An Esther Update

Esther is starting to really work on sitting up on her own. She sat up, barely supported, on the couch last night and then, while on the floor, sat up, back-straight, for about a minute without anything supporting her. She's starting to use her arms to balance and then, once she feels balanced, will sit up on her own. She's getting there! Maybe only a week or two before she really starts getting it down.

Also, she's starting to stand propped against things. Everyday she gets stronger!

She's still our little smiley - so cute! She wakes up smiling at us and, when she doesn't want to sleep, will smile and giggle to try and woo her way out of bed time. I love our little girl!

She has a weigh-in at the doctor's office next week . We'll find out then if they want us to introduce cereal or not. They'd prefer 6 months, but are wanting to see if she's gaining enough weight. I'm hoping that they'll say she's doing okay weight-wise so we can hold off on feeding her solids until 6 months. We'll do what we have to do! We just want to do what is healthiest for our daughter and what benefits her the most in the long run.

Either way, I'm looking ahead to the day we introduce solids with a mix of excitement and nervousness. In one sense, I cannot wait to see how she reacts to it and in another I want to make sure I'm doing it in a way that is healthy and that still keeps breastfeeding as the main source of nurtrition.

Here is my plan so far (subject to change):

Morning: Nurse first, give a little oatmeal, maybe nurse to finish off
Daytime: Nurse/Supplement with expressed milk (if at mom's)
Evening: Nurse, rice cereal/baby food (homemade, introducing new foods every few days)
Nightime: Nurse before bed as usual and throughout the night on demand

Maybe that will work!

Anyway, I need to get busy, so I'll post more on another day!

Love you all!