I'm so excited! We fed Arielle her first meal yesterday at 3pm! She's been looking less-than-contented after her feeds lately, and has been gazing longingly at our food for long enough, so we decided it was time.
We mixed a bit of NuPlus Cereal into breastmilk.. and she ate 6 teaspoons of it! 6 WHOLE teaspoons! That's a lot for a first meal... especially when you're only 7kg. We needn't have worried about her not taking to solids, because she cried for more when we paused for too long in between spoons, and she would lunge forward for each mouthful!
She had her second meal today, sitting in her new Ikea high chair. I never thought that feeding a baby could be so thrilling. It's just amazing to ladle the food in, and to see her try to get it to the back of her mouth and avoid pushing it out with her tongue, and then have her lunge forward excitedly with her mouth wide open! There's a certain infectious joy in watching her get so excited about food and about life. I'm looking forward to her next meal already!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Arielle's First Passport Photo
Taking Arielle's first passport photo was one of the most challenging things we had to do!
It involved three adults: one to hold her, one to dance, sing and squeak, and one to take photos!
The requirements were daunting:
And we couldn't use flash so that made everything more exciting.
Half an hour and more than 50 exhausting shots later, we finally succeeded!
It involved three adults: one to hold her, one to dance, sing and squeak, and one to take photos!
The requirements were daunting:
- Her eyes should be wide open
- Her face should be facing front and not tilted
- There should not be anything (no hands or feet!) obstructing her face
- (And ideally!) she should be smiling too!
And we couldn't use flash so that made everything more exciting.
Half an hour and more than 50 exhausting shots later, we finally succeeded!
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