feeding

How Long Before She Demands Perrier Water With a Twist?

I discussed a while back my challenges with getting Ava to eat. We went through about three weeks with her eating very little at all. I know all toddlers hit that “Hell no I don’t want to eat, I have better things to do” stage. However, Ava was losing weight. That became a concern.

I turned, as usual, to my Twitter gals, who plied me with ideas for us to try. After discovering that my little non eater was nursing a stomach virus (that she passed to me, thankyouverymuch) we worked on getting her over that and then tried to… Continue reading

Milk, It's What's Not For Dinner

Back in June, Ava had her One Year checkup.  Everything looked good – weight, height, development, etc.  Since she was now 12 months old, the doctor felt it was time to move her from her formula to whole milk.  “Yippee!” I thought.  No more expensive cans of formula, no more mixing up powder and hot water at 6 am, when I’m barely awake enough to find the kitchen, much less correctly guage the temperature of the water from the sink.

Off to the store I went, to purchase some organic whole milk for my baby girl.  The doctor said we… Continue reading

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