First tooth

Gwen's first tooth surfaced this weekend. James and I were just playing around with her on Friday night and low and behold...the little chomper has broken free! Maybe that's why she's been kinda cranky all week.

Sarah (her nanny) has been doing a great job of working her into solid foods though and now she wolfs down her bananas, beans and sweet potatoes. It still takes her awhile to get used to new flavors but once she does, she's devoted!

Almost crawling

She's working on it!

Solid Food update

We're getting much better! So far we've tried banana's (big fan), an apple/prune mix, a pea/pear/mint mix (big fan) and sweet potatoes (eh, not so much). She's eating about two ice cube sized servings every day mixed in with some cereal and formula. As for finger food...not yet. She does grab at whatever I am putting in my mouth but when we tried little pieces of banana she spit them back out. We'll keep toying with it though.

She's still not a 'neat' eater by any means. When she's done with the food she wipes off her tongue with her hand and then rubs her food laden hand ALL over her face...evidence below.

Gwen's newest thing

Gwen has learned that if she smacks her lips together in the 'ma ma ma' motion that we'll do it too and it cracks her up! so now we have back and forth 'ma ma ma' sessions....I like to think that she's just really excited to say ma ma...if only that were true. Here are some recent photos of Gwen at 6-months

Gwen and Grandma

Gwen and Uncle Justin at Red Robin (yumm)

Gwen's first blog

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Solid Foods

About two weeks ago we gave Gwen her first taste of rice cereal. We had read that when they start obsessing about watching you eat and reaching for that food that you're eating they might be ready for solids. Gwen definitely obsesses and I think she wants to eat what I'm eating but that part is hard because she eats (or put in her mouth) absolutely everything...including the cat.

Her first experience with rice cereal resulted in that scrunched up 'I don't like this' face. Second time (a week later) the same. This week, still not liking it. I thought that maybe a little more flavor would be enticing for her so I tried a tiny bit of peas mixed in with the cereal....still yuck. Last night I experimented with some mashed sweet potatoes thinking maybe something sweet would be the ticket....yuck again. So, we'll keep trying some new flavors every week or so until she finds something she likes. Her little personality sure is stubborn!

First haircut

Tonight I gave Gwen her first haircut and in doing so learned a few valuable lessons:
1) Start small, you can always cut more hair but you can't cut less....I may have over cut a tad
2) When your husband says don't cut it or she'll look like a boy, he may be right
3) It's important to remember that the baby wants whatever you have in your hands and scissors are not good toys for babies (no worries, she didn't get her hands on them...geesh!)
4) When you maybe over cut you naturally try to even it out all over...don't. It just gets worse

In all seriousness, it's not that bad...she'll just have to wear a lot of pink for the next few months. Photos to come soon.