Learning to Eat can be Messy!

We have been trying to introduce different "grown-up" foods to Lillian over the past couple of weeks, and so far she has really enjoyed almost everything that we have put in front of her. She only has two little teeth, so we have just been giving her soft vegetables and fruits but tonight she actually had a little bit of roast; her first meat! She also had some corn and cooked carrots as her sides. Introducing real foods to Lillian has definitely been really hard for me as a mom. For so long, I have only nursed her, and now I don't really know where I fit in the menu. I will continue to nurse her for another four to six months, but obviously, now that solid food is in the picture, I probably will be taking a back seat. I guess that this is just one of those many bittersweet moments when you realize that your little one is growing up right in front of you. You are so happy to see that they are growing up strong and healthy but at the same time you are wondering what happened to that sweet 7 pound 2 ounce little baby that you brought home from the hospital.

I have quickly learned that when I feed Lillian to strip her down to nothing but a diaper, because she is going to get messy!







can you see those two teeth?