Sanity is my #1 rule
I’ve been feeding my tiny, itsy bitsy daughter solids since she was 4 months old. The doctor looked at my daughter who may have been around 6 pounds at that point ( she was born 3 lbs 14 oz) and cheerfully said ‘time for solids!’. Did he see what I saw? Did he see what the world saw?! I mean, my daughter could technically still fit in my stomach and I was going to start to feed her solids? Simply put, I was skeptical. Perhaps this was the end game to happiness, weight gain and sleeping the night? I should learn that things are not that easy and that introducing solids at whatever age is tricky but I had to hit a wall before I could appreciate this new found wisdom. I had to cook and cook and cook and read and read and read before I set up some ground rules for my beloved, darling, fusspot of a daughter. So friends, here they are: Rule #1- Sanity comes first. This means that everyone in …