Gretchen's sitting skills are improving. She's still prone to limb-flailing and sudden balance failures, but she's doing better. The most important part of being better at sitting, at least from her point of view, is the ability to use a high chair. This is vital to her plan to be eating all the food in the house by the time she's 7 months old.
You may remember Olivia's first reaction to solid foods. She made hilariously disgusted faces and spit out all her cereal. Since she was obviously uninterested, we didn't push the food issue and she gradually just started sampling whatever we were eating until she turned into the woefully picky but generally bribe-able cereal and fruit snacks loving toddler she is today. Gretchen is completely different. We're not sure if she just loves the idea of food that much more, or if maybe we just eat around her more than we did around Olivia. Whatever the reason, Gretchen has been jealously eyeing every bite I've put in my mouth since she was about 4 months old. I've been waiting to let her start solids until she can sit in a high chair, and that day has now arrived. She's had green beans and zucchini (as well as bites of our soups and yogurts) and seems pleased to be eating the same way as everyone else.
After re-reading this week's post, I noticed that it's
Pictures:
Gretchen tries to sit:
Olivia poses for pictures:
Gretchen grabs the camera:
After I took pictures, Olivia confiscated my phone, put her dog on the chair, and said, "Hold still. Smile!"
I'm pretty sure Bryan tackled me to the ground before taking this picture that he named "Defeated Housewife":
It looks remarkably similar to one that I'm calling "Exhausted Baby":
Olivia takes a trip:
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