Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Foods.

Ivy is nearly ten months old. She isn't a fan of being spoon fed and I've made most of her food. She has an outstanding diet though and really enjoys eating. Here is a [nearly complete] list of what she eats.

Proteins
Veggies
Fruits
Grains
Fats
Lentils
Chick Peas
Split Peas
Chicken
Kidney Beans
Black Beans
Gifilta Fish
Chopped Liver
Eggs


Zucchini
Green Beans
Peas
Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Squash
Carrots
Potatoes
Lima Beans
Celery
Green Pepper
Brussels Sprouts

Peach
Plum
Apple
Prune
Banana
Pear
Nectarine
Grapes
Apricot

Oatmeal
Barley
Spelt
Rice
Pasta
Plain Waffles
Matzo

Avocado
Oils

Spices/Flavor
Misc


Dairy
Maple
Vanilla
Molasses
Garlic
Onion
Cinnamon

Dill Pickles
French Fries
Plain Waffles
Carrot Wagon Wheels
Veggie Puffs
Cheerios
Kix



Milk
Cheese
Yogurt
Cottage Cheese
Eggs

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Daily Schedule.

Schedules make life predictable. I enjoy taking classes with Ivy and planning fun activities like going to the museums, libraries and parks. But having enough time to do these things and everything else that needs to be done each week takes planning and forethought. Knowing that I will have a well-rested and pleasant baby to take along also makes things run more smoothly.

This is our current schedule;

7:15am                          6 oz formula
8:45am                          breakfast [solids + cup, followed by 4-6 oz formula]
9:30-10:30am                nap #1
12:30pm                        6 oz formula + lunch [solids, offer extra formula post solids]           
1-3:30pm                       nap #2 [let her sleep as long as she wants, just not past 5:30pm]
4:15-30pm                     6 oz milk [w/sippy spout]+ snack [keep it light, or just milk]
7:15-7:30pm                  8 oz formula
8-8:30pm                       bedtime
                             32 oz milk offered per day
                             3.5 hrs nap + 10-10.5 hrs overnite = 14 hrs sleep offered daily

Ivy doesn't always love the cup. We try to offer it but she isn't very efficient at drinking from the sippy spout. Our current compromise is to use the cup with a bottle nipple. We still work on using the sippy spout but flexibility is important. Another side of flexibility is our ever evolving schedule. We have been using this current schedule since the second week of March. As Ivy moves closer to one year old I'm sure it will change. Right now it works.

Every day we have two open periods for activities [10:45-12:15 & 4ish - 6:15], this gives us ten each week. We generally grocery shop once and misc shop one time. We take two classes, a peer aged class and a music class. The other times are all open for whatever activities we choose. The library is generally in there and getting outside is always a priority. We do take time to stay home and relax or schedule playdates.

We make a point to eat breakfast at home each morning and an effort to eat lunch at home. We may have the bottle portion of lunch out once in every two week period. We're always at home, in the crib for naps and bedtime. Our afternoon bottle, around 4pm, is considered a snack and we eat it outside of the house more often than inside. And we take a bath four days out of five just before mommy and daddy get home.

Personally I believe Ivy could use a little more sleep. The ten hours overnight aren't quite enough and often she wakes around 6am giving her only 9hrs overnight. But this schedule works for she and her parents so it is what we do. She's growing and eating and progressing so there's no real reason it should change. The extra sleep thing is just my intuition. She's always growing and gaining more stamina so unless we have an issue we'll continue like this.