My Great Little Eater

Emilee eats really well. She shovels it in like she hasn't eaten in days even though she eats three meals a day plus snacks. I just had to video it. She started with some ham, green beans, carrots, and strawberries. Of course she went for the strawberries first and then the ham. Two of her favorites. After she ate most of what she started with she got two more helpings of ham and a few more strawberries... then she had some lasagne and fetticini alfredo from our plates.

*** There's not much sound but if you want to hear what little noise she makes don't forget to pause the music player at the very bottom ***

Day Two of Many

Well... this morning didn't go as well as yesterday's with the 'no bottle' thing. It wasn't bad, but she just didn't drink all that much. She drank from it occasionally but not like I would have liked. So because she doesn't get filled up with formula she is wanting to eat breakfast earlier. No big deal, so Aunt Barbara got to feed her an egg and strawberries (her favorite). But I'm holding to it.

Yes... The cup is blue. She doesn't care though. =)

Bottles and Sippy Cups

So with Emilee's surgery approaching (one month from today) I'm going to start trying to get her off of her bottle and drinking out of sippy cups and big girl cups (open face). Once she has her surgery she will not be able to use a bottle or sippy cup for at least one week. We will have to feed her with a syringe or she can drink from an open face cup. So this morning was my first attempt. Before I bring her downstairs, I usually make her bottle so that it's ready for her and put it on the table beside the chair where we usually sit and then I go and get her out of her crib. The first thing that she looks for each morning is her bottle to be sure that it's sitting there. (I watch her face just to see if she does it every morning... she does) So this morning I watched her face and of course she looks towards the table to see her sippy cup setting there. So we sit down like always and I give her the sippy cup. She looks at me like I'm crazy, but begins to drink it. I was so excited that she didn't fuss at all. She would drink and then watch TV and then drink some more and then chew on it and let it run out of the side of her mouth and then drink some more. It went a lot smoother than I thought. We'll have to see how it goes tomorrow. I figure that she has four weeks left until her surgery... so I'll trade a sippy cup for a bottle each week since she currently gets four bottles. Hopefully it'll go well. It's not going to help her as far as post op goes, but it will once that first post op week is over.

Here she is from this morning. I know... the sippy cup is orange but it's the only one that I can find with the nipple that she can use without having a 'free flowing, no valve' mess.

Working on Walking

Last Wednesday Emilee figured out how to walk (fast enough) behind her walker toy. It was so funny because every time she fell down on her knees she would start laughing so hard that she couldn't get up again.

****** Before you watch the video, scroll all the way to the bottom and pause the music player or you can't hear her giggling.

Roses

Emilee and the roses.