Every month on the day he was born, we took a picture of Jack in the same spot next to the same toy. It was so fun to watch him grow and change throughout the year. In July, CVS has a free photo book deal, so we had these pictures turned into a photo book for us to keep. I love to look at it and watch my boy grow--Jack likes to look at it too! We've done this for Bailey as well--maybe you'll get to see her pictures in March!
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Christy left this one on my email--I'll be trying it tonight!
ReplyDeleteI've discovered, after having multiple children, that starting cereal is a milestone for your baby and a messy adventure for the mommy. The baby will instinctively stick out their tongue with every bite, pushing the cereal back out onto their chin and so the mess begins. To help my kiddos learn to swallow the cereal and get the motion down quickly I've come up with a little trick. I give a bite and then very quickly stick in a pacifier for them to suck on. The cereal goes down much easier with less mess. My son started cereal 5 days ago and we've used this trick with him. He is doing great and we'll likely stop using the pacie in a few days as he's already trained himself to keep his tongue in and swallow the food down. I will likely have to pull this out of the trick bag again when introducing fruits and veggies as the texture is different. But that's okay! I'm all about less mess...
You ask...what if my child doesn't take a pacie? No worries! Neither did my second daughter. In fact, she's a thumb sucker (even still at 3 1/2 years old) and had the instinct to put her thumb in her mouth while eating...even messier than usual! The pacifier trick still worked. Babies are used to sucking on something when eating. The pacifier is acting as a bottle or breast would.
There you have it...try it out and see if your meal times are cleaner than before!
Christy