Piggyback Ride

Mia has a few different stuffed frogs. One of them has very long arms and legs. When Mia received it as a gift from Nanny and Papa, the arms and legs were wrapped around a fleece blanket and attached together with velcro. The frog, who incidentally is called "Mama Frog" by us, has rosy cheeks and usually sits with her arms around the little frogs. Right now, Mia loves to pull things out of baskets or down off of furniture. She busied herself with tossing each frog from the rocking chair into the floor the other evening. Mama Frog had her arms empty for once, so Mia gave her a piggyback ride around her room. Mia thought it was so funny that Mama Frog was on her back.

We have given Mia eggplant for dinner for the past two nights. She doesn't like it AT ALL. That's okay with me because I don't like it at all either. I just don't want my culinary limits to deprive Mia of things she might otherwise enjoy. That only makes her second food dislike, though. Just peas and eggplant. Everything else she has loved. Originally, I gave her the peas in pureed form. I bought some frozen peas, though, and plan to serve them to her as finger food. Maybe she'll like them that way. Mia's next two new foods will be acorn squash and blueberries. She loves butternut squash, so we are trying another variety of winter squash. The blueberries are a little large for my liking as far as finger food. Ever the paranoid mommy, I'll probably cut or mash them a little at first. The thought of Mia choking is one of my biggest fears. I fed her some avocado last night that was cut up so small she could hardly pick it up. Better safe than sorry, I say.

Mia at 9 1/2 months old (42 weeks)