daniel & aubrionna

Our pediatrician gave us the freedom to feed Brooks how we wanted to. From my understanding the two most common routes are start with purees then work up and baby led weaning where you give them bigger foods. I'm sure there are tons of studies on each side about which is better but I wasn't trying to follow any one plan. I tried both! At 6 months I gave him a puree and a finger food. He gagged and choked on the puree but not the finger food. I continued to give him finger foods and slowly keep introducing purees. Once he discovered what it was, what to do with it and that he actually liked it by 7 months he started being OK with being spoon fed. I was anxious about giving him finger foods. I kept asking Dan, "What if he breaks a piece off?!" as Brooks was gumming a banana. "...then he swallows it...that's the goal remember?" Oh... yeah. Ah, mom worries. It took a week for Brooks to figure out his gag reflex and at 7 months now he usually does pre...

We went to Boise for a week for a family reunion on my side. I was kind of nervous to fly with Brooks but I felt he'd do just fine. However once I got on the plane I was super anxious about it. Overall he did good! I was just...being a mom ha!  Thank you to all those who gave me tips on traveling with babies, they sure helped! Security was so much easier with a baby! I was wearing him and they just swabbed my hands, all done. We got settled and found a corner to occupy until our flight boarded. I set Brooks down, set my purse down, turn around to Brooks and he's already licking the airport windows. EWWWW WHY CHILD? We are definitely building his immune system! Thankfully my mom had borrowed car seats, strollers and pack n plays so I didn't have to lug any of those in the airport, thanks mom! His attention span was only 5 minutes. So he'd watch a movie for 5, want to go to dad for 5, then back to mom, then toy. We got super lucky and had an empty sea...