Friday, September 14, 2007

Bye Bye Sippy Cup and Current Food Interests

It is offically time to bid farewell to the beloved sippy cup. Kaitlyn is a responsible drinker now! She can drink properly from a big cup and loves being a big girl. Her favorite drink is water, but she will also drink juice that has been diluted, or premixed toddler milk (essentially an older child's "baby formula"). I tried giving her regular cow's milk back in July and she suspiciously developed a rash on the inner creases of her arms and in the creases behind her knees. I haven't given any since (or eggs either) since they were both given that week that she developed the rash. I am holding off until she's 18 months and then I will see how she does. The "eczema" type rash could have also been an allergy to the recently given mmr shot that she had at that time...but since it did persist for a few weeks, I'm assuming it was from milk or eggs. She does fine with cheese or yogurt though (and the toddler formula is fine). I'm hoping it was just a fluke and she doesn't have any real food intolerances. She is still a very picky eater. Here is a list of her favorite foods at the moment: Camembert cheese (she LOVES the stuff!!!), pasta with butter or tomato sauce, saltine crackers, kidney beans, green beans, broccoli, yogurt, sliced edam or hollande cheese, CUCUMBER (with a PASSION!), canned corn kernels (one by one), nectarines (LOVES them!), apples (which she MUST eat whole--and she also eats her nectarines whole...carefully nibbling around the core), bananas, blueberries, cottage cheese, chicken cut up into fine squares or baked chicken fingers....Hmmmm those are the favorites that pop into mind first.

So here is a clip of her this week drinking like a big kid!

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