She's been babbling more than ever...earnestly trying to communicate with us. Her most common utterance is "tda tda tda", which we are close to believing she means "da da". Wouldn't that be wonderful? Violet's first word was "book"...and Calvin's was "ma ma"...I would just love it if Hazy's first word was "da da".
Now that Hazel is 6 months old, she craves more solid food. Her eyes follow every fork and spoon she sees, and I can see her frustration when it doesn’t go to her mouth. So, now that she’s mastered all the infant cereals – rice, oatmeal, barley – we decided it was time for her to embark on the adventure that is vegetables. We make our own baby food…something we started when Calvin was a baby. It really doesn’t take too much time and we know exactly what we are putting in baby’s mouth. Also, we can add more variety to their diet than the prepackaged baby food offers. Marcus had been diligently roasting the squash we had purchased for our fall decorations, pureeing them, and freezing them in ice cube trays for the last few weeks. We now have enough baby food squash to last us 6 months at least. (This should give you an idea as to the volume of squash we had in the house – Marcus went a little crazy.) So, we started with the squash, and over the course of 3 weeks Hazel has graduated to sweet potatoes and carrots as well. She's loved all of them...gobbles them up without even a hint of a wrinked nose. So far, a great eater and we look forward to moving on to the green veggies next.
The biggest news is the arrival of her very first tooth! Resembling a small grain of rice on her bottom gum line, her first tooth has finally broken through after weeks of drooling and chewing. We've noticed in her a bit more fussiness with this process, compared to our other two kids...perhaps its a bit more painful for her, poor dear. The arrival of this tooth is bittersweet for Marcus and I...we are excited for this big moment, but sad to say goodbye to her toothless grin.
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