
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We had a similar experience on Saturday night. We went to watch a movie with our friends and their baby boy who is just about 7 weeks younger than Brynn. They see each other all the time but this time they just had a blast together and were hugging and kissing on each other. It was so cute!
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Originally Posted by MelW
Amy, your blogging about giving up on trying to control sleep really resonated with me, since that was a huge turning point for us. Once I stopped trying to "fix" Neela's sleep (and got significantly better at night nursing and dozing) we were both so much happier. I used to wonder about women who said they had no idea how often baby nursed during the night...and now I'm one of them I can't totally sleep through it, but I also don't often count hours or times that she wakes during the night. Unless it's long stretches of sleep- and then I start to notice.
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I know, me too! Just this morning in fact DH asked me how many times she woke up and I said I really don't know. Physically it is still really hard, but at least emotionally it's not so frustrating anymore!!
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Hrumph. It's another day, and so far it's not getting better.
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Helen, so sorry it's been a rough couple of days for you and you got the BFN. I remember how hard that was; it's just SUCH an emotional roller coaster when you are TTC. Here's a little baby dust for you!!
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Well, the party was an absolute success! I'm just overflowing with love right now. It's just such a blessing to know how loved Noah is and how many hearts he has touched.
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Michelle, that is wonderful!! I'm so glad it went well for you and Noah.
And I know exactly what you mean; I felt that way at Brynn's party too. We are so blessed to have so many good friends here!
We had such a busy weekend! Saturday it seems like we spent hours just trying to find a good pair of warm boots for Brynnie. We went to the mall and didn't find one pair that we liked, so we ended up with a
cute pair of trail hikers from Baby Gap. But seriously, why is it so hard to find good shoes for babies? I know I could order them, but I really wanted to see them in person and try them on since sizing is so inconsistent! Anyway, so that took like all day Saturday. Annoying!
Yesterday we went and cut our Christmas tree, which was fun. We got a nice smallish tree, maybe 6', and it looks so pretty in our living room! I feel so Christmas Spirity now! And the fun thing is, we already bought all of Brynnie's presents over the past few months, so now all I have to do is wrap 'em up!
I gave up on the idea of making cards and feel much happier about the whole thing today. Maybe next year. So I should be able to get all the rest of the shopping and mailing done this week, and then just be able to enjoy the next couple of weeks.
Oh, last night we went to the holiday potluck that our friends hosted, and we decided to get all dressed up and try to have our Christmas picture taken in front of their tree (it was beautiful). Here is
the best PICKture of the bunch!! I was kind of joking with DH that we should send that one out in our Christmas cards, and he was mortified. But I'm definitely keeping one to show Brynn's prom date.
) Do you have an ergo carrier or a mei tei that you can use to carry one baby on your back? Peacefulmommy will agree that this is the ONLY way!!!
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: It's going to be quite the interesting mix of people so keep your fingers crossed that today is a success! I'm soooo looking forward to it being over, it's been a lot more work and $$$ than I had originally planned. I definitely see beer in my near future! 
The school uniform is still in the washing machine because I can't use the tumble dryer within the hours of darkness because it makes the baby scream, we're out of bread for packed lunches tomorrow and I got a BFN on a pregnancy test. It's really not been the best day ever.
Amy, you just made me smile. Bless you, and Brynn, and her little nose.
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