Belle weighed in at 15 lbs, 9 oz on October tenth. She is rapidly outgrowing the 6 month clothing size, as I discovered very early Thursday morning when I couldn't get two blouses over her head. I am currently washing her 9 months clothes, noting clothes marked Newborn, Small or 6 months that can accommodate up to 20 pounds. I am very curious what the scales will read in the coming week.
I am still breastfeeding Belle on demand, co-sleeping and dream feeding. Belle self-feeds peeled bananas, bread and anything she can hold onto and nibble without dripping onto herself. She enjoys draining purees made from organic fruits and vegetables from convenient foil pouches. We share mashed potatoes, mashed garnet yams, homemade applesauce and most other appropriately soft foods. Sometimes I feed her from the jars of baby food I keep on hand in between bites of bread. It takes all of me to keep her hands out of the purees.
Belle especially loves baby yogurt, made from whole milk and organic fruit. She comes to life eating that. She has the same reaction to oven roasted and mashed yams. I recently prepared a four ounce bowl of yams to feed Belle from. She loved it so much that she asked for more and more, not stopping until she'd eaten twelve ounces of yams for dinner. The next night, in stark contrast, Belle appeared content with just one slice of whole grain bread. I let her motion yes or no and self-regulate.
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