Easter Time!

It is Spring (believe it or not, considering the cold weather), so that means Easter! Easter really snuck in on us. Roselyn saw the Easter Bunny a couple of weeks ago and had a great shot with him (it was even on the homepage for the photographer that took the picture). It wasn't until the day before Easter that I thought about getting Roselyn an Easter basket. Luckily, we were able to go to a couple of stores and get a few cute things (and since Roselyn is only 7 months old, it didn't make a difference if she was with us). We bought her a Baby's First Easter book, a bowl and spoon for her cereal, a bag for her medicine, a rubber ducky, and some food. She seemed to like the items in her basket (as you can see in the pictures). After Roselyn saw her basket we went to church. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day! We had lunch with the Mattke's next door after church. Roselyn was a big hit with all the kids and adults a like. She was happy playing and watching everyone from the center of the living room. The evening finished with dinner with Resurgent church. By that point of the day Roselyn was tired and was suffering with a cough due to a cold. We came home and off to bed with Roselyn. Next year Roselyn will have to join in on an Easter egg hunt!

Roselyn is sitting up!

Yes, Roselyn is definitely progressing! For a while (maybe a month to 6 weeks?) Roselyn has been sitting over, but leaning forward on her hands. You could let go of her and her would stay at a 45% angle for a few seconds, but then she would slowly fold her body forward like she wanted to kiss her toes. She would also fall to her side and look up at you like "why did that happen". However, on Friday Rob placed her on the bed in our bedroom and see did something amazing- she sat up for a couple minutes! Yes, she did eventually fall on her side, but she did sit up longer and taller than ever! We realized separating her legs gives her more space to balance. Yet, as the days have gone on she can sit taller with less balancing area. She is also sitting up longer. Our baby is going old!

Roselyn eats peas and green beans!

So the last couple of weeks have been an adventure in eating for Roselyn. First, the rice cereal is going very well. She opens her mouth wide when I am bringing the spoon with the cereal close to her mouth and swallows happily. She eats it so fast! I started with one tablespoon of rice cereal, but now we are close to 3 tablespoons. After rice cereal I decided the next step was vegetables. Yes, fruit normally go over better, but it is important babies do not get used to the sweet taste of fruit- then it is likely they will refuse vegetables. I started with one of my favorite vegetables- peas! Like the rice cereal, Roselyn has a painful look on her face when the food first entered her mouth. The difference was the look of the food coming out of her mouth because she was not interested in swallowing- green goop that looked like it came from Slimmer from Ghostbusters. She cried, but I was determined to get through the container. Well, we got through half of it and I decided that was a feat considering her attitude about it. A couple of hours later we tried again and the container was finished- without crying! This week green beans were introduced. The experience was the same as peas, but I knew, like peas, she would get used to it.

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Time to eat solids

The day finally came. Roselyn is no longer exclusively nursing- it was time to start the solids. The solid of choice for most parents is rice cereal. I bought a box of rice cereal Friday knowing the day would come Monday. This morning (Monday) was the day. I got Roselyn out of bed and changed her diaper and changed her clothes (some how, she peed out of her diaper). I nursed her a little then brought her downstairs to the high chair. I had taken some breast milk and mixed it with one tablespoon of rice cereal in a cup. I sat her in the high chair and went to find Rob (he was on picture and video duty). I placed the cup in front of Roselyn and she immediately grabbed for it. I realized it was better to keep the cup with me at the table and spoon out small portions of the cereal. The first time the spoon went to Roselyn's lips she slowly opened and I gently poured the substance in. And it slowly came out- thank goodness for bibs! Future attempts went better, but Roselyn had a strange look on her face every time the mixture went into her mouth (I envision her wondering "what is this junk in my milk?"). She did seem to swallow a bit, but by the end she was just spitting and coughing it out. She nearly finished the one ounce I made for her, so I felt it was mission accomplished. Now on to many more days and eventually, many other types of food (and the stinky poop that accompanies it).