Yes! Cory is walking now. It started with a sideways step between two pieces of furniture several days before. Then nothing for a little while. Then over the last few days he started doing it in earnest, first a few steps here and there and now most of the way across the room.
The first step was kind of funny. Thud and I both saw it, and there was this realization that hey, that was his first step! And you sort of feel like there should have been bells ringing and lights flashing and confetti, but it’s over in an instant, none of that stuff happens, and Cory just goes back to drinking his juice.
With all of the excitement of walking, he has also been more short-tempered and ornery. And, unfortunately for me, has decided almost overnight that he should be eating more grown-up food. It’s not that I don’t want him to, of course, but it’s gotten much more difficult to figure out what to give him. He doesn’t like everything we eat, and it’s not always practical anyway. Suggestions? So far I have had no luck with the foods designed for toddlers, things with larger fruit chunks or mini ravioli for example.
Last night he ate almost an entire wedge of spicy black bean quesadilla, although it took him an hour.
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I’d say that what you’re doing is fine. Offer him what you’re having for dinner, and a few things you know he’ll eat. I wouldn’t worry much beyond that. He probably won’t let himself starve. The stuff designed for toddlers isn’t fabulously healthy food, anyway.
Hooray for Cory!
If he liked the quesadilla, he might like some of the toddler foods just because they make them rather bland. He seems to have inherited your taste for very flavorful foods.
Oops, that was meant to say “might NOT like some of the toddler foods”!
Great, I’ll be the only mommy I know who has to put red chile in the jars of baby food to get him to eat it. But you are probably right that a lot of the stuff he doesn’t like is just too bland for him.
The fun starts in earnest now:-)
David