Maddie is 8 months old!

As of April 9th, Maddie is now 8 months old! Time goes by so fast! Maddie is sitting up by herself constantly (which makes it hard to change her diaper!). She is still not crawling much, but she is trying. She still gets where she wants to go -- by rolling, scooting, etc. Maddie has been eating Yo Baby fruit & cereal yogurt for a few weeks now. She loves it! I [Kris] have tried it, and it IS good! I started giving her meats on Thursday. We started with turkey. She ate only two bites and gagged horribly with each bite. I don't blame her because the meats smell absolutely disgusting!!! The next night I tried giving her ham. This time, she ate three bites and gagged with each bite. Even though the plain meats have A LOT more nutritional value than the "dinners", I gave in and bought some of the dinners on Saturday. At work as a dietitian, I always told clients to keep offering their infants the plain meats and to try to stay away from the dinners. That was before I opened the first jar of the plain meats and felt sick to my stomach! Anyway, we tried a "chicken & apples" dinner on Saturday and Sunday. Maddie loved it. I think she will like most of the dinners (flavors like "chicken & broccoli", " sweet potatoes & turkey", etc.). She will eat any vegetable with the exceptions of green beans and peas. She will eat "mixed vegetables", however, which consists of carrots, green beans, and peas. Maddie likes all fruits (surprisingly, prunes seem to be her favorite). Well, the next step is finger foods. We will probably start those next month. I will keep you posted. I will leave you with a cute picture of Maddie "just chilling" in her bouncy seat. This will probably be the last picture we take of her in the bouncy seat because she is getting too big for it. Enjoy!