The Brown Brick Road

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Monday Funday Food Update

Happy Monday everyone.  Today is a good day because Maxwell did something fantastic yesterday.  He finally decided to pick up the puffs and yogurt melts that I’ve been putting in front of him for weeks and put them in his own mouth!  Not only that, but he also figured out how to chew them (even without teeth) and get them down without gagging.  woohoo!  I know this probably doesn’t sound like a big deal to you…but it’s a big deal to me!  It was literally like something just clicked in his head and he started picking up the food, putting it in his own mouth, chewing it and swallowing it.  After he had done it a few times I even gave him whole puffs and yogurt melts (I had been breaking them up into smaller pieces) and he ate them all with no problems.  Bring on the finger foods!!

In other feeding news, Maxwell has become a straw master.  He can drink out of any straw now and loves his straw sippy cups…

He loves to just play with the straw too…

He’s a good sipper!

So, now that I’ve got a self-feeder…tell me what your favorite finger foods are for little ones!  I need ideas!

Friday Favorite

First, big news – Maxwell can stand up in his crib.  This day has been coming for a while.  He’s been pulling up on everything and now he can pull up to standing in his bed.  I’m sure the jumping is only a few weeks away!

Second, it’s the Friday Favorite!!  Today’s Friday Favorite should come as no surprise to parents out there.  It’s the Baby Einstein videos.

Last weekend Robert and I were trying to get some stuff done in the kitchen and Maxwell was not exactly in a mood to entertain himself.  Robert thought to put on a Baby Einstein video – Baby Noah to be exact – and I couldn’t believe how mesmerized he was by it.  We’ve played the videos for him a few times before but I guess I’ve never really noticed how they completely capture his attention.  He couldn’t take his eyes off it.  Those videos are genius, just like…well…Einstein!  🙂

His attention was captured…

He was mesmerized…

And he was more than a little annoyed with me interrupting his video!

Moms out there – any other “must have” videos that we need as he grows?  Would love any ideas in the comments!  Have a great weekend everyone!

Turquoise Polo

What’s that?  You want to see more pictures of Maxwell is his cute turquoise polo?

The cute turquoise polo I only bought him a few weeks ago and is now almost too small? The cute turquoise polo that’s a 12 month size yet is stretching tight around his belly? The cute turquoise polo that makes him look like a big boy and not a baby?

That turquoise polo?  Ask and you shall receive…

Pattycake!

Oopsie!

Much better!

Comparison

3 months old…

6 months old…

9 months old…

His hair is longer but thank goodness he’s still got those chubby cheeks.  He’s still my baby…but the little boy is knocking on the door.

The rest of the weekend

The rest of our weekend was just as great as Friday night, especially because we had a quick visit from GJ…

and we got to celebrate Robert’s first Father’s Day!

I think he had a good one.  Considering it involved a new hat, new golf shoes and some personal training sessions, I sure hope he thought it was good!  He still did have to mow the lawn though…a dad’s work is never done.

Maxwell had an exciting weekend.  Besides watching 2 two-year olds run around his house, he got to try cantaloupe for the first time.  At first I put it in one of these things…

But then thought he’d like it a lot more if I just gave him a big piece of cantaloupe…

I was right.

But then he chewed off a chunk of the cantaloupe and I was afraid he was going to choke on it (having no teeth to chew it and all) so I had to stick my fingers in his mouth and pull the chunk out which made him very unhappy.  Sigh…I guess a mom’s work is never done either.