First Solids & Messy Monday Link-Up

I know that the old-school way of doing everything is always hard to break, but we tried this time. With Charlie, he had his first cereal the day before he turned 4 months old. Looking back, this was way too early. The boy had heart surgery at 7 weeks old and was just starting to really grow. Mommy milk was enough for him. With Owen, we decided we would wait until he was 6 months. Well, we gave him his first solids this weekend, two weeks before 6 months.

I’m pretty sure I’ve decided to skip cereal completely this time around. We barely gave Charlie cereal and since it has practically no nutritional value, we skipped right to bananas for Owen. I mixed about 1/4 of a banana with some breastmilk and mushed it all up.

I’m so glad we waited this long because not only is it better for him, but he caught on much quicker, meaning slightly less-mess!

He loved it!

 

Rainy Day & Messy Monday Link-Up

We’re having a rainy day here today, but it’s 100000000x better than another snow day. We were lucky enough to hit the zoo yesterday, so an inside day today is okay by me.

Here’s a rainy day activity that allows a child to feel like they’re being messy, but it doesn’t really create much mess for mom (or dad) to clean up when they’re done.

Baseball and Messy Monday Link-Up

Charlie will be 3 years old at the end of April. That means that he’s 3 in Little League age! We have a Sunshine Division at our local League that starts at age 3. I played softball starting with t-ball until I was 18. That’s about 13 years of softball. I loved every minute of it and wish I had time and resources to play again as an adult. Maybe someday.

Until then, I’ll be scrubbing mud and grass stains out of my little one’s pants. His first practice was this past Thursday. It’s going to be an interesting season filled with a lot of playing in the dirt and a little bit of baseball in there.

Excuse the pictures, I was swinging Owen in his carseat and freezing my butt off at the same time while watching.

Coming Soon: Messy Monday Link-Up!

 

Hi everyone! I decided to start a link-up on Mondays. And what better to have for Mom’s Messy Miracles than Messy Monday?

With kids, everything easily becomes messy. I think we just need to take it in, snap some pics, laugh about it, and attempt to clean it up.

Here’s a pic of my messy kid when he was just over a year old

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I hope you’ll join us this coming Monday for the first Link-Up!