Now that Elsa and Clio have passed the 6-month mark, it feels like we’re suddenly in a new phase of babyhood. It includes, but is not limited to:
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Food. I was going about the whole solid-food thing rather nonchalantly, thinking of it as a novelty more than anything else. Something fun for them (and us) to try. Some days, if it wasn’t convenient, we skipped the solids altogether. Then, last week at the girls’ 6-month doctor visit, their pediatrician said we should definitely be giving them solids once a day – both a vegetable or fruit and some cereal. And within the next couple of weeks we should start offering two meals a day. I felt rather stupid for not knowing this, as I try to keep up with the latest in childcare Best Practices, particularly those that fall under the topic of “how not to starve your children to death.” I didn’t want the doctor thinking I was a complete idiot, so I tried to make up for it by using the term “extrusion.” I don’t think she bought it.
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Sippy cups. Did you know that there are 728 types of sippy cup on the market? And that if you don’t get the right one, your child will develop gum disease, a Hapsburg chin, and late-onset cleft palate? I didn’t know either. In fact, I didn’t even know we were supposed to be introducing a cup, but the pediatrician said this was a good time to do it. Again, me = clueless. So now we’ve got two orthodontically correct sippy cups which the girls fling around, suck on, and occasionally even manage to extract some Coke from. Ha ha! Just kidding! Water. Of course water. I just wanted to see the looks on your faces.
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