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I’ve been back and forth between when to give my little girl solid food. I know most research and people say to wait until 4 months but if they are able to hold their head up, act interested in food and such then start. Well, we are almost at 16 weeks (4 months on November 8th). Recently when I feed myself yogurt in the morning, she is all about my spoon coming to my mouth. Today was the day I decided to give it a shot!

I told myself if she didn’t seem interested then I’d wait a few days and I’d try again. As you can see, she loved it! She would grab my hand to bring it closer to her mouth. We had so much fun trying rice cereal. I gave her 1/2 tbsp of rice cereal and about 2 oz of breast milk (warmed). I love this stage where she is so interactive and is interested in the world around her. However, I’m not ready for her to get even bigger!

She ate all of her cereal and I could have probably given her more! =)

Stay tuned for making our own baby food next…

I’ll admit that from the middle to the end of my pregnancy I did not work out hardly ever! How I didn’t gain more weight than I did is amazing to me! I gained about 30 lbs and am back to my starting weight. However I still have some baby fat that is hanging on to the sides of my hips and stomach. My goal is to tone up and shrink my legs as well. Being a big soccer player in high school, I never had skinny legs and have always wanted to define them more. Since I’m so incredibly out of shape, I figure I have to start somewhere. Taking DH on long, fast-paced hour walks has been a start. Mornings are also not my things. Like I have mentioned before- I like to get ready quickly and head to work. I don’t allow myself time to spend taking my time and enjoying my mornings. It’s usually hectic and rushed as I grab all mine and DH’s things as we head for the babysitters. I have been telling myself I am going to get up earlier to work out and the last few days I have. However, like I said, I have to start somewhere. I did a 10 minute workout this morning with a cool down of stretching. It doesn’t seem like much but it makes me feel so much better both mentally and physically doing just a little bit of physical activity- even if it is just 10 minutes!

This Tone it Up video was super easy to follow and do this morning. It was a nice workout for being exhausted. You sit on the floor most of it doing legs and abs. Tone it Up has excellent videos and workouts to follow, they can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be which is perfect for me right now!