Nursing/Eating: We
added several new foods to our lineup this month. I’ve been gluten free for 6
years so I knew that I wanted Cash to be gluten free as well, but lately I’ve
been researching a primal diet and I really like it. With this being said Cash
and I will go primal together – grass-fed meats, vegetables, eggs, healthy fats,
nuts/seeds and fruit, limited dairy (yogurt and cheese) - no grains/gluten, soy, corn etc. I think I may add lentils and beans to our
list but only in moderation. This really won’t be a huge adjustment since Cash
has only eaten meats and vegetables so far.
I’ve been addicted to green smoothies with lots of kale,
spinach, swiss chard, ginger root, lemon, carrot, apple and coconut milk. One
day Cash saw me drinking my smoothie and decided he wanted to try it so I gave
him some small sips and he loved it! Now we share our green smoothie together
every morning. Cash also eats chicken, pork chops, black beans and lentil soup!
He still nurses throughout the day but it we are out and about he sometimes
will go 2-3 hours without nursing.
Sleep: Cash slept
really well a few nights and I was hoping that it would stick, but alas, it
didn’t. I’ve become surprisingly efficient at functioning on little to no sleep
so I’ve just accepted that I don’t have a great sleeper on my hands. When it comes to sleeping for nana, Cash is the poster child for sleep, that or my mom is the ultimate baby whisperer. She simply holds him in his blanket (that she lovingly knitted for him using organic cotton yarn), rocks him, hums and POOF he falls asleep!
Likes/Dislikes: Cash’s
favorite activity is walking! He started walking this month and just took off
with it! Now wherever we go he wants to hold our hand and walk with us or push
the shopping cart around the store. We are having so much fun with this new
stage!
We are still having a tough time with diaper changes but I
discovered that Cash likes it when I smell his feet while I’m changing him. I
can usually get him to stop screaming and crying just by smelling his foot and
telling him that he has stinky feet!
Health: Cold and
flu season is in full swing so we’ve had some runny noses this month but
nothing major. I came down with a really bad cold but luckily Cash didn’t get
it.
Cash is working on his 8th tooth right now so we
have some fussy days, but that’s to be expected with teething. We give him
frozen organic green beans and it seems to really help!
It’s amazing to see how much Cash is changing. We’ve gone
from our cuddly little baby to a walking, talking, dog chasing, sometimes cuddly, tantrum throwing, independent, sweet and silly little toddler! Our love for him grows each day and we can't imagine our life without our Cash Man now!
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