Current mood: excited
I am still in shock and filled with excitment, Mia officially has used her Sippy Cup for the first time today!!! YAY!!!
I bought her a sippy cup awhile back but she didn't know what to do with it or how to use it. I tried to show her but she had no interest in it and didn't know how to suck from it. I figured it may be due to the type of spout it had, it was hard even though it said it was stage 1. So after some research I found another sippy cup that was stage 1 that came with a softer, nipple like spout. (Gerber Graduate). She needed some more formula and other baby supplies so we went to Babies R Us today and I picked up that new cup. I went home and it was to early for her to eat but I was all anxious about using the new cup that I decided just to put alittle water in it to see if she would even know how to suck it out. She took it, examined it awhile then I showed her how to put it in her mouth. She took a few sips from it but didn't care for it much. (I figured because we never give her just plain water). So I decided it was time for her daily prune juice anyways so I put some prune juice in the cup instead. I sat down with her on the couch and tried to give it to her again. She didn't like it much when I was trying to show her how to use it. I figured she wouldn't take to it so I didn't bust out the camera to take pictures or videos. I let her examin it on her own and once she got it by the handles and looked it over, she brought it to her mouth and started drinking!!!! I was in shock! Then she would take it back out, look at it alittle, then drink from it again. She did this till all her prune juice was mostly gone! (Granted there was only about half an ounce in the cup) but she drank it! Then she didn't want it anymore, mainly for the fact she HATES prune juice. So I think I will give it to her again after her lunch today. She usually gets about 4oz of formula after her veggies to top her off. So I think I will put her formula in the cup to see what happens! I am sooo happy! My little one is growing up!!!
Yesterday we went to the store to stock up on her baby food and came across some Gerber Graduates little rice puffs! We got to talking to this lady in the store (she had a cute little 7 month old) and she mentioned how she gave her son that at an early age and same with her baby daughter. I didn't think Mia was quite big enough for it especially not having teeth yet but we thought we would try it out anyways. Mostly Daddy's idea! haha So when we went home we decided to give it a try. After some time she finally took one in her mouth! She gave the hugest "Yuk" face ever! Like as if to say, what the heck is that!! but she gummed it and eventually swallowed it! Then Adrian put one in her little hand, she took it and licked it a few times then popped it in her mouth. Again came the "Yuk" face but she ate it! We were so proud of her, though I still think she may be on the young side for those rice puffs... we might give her one to try every now and then.
As for kisses! Well Adrian has been teaching her for a few months now how to give kisses. He would usually say "give me kissy give me kissy" and puts his cheek to her mouth and she leans over and puts her mouth on his cheek. This has been going on for awhile but now she is doing it on her own!!! Without being asked!!! I thought it was a fluke thing at first, I got her up one morning and she leaned over and gave me a kissy!! I was so happy I gave her one back and was walking her to the window to open it and she leaned over and did it again with a big smile!!!! I melted! It was sooo cute! Now she does it almost every morning and just yesterday Adrian was playing with he on the couch and she started doing it to him too!! I am not sure if she knows what it means yet, but its really cute to see her do that. Awww.....
Well its almost lunch time and I am off to give Mia her new favorite veggie.. SWEET POTATOS!!!!
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After eating her stage "2" veggies (yep she graudated to stage two today!) she snacked on some formula afterwards using her sippy cup!
