Thursday, April 12, 2012

Feeding a texture sensitive toddler

If you have been a long time reader, you probably know that I am a picky eater. My Uncle wrote a post about it 2 years ago when I was marrying Curtis. Well, my parents are loving that I get a taste of my own medicine in my little boy.

A few weeks ago Chase decided he didn't want to be spoon fed any more. He has always been sensitive to food textures. He gagged on a lot of foods the first time he tried them. If there was ever a chunk in any food I made him he would find it and spit it out. So finding finger foods that my texture sensitive boy will even bring near his mouth has been a challenge. He's doing so much better now and his list of foods that he eats is growing. I have to share what has worked for us for other moms out there and his buddy Cullen's mom, Annie :)

Annie actually suggested one of Chase's faves, grilled cheese!

He loves to share a pear with Daddy.


Like most kids Chase is a Cheerio-a-holic.

He loves bread. He likes to suck on mandarin oranges or Cuties. He likes quesedillas. We have chicken quesedillas about once a week and share with Chase. I think he's tried the chicken a couple times.

He shared a Morning Star veggie burger with his Grandpa. He ate some sauteed zucchini from one of our dinners.

I also like to give him variety at breakfast and just got him some frozen Kashi waffles that he likes.

One of the pages I follow on Facebook is called Fearless Fedding and my friend Alyssa mentione in one of their posts that she needed lunch ideas and I commented that I did as well. They suggested tuna salad, egg salad, and different meats in the sandwiches. We aren't big tuna salad or egg salad people so I'm not sure about trying those. We've tried roast beef and ham and he doesn't even try them.

Do you have any lunch ideas for us to try? I guess I should check out those toddler lunch pins I pinned after I post this huh?

Monday, April 9, 2012

Help us paint our Master Bedroom

I'm so excited we are making plans and researching getting new carpet for our master bedroom! Obviously you want to paint before you get new carpet, so we are going to paint Saturday!

What color should we do? The color of the blue pillow or the bronze pillows. Obviously it won't look exactly like this picture. Just gives an idea. My friend thought we would get tired of blue. I'm thinking bronze/brown might be better for resale.


Sunday, April 1, 2012

only 1 month from 1!!!!

We had such a fun month with Chase. I swear he was teething the whole month and we didn't get much sleep, but oh well! We celebrated our first St. Patrick's Day, played with Grandpa, and played at the park with friends!

The most exciting thing for us this month was Chase WALKING! He started off taking a few steps at the beginning of the month and now he can walk across a room! He gets the biggest smile on his face and it is so cute! He also tried opening the doors a few times. He stoops from a standing position. My mother-in-law decided he must get his coordination from me because her boys crawled and walked later.

Wherever he gets it, his strength and motivation never cease to surprise me. This month I realized he is intrinsically motivated, which I love. I can tell you no one is telling him pick up the heaviest toy you have and try and walk. That's all him! We also saw his persistence and determination. Right now he is usually determined to get other kid's sippy cups or something he isn't supposed to do but I say some day that persistence will get him a job!

I say Chase is the strong silent type because where he is advanced in his gross motor skills he seems a little behind in his verbal. He babbles all day long and every once in awhile he makes sounds that sound like words we say but the only word he consistently says is dada. We've heard dog and cat but I think it is just a coincidence. I swear he thinks my name is Ed.

No one can make Chase giggle like his Daddy. No one can rock Chase to sleep but his Mommy. He cried for the first time in a store this month. It was a combination of seperation anxiety, being tired, and I took something away from him. People probably thought it was crazy that I didn't know what to do, but my baby never cries!

Everyone tells me how tall he is. He's in size 4 diapers. We think he's probably 24-25 pounds. The sleeves on his 12 month shirts are too short.

Just in the last few days Chase has decided he doesn't want to be spoon fed. He still isn't eating very many finger foods but we tried the pouch things last night and he loves them! We are still trying to get him to drink from the sippy cups we have been given. I think I might try a straw one soon.

I can't believe how fast time has flown by!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Weaning

I started a facebook group for some moms that are planning to wean their babies soon. We need some experienced weaners to join the group and answer our questions! We only have a question every couple days so it isn't a big time commitment or anything. Let me know if you want to join the group! Thanks!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Another collage of my almost 1 year old!

I'm back with another collage of my almost 1 year old! This one really almost makes me cry!

Thanks for sticking around. We've been busy! Out of town last weekend, trying to keep the house clean, trying to get birthday invitations sent out, etc.

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you all! I hope to be back soon with all kinds of posts! I have to work on Chase's 11 month post! I also want to share with you all more mommy money saving tips!




He's such a smiley boy!!!

Monday, March 19, 2012

The next month and a half might be rough!


I know he is only 10.5 months old, but picnik will be gone before his first birthday and I just love making collages! Look how much he has changed! I'm going to be a mess for awhile leading up to his birthday I think! I'm really hoping I'm able to enjoy his day and put a smile on my face. I'm usually pretty good at that. Plus the kid makes me smile!
Hubs and I were talking a little the other day how when you are pregnant you don't know how much you are going to love your baby.
He has grown more hair. I know it doesn't look like it! I love every inch of that little boy!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Adding to my list of blogs I love

These are some mom blogs I love to read. I mostly made this list for myself so I can quickly find the blogs I like to read. I don't know how to edit the list on my sidebar now that I have a blog design! There are mom blogs I love to read over on the sidebar too ;)
I'm sure I'm forgetting some but I think that's a good start. What blogs do you love to read?