Learning to Sit Up

So, over the past couple of weeks, this gorgeous child and I have been working on getting her to sit up on her own.

 Because in order to fully show off her Halloween costume, she has to be able to sit up!  ;)

So we started out with the boppy.....this was a huge help with Carter when we were teaching him how to sit up.  And it has proven to be just as effective with Kendall. 

 However, the main distraction is that dang hand!

 She just can't leave it alone!

 She is constantly chewing on her thumb or her pointer finger.  No sucking.  Just chewing.

 But we finally managed to get her to sit without the boppy.  Now we just have to work on keeping her from tipping over to the sides!

She's quite enthusiastic about this whole process, can't you tell?

Is there Something in My Teeth?

I think we started the feeding game with Kendall a little later than we did with Carter.  I think by four months, he was already on to baby foods such as bananas, peas, carrots, etc.  With Kendall, we are at five months and still just on baby rice cereal and oatmeal. I think the next trip to the store, I will grab some baby food and see how she does.  She's not wild about the rice cereal or the oatmeal, but she does manage to get some down.  I can't imagine it's the best tasting stuff on earth, but it does get her introduced to some flavor and texture.

Here is how we start out - she is clean and dry, the bib is clean and dry, her Bumbo is clean and dry, and MOM is clean and dry.  ;)

 And here is how we end up.........MESSY!

She's trying, I give her credit for that.  We'll see if she does better with some actual baby food.