New things

I gave Freya an almost proper meal tonight. So far she's only had fruit/veg/baby rice for dinner from puree I've frozen but tonight when we were eating out roast I slipped in a bit of chicken with some broccoli and carot for her and she loved it! Coped really well with the rougher texture too!

I was also thinking about the whole 'baby-led weaning' thing that the health professionals have decided to encourage THIS month so gave her a broccoli floret to see what she did with it. She loved sucking on it and mashing it between her fingers (and flicking it across the table and wiping it in her hair!). It was really funny watch her stare intently at tiny bits of it on her high-chair tray and try to pick them up! Fine-motor skills? Not so developed yet!

Also I was thinking about the fact she's not interested in sitting at all and is still really floppy when I realised I hardly ever try sitting her up. She's such a skilled roller I just leave her to it on the floor to play. So, I tried sitting her up today and she's SO MUCH better. Was holiding herself upright for a good half a minute or so and was able to balance herself herself when starting to flop forwards or to the side but not when she went backwards! But, she's geting there!